bigwullieac Posted May 19 Share Posted May 19 2 hours ago, Nicholas Rage said: Appears from that, just like Rangers, Linlithgow Thistle died and a new club formed. If you're changing the location and name, it's not a leap to change the colours. Why would they change the colours when every other aspect of them is an attempt to leech off the BU 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sure & Stedfast Posted May 19 Share Posted May 19 (edited) 7 minutes ago, bigwullieac said: Why would they change the colours when every other aspect of them is an attempt to leech off the BU Or BU leaching off Athletic’s colours!? Absolute drivel. Away colours are different. They’ve stayed true to their original colours. Edited May 19 by Sure & Stedfast -2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nicholas Rage Posted May 19 Share Posted May 19 2 minutes ago, Sure & Stedfast said: Or BU leaching off Athletic’s colours!? Absolute drivel. Away colours are different. They’ve stayed true to their original colours. Maybe they should stay true to their original name and town. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sure & Stedfast Posted May 19 Share Posted May 19 43 minutes ago, Nicholas Rage said: Maybe they should stay true to their original name and town. Then Bo’ness would have nothing to be proud of. -3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quentin Taranbino Posted May 19 Share Posted May 19 Thanks for the info, genuinely interesting - a few more questions and not meaning to stir any pots. Have the two clubs ever played? Has there been any players going between the clubs? Given the ground doesn't belong to Utd, surely they had no say on whether Athletic play there? I assume they don't pay you guys if not the owners? Is there ANY official connection between the two clubs on or off field? What is the difference in support between the two clubs? When did all this Linlithgow Thistle to Athletic stuff happen? Is it all the same owners of the club now as to when initial deals were done? What sort of money/players are they getting at that level? Could they realistically be in same league as you soon? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John S Posted May 19 Share Posted May 19 4 minutes ago, Sure & Stedfast said: Then Bo’ness would have nothing to be proud of. A poor comment from someone connected with Bo'ness Athletic 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sure & Stedfast Posted May 19 Share Posted May 19 8 minutes ago, Quentin Taranbino said: Thanks for the info, genuinely interesting - a few more questions and not meaning to stir any pots. Have the two clubs ever played? Has there been any players going between the clubs? Given the ground doesn't belong to Utd, surely they had no say on whether Athletic play there? I assume they don't pay you guys if not the owners? Is there ANY official connection between the two clubs on or off field? What is the difference in support between the two clubs? When did all this Linlithgow Thistle to Athletic stuff happen? Is it all the same owners of the club now as to when initial deals were done? What sort of money/players are they getting at that level? Could they realistically be in same league as you soon? I could provide an eloquent response but not here unfortunately -1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nicholas Rage Posted May 19 Share Posted May 19 6 minutes ago, Sure & Stedfast said: Then Bo’ness would have nothing to be proud of. A glimpse into the mindset of the Athletic support. Says it all. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sure & Stedfast Posted May 19 Share Posted May 19 7 minutes ago, Nicholas Rage said: A glimpse into the mindset of the Athletic support. Says it all. We are coming. -3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nicholas Rage Posted May 19 Share Posted May 19 6 minutes ago, Sure & Stedfast said: We are coming. Bo'ness has plenty to be proud of before football gets involved. A genuinely shameful comment. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sure & Stedfast Posted May 19 Share Posted May 19 3 minutes ago, Nicholas Rage said: Bo'ness has plenty to be proud of before football gets involved. A genuinely shameful comment. 