East Stirlingshire have been in the league for seven seasons and last season was, by far, their worst season so I'm not sure about the "having been in this league either a season or a couple of seasons, should now be settled and know what is required to get out of the Lowland League" claim. P&B 2017 . Brechin City . Aberdeen . Crowd was around 150 at each if that helps. My Team : St. P&B 2017 . Plans to introduce Celtic and Rangers B teams into League Two for the start of next season are being finalised for a vote by SPFL clubs. Incredible game Gogsy well done United . P&B 2017 . Digaba. Arbroath . P&B Dark Alternative . Tuesday 17/10 BU v Celtic B @745. Again well done Faceman and others, excellent work Can't speak for fans of other clubs, but sadly Hearts youth and reserve teams always seem to play on weekday afternoons making it near impossible to go and watch. The Lowland League champion can be excluded and allow the other 16 to extend the season into May. P&B 2021 Light (Default) P&B 2021 Dark . Pie Of The Month. Please check the location of each event carefully. Discuss all the latest happenings in the Lowland Football League here. Edited August 21, 2021 by Ginaro. To a certain type of fans of Scottish football (ie goons like me), the Lowland League could in theory be the most interesting and fun league in Scotland - loads of teams with decent sized supports, ri AsimButtHitsASix. Clyde . By Guest Sheltie97, July 4. P&B 2016 . Best of luck to everyone for the season. Until the LL becomes a league genuinely filled with the biggest and best clubs, south of the Tay, outside the SPFL, it's not going to be an attractive prospect for clubs currently in the SPFL. Alloa Athletic . then low and behold , The Ed city Fans poured in with their championship winners scarfs and new bob hats. Airdrie . Alloa Athletic . Airdrie . What are your average home and away attendances like? Hope to welcome many Linlithgow fan's to central park next season where usually away fans are welcome to have a refreshment at the clubs bar. P&B 2016 . Maybe a HL team wins promotion in that instance and force two LL team relegations. THE Highlanders say they are being forced to play the winners of the newly-formed Lowland League but have no desire to play in Scottish League 2 next season. My Team : Scotland. 4 minutes ago, AlanCamelonfan said: Where are rangers and celtic playing there games. A good crowd tonight for the first game at the new improved Peffermill. Discuss all the latest happenings in the Lowland Football League here Highland League Wick to Tayport - 241 miles (sh!te roads!) Lowland League Stranraer to Luncarty - 150 miles Campbeltown to St Andrews - 195 miles EDIT - Berwick is a nightmare to get to from anywhere though! Edited May 18 by Spyro We would like to show you a description here but the site won’t allow us. Followers 110. The BU's had an early chance around 10 mins when a shot hit the underside of the bar and somehow it stayed out. P&B Dark Alternative . P&B Dark Alternative . Annan Athletic . Brechin City . Ayr Utd . Teams to watch out for in border amateur league By Dab, March 4, 2016. Cowdenbeath. P&B Dark Alternative . Lowland League General Discussion - Page 65 - Pie and Bovril. Aberdeen . Berwick Rangers . Jump to content. With all other teams taking points of each. Scottish Cup, League Cup and South Challenge Cup. Cowdenbeath. Annan Athletic . P&B 2019 . The Lowland League is already strong, but Gretna and Edinburgh Uni either need to improve, or get relegated. Discuss all the latest happenings in the Lowland Football League here. Celtic . P&B 2021 Light (Default) P&B 2021 Dark . Club 42 could have been relegated to the LL for 2021-22. Saturday 28/10 @2pm Scottish Cup at Luncarty. Correct, after 2 no votes and an abstention Dalbeattie are still a diddy club. . Aberdeen . About the West Coast League. P&B 2016 . Brechin City . September 16, 2021. . Cowdenbeath. Ok so where will I start. Forfar Athletic News 2018 onwards. Lowland League ; Lowland league Attendances IPS Theme by IPSFocus; Theme . Airdrie . Clyde . Ayr Utd . 