Dev Posted May 10 Share Posted May 10 Prorege on the NonLeagueMatters site says that clubs will again be allowed to apply for a licence from 1st July but the fee will be increased per club and any club wanting to be licenced for the end of season would need to be approved i.e. have everything in place by 31st March 2025. Anyone know of any clubs (not just EoS) likely to be applying this time round? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ginaro Posted May 10 Share Posted May 10 48 minutes ago, Dev said: Anyone know of any clubs (not just EoS) likely to be applying this time round? Given floodlights are needed, that basically narrows it down to the following unlicensed clubs with usable lights: Inverkeithing, HWU/Edinburgh College, Leith, Armadale, Bo'ness Athletic, Tweedmouth - and only the latter two seem to have club policies on their websites. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HibeeJibee Posted May 10 Share Posted May 10 (edited) This league and its clubs having already attained for themselves a position of remarkable strength, the March cut off is largely irrelevant. Take this season... the Premier Division's top 11 are all licensed and 3 of the remaining 5 are going down, and to be replaced by 2 or 3 licensed clubs... should Whitburn falter, the only unlicensed clubs will be 2 of Luncarty/Glenrothes/Inverkeithing, all having battled relegation to the very twilight of the season. Indeed it is now 8 years since the EOS League failed to provide a licensed champion - we have seen no Buckies and Beiths in these parts. So short of Whitburn managing to hold on before going through the Premier like a dose of salts it seems unlikely next season's contenders won't already be licensed. Indeed with the like of Camelon, Newtongrange, Preston, Whitehill and Blackburn also looking to bounce back - the Premier may quite soon become near enough a de facto licensed division. Of course the other competitive benefit is Scottish Cup entry. By my reckoning almost half the league will be involved next season, even as it stands: 25 licensed clubs and Bo'ness Athletic who have become the latest EOSL side to qualify via the Alex Jack Cup and Cup-Winners' Shield. Inverkeithing and Heriot-Watt will be some way short for ground criteria currently. I'd like to think some others are getting closer... we know Bo'ness Athletic, Leith and Tweedmouth have fully compliant grounds already... but of course there is plenty else in terms of personnel qualifications and policies. Armadale have been making a lot of improvements, and big works are planned at places like Crossgates and Kirkcaldy & Dysart. I think the weight of new licensees is likely to come from the West going forward - afterall they only have 16 right now. Edited May 10 by HibeeJibee 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whitburn exile Posted May 10 Share Posted May 10 3 hours ago, HibeeJibee said: This league and its clubs having already attained for themselves a position of remarkable strength, the March cut off is largely irrelevant. Take this season... the Premier Division's top 11 are all licensed and 3 of the remaining 5 are going down, and to be replaced by 2 or 3 licensed clubs... should Whitburn falter, the only unlicensed clubs will be 2 of Luncarty/Glenrothes/Inverkeithing, all having battled relegation to the very twilight of the season. Indeed it is now 8 years since the EOS League failed to provide a licensed champion - we have seen no Buckies and Beiths in these parts. So short of Whitburn managing to hold on before going through the Premier like a dose of salts it seems unlikely next season's contenders won't already be licensed. Indeed with the like of Camelon, Newtongrange, Preston, Whitehill and Blackburn also looking to bounce back - the Premier may quite soon become near enough a de facto licensed division. Of course the other competitive benefit is Scottish Cup entry. By my reckoning almost half the league will be involved next season, even as it stands: 25 licensed clubs and Bo'ness Athletic who have become the latest EOSL side to qualify via the Alex Jack Cup and Cup-Winners' Shield. Inverkeithing and Heriot-Watt will be some way short for ground criteria currently. I'd like to think some others are getting closer... we know Bo'ness Athletic, Leith and Tweedmouth have fully compliant grounds already... but of course there is plenty else in terms of personnel qualifications and policies. Armadale have been making a lot of improvements, and big works are planned at places like Crossgates and Kirkcaldy & Dysart. I think the weight of new licensees is likely to come from the West going forward - afterall they only have 16 right now. Hoping our committee are going to go for license as need it to progress 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spyro Posted May 11 Share Posted May 11 12 hours ago, HibeeJibee said: Tweedmouth have fully compliant grounds already Are Tweedmouth playing at big Shielfield now? I know there was damage to old Shielfield but thought they were getting on well there 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
searchers1963 Posted May 11 Share Posted May 11 6 hours ago, Spyro said: Are Tweedmouth playing at big Shielfield now? I know there was damage to old Shielfield but thought they were getting on well there Played this season at berwick anyway. We played them their 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marten Posted May 14 Share Posted May 14 Yeah, Tweedmouth moved to Shielfield with the eye on licensing, so I'd expect them to apply. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GNU_Linux Posted May 14 Share Posted May 14 On 11/05/2024 at 02:13, Spyro said: Are Tweedmouth playing at big Shielfield now? I know there was damage to old Shielfield but thought they were getting on well there One of the issues with Old Shiefield was being unable to install floodlights iirc. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevsmart Posted May 21 Share Posted May 21 If I remember HWU/Edinburgh College can't get licence as the walkway from changing rooms to the pitch isn't covered. Happy to be proved wrong though 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burnieman Posted May 21 Share Posted May 21 12 minutes ago, kevsmart said: If I remember HWU/Edinburgh College can't get licence as the walkway from changing rooms to the pitch isn't covered. Happy to be proved wrong though The changing rooms are the other side of the road/carpark. Also, despite having 2 decent stands, there are no facilities at all inside the fence. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevsmart Posted May 21 Share Posted May 21 22 minutes ago, Burnieman said: The changing rooms are the other side of the road/carpark. Also, despite having 2 decent stands, there are no facilities at all inside the fence. Correct, so they won't be going for a licence. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Footballfirst Posted May 24 Share Posted May 24 (edited) On 21/05/2024 at 16:20, Burnieman said: The changing rooms are the other side of the road/carpark. Also, despite having 2 decent stands, there are no facilities at all inside the fence. There are actually 3 stands with a total of just under 200 seats. You must have missed last season's ground improvement with a couple of portaloos now in situ at the far end of the stands. Edited May 24 by Footballfirst 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burnieman Posted May 25 Share Posted May 25 10 hours ago, Footballfirst said: There are actually 3 stands with a total of just under 200 seats. You must have missed last season's ground improvement with a couple of portaloos now in situ at the far end of the stands. Pure luxury.......how often are they emptied 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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