GordonS Posted March 21 Share Posted March 21 Clyde are the best team in the league over the past 6 games. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris_the_rover Posted March 22 Share Posted March 22 13 hours ago, cowdenbeath said: Last season I was speaking to someone at a club who was speaking about having a right long trip the following week Gretna god know what they would think about going to Stranraer. Lol Elgin on a Tuesday night is a long night 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strathman Posted March 22 Share Posted March 22 14 hours ago, GordonS said: Clyde are the best team in the league over the past 6 games. Bizarrely only three teams have lost more games than Clyde... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cowdenbeath Posted March 22 Share Posted March 22 7 hours ago, Chris_the_rover said: Lol Elgin on a Tuesday night is a long night Thankfully they will never be in this league. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cowdenbeath Posted March 22 Share Posted March 22 17 hours ago, GordonS said: Clyde are the best team in the league over the past 6 games. Hitting form at the right time. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GordonS Posted March 23 Share Posted March 23 With Stranraer and Bonnyrigg facing each other next week, if Clyde beat Peterhead they'll be off the bottom. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
To B or not B Posted March 23 Share Posted March 23 I was at Dumbarton today, and we were utterly abysmal, I genuinely can’t see where a win is coming from, let alone a goal. I would put money on us finishing bottom. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EdinburghBlue Posted March 24 Share Posted March 24 On 21/03/2024 at 21:41, Spyro said: It might open up some better players who can't manage their work around a League 2 calender but it find it easier to play LL, maybe on less money too Hope you’re not suggesting paying players less than the minimum wage 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Highland ITFC Posted March 24 Share Posted March 24 13 minutes ago, EdinburghBlue said: Hope you’re not suggesting paying players less than the minimum wage That's pretty standard in football. Given the time commitment for training twice a week, & at least one game (including travel time to away games that should also be paid), if you take an average of say 12 hours a week committed by a player to their club, any player being paid at less than c.£140 a week - of which there will be plenty across this league & other semi-pro leagues - is below the minimum wage. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spyro Posted March 24 Share Posted March 24 38 minutes ago, EdinburghBlue said: Hope you’re not suggesting paying players less than the minimum wage Less travel time, less league games, less hours of work to pay... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EdinburghBlue Posted March 24 Share Posted March 24 1 hour ago, Highland ITFC said: That's pretty standard in football. Given the time commitment for training twice a week, & at least one game (including travel time to away games that should also be paid), if you take an average of say 12 hours a week committed by a player to their club, any player being paid at less than c.£140 a week - of which there will be plenty across this league & other semi-pro leagues - is below the minimum wage. Extract from SPFL rules: As at 31 January in each calendar year a Club and the Candidate Club must be, as regards all of its employees, in compliance with the National Minimum Wage Regulations 2015 and/or any supplementary, variation or replacement regulations or other provisions in force from time to time 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lithgierose Posted March 24 Share Posted March 24 On 21/03/2024 at 16:23, Spyro said: Doubt it, they seem happy with the income boost and have plans to reinvest. I'd probably say Stranraer if I was guessing Robbie Horne sacked 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Highland ITFC Posted March 25 Share Posted March 25 21 hours ago, EdinburghBlue said: Extract from SPFL rules: As at 31 January in each calendar year a Club and the Candidate Club must be, as regards all of its employees, in compliance with the National Minimum Wage Regulations 2015 and/or any supplementary, variation or replacement regulations or other provisions in force from time to time Yup, spot on EB, but there will be plenty of clubs out there that aren't complying. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EdinburghBlue Posted March 25 Share Posted March 25 5 minutes ago, Highland ITFC said: Yup, spot on EB, but there will be plenty of clubs out there that aren't complying. They risk the wrath of HMRC: https://www.theguardian.com/society/2013/aug/19/football-clubs-minimum-wage-hmrc 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Highland ITFC Posted March 25 Share Posted March 25 Suspect it will take them a fair while before they get down to SPFL2, HL / LL & below. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
To B or not B Posted March 25 Share Posted March 25 4 hours ago, Highland ITFC said: Suspect it will take them a fair while before they get down to SPFL2, HL / LL & below. Given that the article quoted is 11 years old I would tend to agree. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PossilYM Posted April 6 Share Posted April 6 Stranraer wouldn't be a bad away trip for LL clubs. Arse end of nowhere, possible potential local derby with Gretna 2008. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PossilYM Posted April 6 Share Posted April 6 On 16/03/2024 at 21:20, Sermani said: Could be Stranraer v Dalbeattie Star in the Lowland League next season. Unbelievable Sounds like a great day out for the neutral. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FairWeatherFan Posted April 6 Share Posted April 6 Just now, PossilYM said: Stranraer wouldn't be a bad away trip for LL clubs. Arse end of nowhere, possible potential local derby with Gretna 2008. local I'm sure the self-preservation mix of clubs will be thrilled by Stranraer coming down though. As they won't upset the status quo too much. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GordonS Posted April 7 Share Posted April 7 As the crow flies Stranraer is closer to Hampden, Belfast, England, the Isle of Man and even the country of Ireland than it is to Gretna. Though Gretna would, just be their shortest drive, if Stranraer go down their geographically closest rival will either be East Kilbride, or if they go up, Caledonian Braves. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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