1,634 likes · 6 talking about this · 147 were here. Celtic . Lowland League ; Tranent Juniors IPS Theme by IPSFocus; Theme . P&B 2019 . Albion Rovers . Or possibly 3 down from lowland, with 2nd In EOS playing off against 2nd in WOS. Aberdeen . Outside the ugly sisters most B teams would struggle in the Lowland League over a season. The "but the SFPL" argume Sermani. Supporters Direct Scotland have engaged supporters on this topic in the past, but are keen to know whether the opinions of Scottish football supporters has changed. Yellow cards for Linlithgow players that shouldn't have been given and no yellow / red cards to EK players that should have been given. Cove Rangers . September 18, 2015 in Lowland League. P&B 2019 . Once again they are 16th (now in an 18 team league), and have played four matches in a row without a win. The IRAngers effect. Stuart Malcolm failed miserably with a highly paid experienced squad, and is now doing the same with some talented but raw youngsters. Why would anyone expect any sort of crowd when Rangers 1st team were playing at the same time! The graph above actually shows pretty decent crowds for Rangers B gamesIf it's still the case there's only one promotion place to the Lowland League after this season, then it's not the old Junior mentality strangling the pyramid. At least now looking at the squad they are being honest to the original claim about Scottish players and not fill the team with foreign players like a. Berwick Rangers . css. P&B 2021 Light (Default) P&B 2021 Dark . There was one B team thread which was busy but relatively peaceful most the time. Annan Athletic . Clyde . I guess if in the fantasy scenario of the West/East/Highland regional split, and the West juniors becoming the West pyramid you’d tack the SOSL on below the Superleagues and next to the Ayrshire district and Central district leagues, it certainly shouldn’t feed strait into the lowland league. Brechin City . I will certainly take a 1-nil defeat tonight. Aberdeen . While East Stirlingshire is a former League club, and had six years as a upper table team in the Lowland League, they did finish 16th last season, with only Gretna, Edinburgh Uni and Dalbeattie behind them. P&B 2016 . I don't think anyone would have them falling like a stone like VoL or Hawick. Congratulations to Heriot-Watt University - who effectively won the Lowland & EOS U20s Development League tonight (they could still be caught on points by Cumbernauld but are over 20 ahead on GD). Clarke EPOS should stop the sponsorship because the Lowland League's toxic reputation will reflect badly on them. Much like league reconstruction there's interest, just no consensus as across those leagues you've got Saturdays, Tuesdays, and Friday nights as the. P&B Dark Alternative . The team won't be as good on paper, but might actually be better on the pitch than the underachievers we've been watching this season. Lowland League General Discussion IPS Theme by IPSFocus; Theme . As the relative league positions would suggest should be the case, Cumbernauld were the better side, although made a lot harder work than they'd have liked in putting their opposition away. Hi everyone. To a certain type of fans of Scottish football (ie goons like me), the Lowland League could in theory be the most interesting and fun league in Scotland - loads of teams with decent sized supports, ri AsimButtHitsASix. Albion Rovers . P&B 2016 . 414 (QP v Clyde), 157 (Albion Rovers v Edinburgh City), 262 (Stenny v Cowden), 412 (Alloa v Stirling Albion), 402 (Stranraer v Livingston), 208 (Edinburgh. Biggest saving will come from cutting the squad. Reasons not to get promoted to or stay in the Lowland League: COST: Expence of coaches to away games £6000 per season. Stenhousemuir -vs- Peterhead (Tuesday 14 November 2023) Bonnyrigg Rose Vs Forfar Athletic 18/11/23. This follows the Scottish FA’s decision to withdraw a vote on the proposed introduction of a ‘Conference League’ at tier five in the national football pyramid. Lowland League; P&B Home; Browse. Posted December 6, 2017. P&B 2017 . Quote; Link to comment Posted December 8, 2022. Airdrie . Lowland League; P&B Home; Browse. B teams will probably be back next year trying to get in again or attempting to reconstruct things for their benefit. Tl;dr in advance but the most likely outcome is 1 team being relegated. Rightly or wrongly, the SJFA (and most clubs) see themselves at least on par with the LL, and won't entertain the idea of being a feeder to the LL. Stevenson, Hawkins, McArhur, McAulay. There are plenty of thr. Cove Rangers . Arbroath . 