100% Bo’ness is the place to be. We all would love development to make the town where it should be. Football is nothing to do with this. Rivalries aside, investment will make the town the jewel in the Falkirk Council area and rightly so. -1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sure & Stedfast Posted May 19 Share Posted May 19 (edited) Night folks. Love Bo’ness. Love The Athletic. Love winning trophies. Till next time Edited May 19 by Sure & Stedfast -1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deanburn Dave Posted May 19 Author Share Posted May 19 Cannot think of any Athletic players who have signed for the BU's. Interest was shown by the BU's in one of their players but Athletic were wanting silly money for him so it didn't happen. Going the other way - a very young Tiwi Daramola had a brief time at BU's and later signed for Athletic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FairWeatherFan Posted May 19 Share Posted May 19 29 minutes ago, Quentin Taranbino said: Thanks for the info, genuinely interesting - a few more questions and not meaning to stir any pots. Have the two clubs ever played? Has there been any players going between the clubs? Given the ground doesn't belong to Utd, surely they had no say on whether Athletic play there? I assume they don't pay you guys if not the owners? Is there ANY official connection between the two clubs on or off field? What is the difference in support between the two clubs? When did all this Linlithgow Thistle to Athletic stuff happen? Is it all the same owners of the club now as to when initial deals were done? What sort of money/players are they getting at that level? Could they realistically be in same league as you soon? Going by the headcounts Athletic are lucky to average over a 100 with many games in double digits. United can be in the 300+ range. Linlithgow Thistle moved to the Juniors in 2019 and became Bo'ness United Juniors. In 2021 when the East Region Juniors was ending, Bo'ness United Juniors looked to move to the EoSFL. Which led to the name change to Bo'ness Athletic. This was the vision Linlithgow Thistle were originally trying to sell to people. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grinderbrokeyourhearts Posted May 19 Share Posted May 19 (edited) Thistle play some great stuff. They pay players way above their Division 2 level and hose everything in sight really. Sets them up nicely to pick off a few teams in cups as they will have plenty fresh squad when you are 3-0 up at half time. Easy to make subs and keep it fresh. I reckon they are good enough to push to challenge this season again but will struggle when they hit the Premier and have to play at that level every week. That said they can obviously afford Cunningham and Heaver who would be good players in the East Prem. Cunningham is the perfect example, 3 goals all season at Linlithgow then about 30 goals in about 10 games for Athletic. Edited May 19 by grinderbrokeyourhearts Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lithgierose Posted May 19 Share Posted May 19 Will any ground improvements be split 3 ways ? -1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Hologram Posted May 19 Share Posted May 19 9 minutes ago, grinderbrokeyourhearts said: Thistle play some great stuff. They pay players way above their Division 2 level and hose everything in sight really. Sets them up nicely to pick off a few teams in cups as they will have plenty fresh squad when you are 3-0 up at half time. Easy to make subs and keep it fresh. I reckon they are good enough to push to challenge this season again but will struggle when they hit the Premier and have to play at that level every week. That said they can obviously afford Cunningham and Heaver who would be good players in the East Prem. Cunningham is the perfect example, 3 goals all season at Linlithgow then about 30 goals in about 10 games for Athletic. Don’t forget Cunningham dropped down two leagues to join Athletic. Totally different game to Lowland League -1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quentin Taranbino Posted May 19 Share Posted May 19 Sandy Cunningham and Sean Heaver - both ex binos. Great strike force There were a number of our fans who wanted to keep Heaver in League 2 last season so he has fallen way down the leagues now. 100 odd fans for that level and for a brand new team is pretty decent I would say. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grinderbrokeyourhearts Posted May 19 Share Posted May 19 37 minutes ago, The Hologram said: Don’t forget Cunningham dropped down two leagues to join Athletic. Totally different game to Lowland League 3 leagues they dropped. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grinderbrokeyourhearts Posted May 19 Share Posted May 19 24 minutes ago, Quentin Taranbino said: Sandy Cunningham and Sean Heaver - both ex binos. Great strike force There were a number of our fans who wanted to keep Heaver in League 2 last season so he has fallen way down the leagues now. 100 odd fans for that level and for a brand new team is pretty decent I would say. I liked them both at the Rose too. For whatever season didn’t get going in the LL. It’s a very hard league though with a lot of teams around the same level. Give it five years and anyone could go up or down imo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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