HibeeJibee Posted July 11, 2023 Share Posted July 11, 2023 This division sees Craigroyston, Hawick and Lochgelly drop in from above while Linton Hotspur debut. Clubs play each other 3 times for 15 home/15 away games - the third series of games was randomly drawn. Everybody will eye a top 3/4 finish. Opening week: September international weekend: New Year: Closing fortnight: 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HibeeJibee Posted July 11, 2023 Author Share Posted July 11, 2023 Linton's senior debut H v West Calder. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Basile Boli Posted July 12, 2023 Share Posted July 12, 2023 Feel like this will be a very competitive division, no outright favourite but I’d say West Calder and Bathgate may be the early contenders. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HibeeJibee Posted July 29, 2023 Author Share Posted July 29, 2023 Bathgate Thistle 4-2 Fauldhouse Utd Edinburgh Community 2-2 Livingston Utd Linton Hotspur 0-3 West Calder Utd Lochgelly Albert 1-5 Stoneyburn Pumpherston 1-3 Hawick Royal Albert Hawick's win the surprise result of opening day. Linton conceded 3 early-doors then stabilised in their senior debut v fancied visitors. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jordi1977 Posted July 29, 2023 Share Posted July 29, 2023 Imagine that a lot of Groundhoppers found themselves at Linton Hotspur today. Was it a decent crowd to welcome them into the league? Hope to get down myself in the coming weeks. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lintonian Posted July 30, 2023 Share Posted July 30, 2023 18 hours ago, Jordi1977 said: Imagine that a lot of Groundhoppers found themselves at Linton Hotspur today. Was it a decent crowd to welcome them into the league? Hope to get down myself in the coming weeks. 167 in attendance 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tamthebam Posted July 30, 2023 Share Posted July 30, 2023 21 hours ago, Jordi1977 said: Imagine that a lot of Groundhoppers found themselves at Linton Hotspur today. Was it a decent crowd to welcome them into the league? Hope to get down myself in the coming weeks. less Groundhoppers than you might think. I did meet a couple of folk I knew though. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jordi1977 Posted July 30, 2023 Share Posted July 30, 2023 5 hours ago, Lintonian said: 167 in attendance That's more than turned up to Broxburn in the Premier league... so fair play to all that went. Hope it was a good number of locals and they keep backing the club. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jordi1977 Posted July 30, 2023 Share Posted July 30, 2023 2 hours ago, tamthebam said: less Groundhoppers than you might think. I did meet a couple of folk I knew though. Thought it would be the place to be yesterday! Do you ever NOT meet anyone at a game??? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tamthebam Posted July 30, 2023 Share Posted July 30, 2023 11 minutes ago, Jordi1977 said: Thought it would be the place to be yesterday! Do you ever NOT meet anyone at a game??? They all know David B too...a secret army of clipboard fanatics... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobbydazzler Posted July 31, 2023 Share Posted July 31, 2023 Lochgelly be hoping for a 4th division to start by the end of the season. Woeful 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HibeeJibee Posted August 1, 2023 Author Share Posted August 1, 2023 Edinburgh Community 4-2 Linton Hotspur Newcomers will be disappointed to surrender 0-2 lead. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HibeeJibee Posted August 2, 2023 Author Share Posted August 2, 2023 Livingston Utd 2-5 Bathgate Thistle Pumpherston 3-2 Lochgelly Albert Stoneyburn 1-6 Fauldhouse United West Calder United 3-1 Harthill Royal Bathgate and West Calder setting early pace. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HibeeJibee Posted August 4, 2023 Author Share Posted August 4, 2023 Fantastic video which shows all the facilities at Linton Hotspur - as well as interviewing club officials on their new venture... plus has highlights of their debut game v West Calder in the middle. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jordi1977 Posted August 8, 2023 Share Posted August 8, 2023 Got myself down to Linton Hotspur this evening for their match against Pumpherston. Such a nice wee setup they have down there. Picturesque setting (well, on a nice bright day), really cracking wee stand and an excellent wee club house with a little cafe area. Excellent pies and really nice people all around the club. The setup is excellent... unfortunately, their team are not. A very poor side comfortably beaten by Pumpherston 7-0... and it could have been more. Linton had an early chance to take the lead from a penalty, but it was a bit soft and the keeper saved really well. That might have changed the game... but instead it took about 2 minutes for Pumph to go up the other end and open the scoring and they never looked back. Far too many Linton players stop playing and stand still in disbelief that their under-hit/over-hit/poorly-hit pass went to a Pumph player and made no effort to get back into position or pressure to get ball back which just gave Pumpherston a lot of space to work with. It's a lovely setup, so I really hope that Linton Hotspur are in for the long run... I think on the field, this year may be a big learning curve for them. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Le Tout P'ti FC Posted August 8, 2023 Share Posted August 8, 2023 It’s going to become a familiar refrain - nice setup, nice pies, lovely view, shame about the defence… They just have to knuckle down and take their beatings for a while. Eventually they’ll get some points on the board. As I left I saw a couple of kids cycle past wearing their “Hotspur Summer Camp” T-shirts. How good is that to see? With the camp and the youth teams, plus the community events they hold, they are putting their roots deeply into the community now, to see what grows out of that in 5-10 years time. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crow Posted August 9, 2023 Share Posted August 9, 2023 Also went down last night - loads of ground improvements NMP was looking brilliant. Good to lots of familiar faces there some travelling quite far. Talking to a couple of the Linton Hotspur players I know they changed their manager at the weekend. Can’t see any word of that on their social media? The new guy had a clipboard - he’s probably going to need it. Hopefully they can pick up on the park. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobbydazzler Posted August 9, 2023 Share Posted August 9, 2023 3 minutes ago, Crow said: Also went down last night - loads of ground improvements NMP was looking brilliant. Good to lots of familiar faces there some travelling quite far. Talking to a couple of the Linton Hotspur players I know they changed their manager at the weekend. Can’t see any word of that on their social media? The new guy had a clipboard - he’s probably going to need it. Hopefully they can pick up on the park. can the clipboard play right back like? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monthehoose Posted August 9, 2023 Share Posted August 9, 2023 3 hours ago, bobbydazzler said: can the clipboard play right back like? If it's big enough it could go in goals. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jordi1977 Posted August 9, 2023 Share Posted August 9, 2023 14 hours ago, Le Tout P'ti FC said: It’s going to become a familiar refrain - nice setup, nice pies, lovely view, shame about the defence… They just have to knuckle down and take their beatings for a while. Eventually they’ll get some points on the board. As I left I saw a couple of kids cycle past wearing their “Hotspur Summer Camp” T-shirts. How good is that to see? With the camp and the youth teams, plus the community events they hold, they are putting their roots deeply into the community now, to see what grows out of that in 5-10 years time. They definitely seem to have the backing of the locals just now. Hopefully they all stick with them through the beatings while they find themselves and steady things off. 4 hours ago, Crow said: Also went down last night - loads of ground improvements NMP was looking brilliant. Good to lots of familiar faces there some travelling quite far. Talking to a couple of the Linton Hotspur players I know they changed their manager at the weekend. Can’t see any word of that on their social media? The new guy had a clipboard - he’s probably going to need it. Hopefully they can pick up on the park. New manager may explain why a lot of their players seemed to be out of position and not sure where to go. Early days, but clipboards have the answer. A few more training sessions should at least see them look more organised and make it more of a challenge for sides to break them down. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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