1k views; Grim O'Grady; June 26, 2015; Pre-season. In the next 5-10 years the Lowland will be made up of the best West and East (old junior teams) plus you will have the SPFL teams who are already there. Annan Athletic . Its part of the agreement with Maxwell and Doncaster to avoid a legal challenge. . P&B 2019 . Clyde . On 30/06/2023 at 17:05, Cowdenleith said: Not a happy camp behind the scenes it seems…. Catch Episode 2 of the Lowland League Catchup now on Youtube and Soundcloud! 1. P&B 2019 . Ayr Utd . P&B 2016 . Clyde . Cove Rangers . Alloa Athletic . Lowland League General Discussion IPS Theme by IPSFocus; Theme . Arbroath . Annan Athletic . 2) The Old Firm B teams must have been delighted when Hearts got accepted too. They beat Darvel to secure their place in the Lowland league. Lowland League; P&B Home; Browse. P&B 2019 . Airdrie . Forums; Events; Staff; Online Users; MoreLowland League ; Lowland league Attendances IPS Theme by IPSFocus; Theme . EverywhereDiscuss all the latest happenings in the Lowland Football League hereLast night, Lowland League clubs gave an indicative vote in favour of admitting old firm colt sides into the Lowland League for season 2021/22. This is the lowland League table taken from Wiki just now. P&B 2021 Light (Default) P&B 2021 Dark . a penalty courtesy of goalkeeping madness and a great strike while BU got over the equaliser. Brechin City . P&B 2017 . Alloa Athletic . Up the Star I have said it before on this forum, but the Lowland league has the potential to be one of the best leagues in the country. Apparently the SPFL have voted through a change that requires clubs to have a bronze club license to be able to play in it. Maybe a HL team wins promotion in that instance and force two LL team relegations. Whoever gets the position has a big rebuild in front of them. P&B 2021 Light (Default) P&B 2021 Dark . Link to comment Share on other sites. P&B 2019 . Clyde . Berwick Rangers . Alloa Athletic . Arbroath . The Lowland League champion can be excluded and allow the other 16 to extend the season into May. P&B 2016 . Aberdeen . Posted May 15. . Can’t comment on other teams though and as previously said by edinabear, I’d imagine the. South of Scotland Football League IPS Theme by IPSFocus; Theme . Vale of Leithen Match 2: Civil Service Strollers vs. And the Lowland League board now fear the plug could be pulled on the colts unless clubs vote to scrap the boundary rule covering sides relegated from the SPFL on Monday night. Trekked up to Meadowbank got in early, as a bumper crowd expected to cheer on the Lowland league champions, queued for 25 seconds and managed to get a seat in the stand. Cowdenbeath. Discuss all the latest happenings in the Lowland Football League hereLowland League ; Bo'ness United 2021/22 IPS Theme by IPSFocus; Theme . The Scottish Conference League to be funded by a B Team participation fee: with six non-B teams receiving an estimated payment of around £40,000 each per annum. Albion Rovers . Albion Rovers . Clyde v East Fife. Cove. Now is just time to reset and go again. P&B 2017 . P&B 2016 . Arbroath . Berwick Rangers . That's clearly the long-term goal. Page 1 of 46. Aberdeen . P&B Dark Alternative . February 22, 2019. 13 replies; 1. P&B 2019 . Hopefully Alan can get a decent crowd along to his well deserved testimonial match. P&B 2016 . Ayr Utd . See the fixtures. Clarke EPOS should stop the sponsorship because the Lowland League's toxic reputation will reflect badly on them. no junior clubs at these times applied. C. P&B 2017 . Lowland League 2020/21 General Chat - Page 3 - Lowland League - Pie. Certainly in the 1990s when counting the crowds we included everyone there including the ambulance staff when other clubs in out league did their counting differently. Berwick Rangers . Rangers and Celtic could easily be 1-2 though. P&B 2016 . EverywhereThe Lowland League have consistently shown disrespect to the feeder leagues. This will be related to feature releases, improvements, changes, planned forum maintenance work, events or to tell you that we've accepted a multi million pound bid for the site and have sold up and moved to the Bahamas. All Activity; SearchJump to content. Arbroath . A surprise choice for the Lowland League, but even more surprising has been the speed with which the club has improved on & off the park ever since. The Lowland League has been treating the leagues below them like sh!t, are utterly disrespectful to them. 8 replies; 2. Annan Athletic . Alloa Athletic . Conveniently, Rangers then had a bad run of form and lost the lead of the league and never looked like regaining it. March 13, 2022. Cove Rangers . Lowland League. Beyond that, obstacles placed in the way of progression are not healthy for the quality of the Lowland League. Hearts should just be ashamed of themselves. Arbroath . Cowdenbeath. 2k Location : Glasgow; My Team : Partick Thistle Share. Share. Aberdeen . P&B 2019 . Alan Reid Testimonial Match. 38 minutes ago, SpoonTon said: The actual group does make a massive difference, though. Cowdenbeath. Celtic . Aberdeen . Maxwell promised a pyramid review to get the B Teams in this season and came up with a half arsed plan to open the door for future B Teams entry into SPFL and League 2 Clubs are so afraid of the Lowland. Author. P&B 2017 . Looks like the SJFA haven't bothered to update their rules if indeed the cup was opened to tier 5 and below at the AGM. Brechin City . Forums; Events; Staff; Online Users; More . Clyde . Aberdeen . Celtic . Albion Rovers . Can’t comment on other teams though and as previously said by edinabear, I’d imagine the “bigger” teams will get more than that. Arbroath . Darvel are having a 'mare today as well though by the looks of things: Darvel are Premier League status, whereas Gretna 2008 are In a league above. Airdrie . Annan Athletic . Cove Rangers . Berwick Rangers . P&B 2016 . Pie Of The Month. P&B 2016 . surely not! Posted August 15, 2018. Arbroath . Rab B Nesbit. Fraserburgh relegating Cowdenbeath would be an excellent outcome in that respect, it would get rid of two Tier 6/7 level clubs from the Lowland in one go. A workable arrangement needed to be in place. just find a bit. Aberdeen . 4k views. P&B 2019 . Charlie. By newcastle broon July 2, 2019 in Lowland League. P&B Dark Alternative . Posted. Cove Rangers . Alloa Athletic . Quote; Link to comment Share on other sites. April 29. Plus Lowland League/other leagues may get more publicity/sponsorship for the league being more interesting. Annan Athletic . Airdrie . Say what you want about Si Ferry but he comes across as a young, passionate and very knowledgeable manager who could go higher. All Activity; SearchOur back 4 in particular were star performers. Airdrie . Cowdenbeath. P&B Dark Alternative . was told he paid the league some money for last season. Annan Athletic . There's the possibility of the 16 votting members of this season's Lowland League 3+ could have been different. Pie and Bovril Official Announcements. P&B 2016 . He's also gretna's shirt sponsor. Discuss all the latest happenings in the Lowland Football League here. More sharing options. 1. Ayr Utd . Discuss all the latest happenings in the Lowland Football League here. Try non league matters website see what tallies up from there. And would have them bottom half of EoS First. By Guest Sheltie97, May 9, 2022. Followers 334. Ayr Utd . 2020-21: A WoSFL or EoSFL team wins promotion to the LL 2021-22. League 1; League 2; North Pyramid; Lowland League; East of Scotland League; South of Scotland League; West of Scotland LeagueWest of Scotland Football League; P&B Home; Browse. There's also a naivety and lack of confidence that it's much better having the SPFL in charge of getting sponsorship and distributing it, rather than doing it themselves, as clubs in the Highland and Lowland Leagues have to do, and then bitterly complaining about getting their players poached by tier 5 sides. On 12/06/2022 at 15:01, craigkillie said: Hearts Colts will be relatively shite and finish about 8th. Lowland League 2021-22 General Chat - Page 18 - Lowland League - Pie. The problem with Firs Park where the youtube clip starts off ties into it being owned in dubious circumstances by their former chairman Alan Mackin. 3rd worst manager in our history, after Jimmy Thomson and Johnny Harvey. Charlie. RANGERS can today announce the club will not be entering a B team in the Scottish Lowland Football League in season 2023/24 and beyond. Posted May 26. Activity. Celtic . Now that Spartans and Rangers B are away, Celtic B are the team to beat. Several good performances for the BU's today. P&B 2017 . Initial conference = 4 B teams, 2 Highland, and 4 Lowland depending on the outcome of the Club 42 playoff. Cove Rangers . Cove Rangers . Celtic . Annan Athletic . Albion Rovers . Hearts B 3-2 Broomhill. Please please please. P&B 2019 . Where do we see this season going?Was involved at youth level with a team struggling. February 23, 2019. Conveniently, Rangers then had a bad run of form and lost the lead of. Gold Members. I've no doubt the manager and team wanted to do their best but there was hardly full hearted. Alan is about to begin his 11th consecutive season with the club, and is getting close to reaching 400 competitive appearances. Alloa Athletic . The league is very much changed now you could say their taking the place of a progressive side in the division below. My Team : Bo'ness United. Airdrie . Boo. not later than 31 August in each Season, except in Season 2021/22 when the. 47. Albion Rovers . They do obtain HL vs LL playoff winner promoted automatically into the Conference, while the loser plays 2nd bottom out of ten in the conference. Hard sell with current arrangements at top ie win league/ win play off with Highland Champion/ win play off with Team 42 ( always with home advantage in second game). P&B 2021 Light (Default) P&B 2021 Dark . A 19 team league and a vague promise of further discussions about the pyramid is nowhere near good enough. Most of the teams that have finished below them are already relegated. Annan Athletic . P&B 2021 Light (Default) P&B 2021 Dark . Celtic . P&B 2019 . Then the SPFL Reserve League and Lowland Development League. Berwick Rangers . Ayr Utd . Ayr Utd . Arbroath . September 16, 2021. P&B Dark Alternative . If the Lowland League clubs hadn't shat the bed in the 1st place and showed the same unity as the big League clubs have done every time they've been asked to discuss this pish over the years, then it would never have got to this stage. Hearts created a lot of chances but Broomhill were never out of the game. Discuss all the latest happenings in the Lowland Football League hereLowland League vs Highland League By Grim O'Grady, July 19, 2014. This is the Conference League Good guys thread of which we are a member. Celtic . P&B 2016 . Two totally different issues, In fact 3 different issues if you include the voting of relegation 1. All Activity; SearchA wee something from Ronan Alexander, one of the slfl. Berwick Rangers . Cowdenbeath. Hearts (along with the Old Firm) obviously wanted a B team in the pyramid and are clearly happy to be part of the Conference League. Airdrie . Beaten by a great shot that keepers just don't save and by a penalty. P&B 2017 . P&B 2021 Light (Default) P&B 2021 Dark . By Deanburn Dave May 29, 2022 in Lowland League. Cove Rangers . P&B 2017 . P&B 2021 Light (Default) P&B 2021 Dark . Lowland League ; LINLITHGOW ROSE 23/24 IPS Theme by IPSFocus; Theme . P&B 2017 . 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