Amateur/junior Football

[Roberto]

3 minutes ago, Reed or deed said:

Buckie were the best team in the league over the season.

Great league again though.

Cup final Tuesday?

[Reed or deed]

Just now, Roberto said:

Cup final Tuesday?

Aye probably.

Is it this Tuesday? 

[Roberto]

2 minutes ago, Reed or deed said:

Aye probably.

Is it this Tuesday? 

Aye 8pm kick off.

I have my daughter so won't manage but should be good.

Then east Kilbride next 2 Saturdays.

[Reed or deed]

Just now, Roberto said:

Aye 8pm kick off.

I have my daughter so won't manage but should be good.

Then east Kilbride next 2 Saturdays.

The big games just keep on coming.

They just won 6 out of 6 in a fortnight. Fit as fuck

[Roberto]

4 minutes ago, Reed or deed said:

The big games just keep on coming.

They just won 6 out of 6 in a fortnight. Fit as fuck

Random... were you at paok away?

Was speaking to a buckie fan in great detail when i was there.

Shows the same enthusiasm you do.

[Reed or deed]

6 minutes ago, Roberto said:

Random... were you at paok away?

Was speaking to a buckie fan in great detail when i was there.

Shows the same enthusiasm you do.

Nah. Nae been to an away dons game for years min.

Started takin a lot more interest in Buckie as the dons and more to the point, scottish football is shite.

Good for a few pints on a saturday.

[Roberto]

1 minute ago, Reed or deed said:

Nah. Nae been to an away dons game for years min.

Started takin a lot more interest in Buckie as the dons and more to the point, scottish football is shite.

Good for a few pints on a saturday.

Next time I'm there I'll give you a shout.

[The Boofon]

11 hours ago, Don Fonte said:

They'll be going stroke for stroke in Buckie tonight.

Haha. Poofin a plenty on the bus to Brechin from Brora last night I heard. Lubricating assholes with tears.

 

Great finish to the league that. Buckie's fixture pile up was outrageous. To pull that deficit back over a fortnight is remarkable.

Made a shite Dons day better with the Buckie result.

[Roberto]

Scottish football strikes again.

What a joke.

'Not a bronze club'.

Corrupt as fuck.

Funnily enough EK were given this bronze award yesterday... Buckie were refused. Funny that.

[The Boofon]

38 minutes ago, Roberto said:

Scottish football strikes again.

What a joke.

'Not a bronze club'.

Corrupt as fuck.

Funnily enough EK were given this bronze award yesterday... Buckie were refused. Funny that.

Wild. 5 teams in the league don’t have it either. Cove being one of them. 

[For Fecks Sake]

2 hours ago, Roberto said:

Scottish football strikes again.

What a joke.

'Not a bronze club'.

Corrupt as fuck.

Funnily enough EK were given this bronze award yesterday... Buckie were refused. Funny that.

To be fair the SFA have given them ample time and reminders to fulfil the criteria (with 2 being relatively easy to fulfil) and they appear to have ignored it.

Reckon they are happy just being in the HL?

Brechin must be absolutely raging 😂

[Roberto]

32 minutes ago, For Fecks Sake said:

To be fair the SFA have given them ample time and reminders to fulfil the criteria (with 2 being relatively easy to fulfil) and they appear to have ignored it.

Reckon they are happy just being in the HL?

Brechin must be absolutely raging 😂

The fact this bronze certificate was granted just yesterday to East Kilbride speaks volumes to me.

And as Boof says, 5 other clubs don't have the criteria. Just a bit weird to me that.

[DeltaRay1903]

Looks affa like the suits at Buckie didn't fancy going up into the leagues. Worried about expense perhaps?

If that is the case then they've cheated the players and their fans.

[milne_afc]

2 minutes ago, DeltaRay1903 said:

Looks affa like the suits at Buckie didn't fancy going up into the leagues. Worried about expense perhaps?

If that is the case then they've cheated the players and their fans.

https://www.buckiethistlefc.co.uk/news/club-statement--pyramid-playoff-semifinal-2847695.html

[DeltaRay1903]

1 minute ago, milne_afc said:

https://www.buckiethistlefc.co.uk/news/club-statement--pyramid-playoff-semifinal-2847695.html

Corrupt weegie bastards strike again 🤬

[For Fecks Sake]

FTH

[The Boofon]

9 hours ago, milne_afc said:

https://www.buckiethistlefc.co.uk/news/club-statement--pyramid-playoff-semifinal-2847695.html

Mmmm. SPFL asked for a grace period. SFA granted derogations the following day.

 

What changed the SFA's mind from that?

 

Having two bodies working on this was only ever going to end up in an omnishambles.

[At The Border Guy]

Does feel like the Buckie chairman didn't fancy it. Floodlights, improved accessibility, increased travel distances will rack up the costs to the club, so I could understand if it was expense based. 

EDIT: Apparently he was on the radio this morning accepting they wouldn't be able to meet the criteria, but no indication if that was due to timescales or finances.

[At The Border Guy]

Actually, looks like the SFA/SPFL have fucked it after all:

FANS UPDATE

Buckie Thistle Football Club would like to issue the following addition to last night's statement on the SPFL Pyramid Play-offs:

"The club is endeavouring to get to the bottom of the decision to remove us from this weekend's play-off semi final against East Kilbride FC."

"Club officials attended meetings and had discussions with both the SPFL and SFA on Tuesday and Wednesday this week, but no indication was given at any point that Saturday's fixture was in doubt."

"Attached is a screenshot from the Decision Note issued by the SFA, which clearly states a decision on the Bronze Licence is deferred until the 15th of May. Buckie Thistle were awarded derogations on 3 of the items mentioned, and given until 15th May to resolve the Medical items."

"After further discussions with the SFA this morning, we are now looking into the possibility of taking this to Arbitration, as per Article 99 of the SFA handbook."

"Further updates will be provided in due course."

 

[aberdeen1970]

Ouch. 

Vote of no confidence in the football authorities from all member clubs please 

[Roberto]

Yeah go on Buckie.

Absolutely going for the throats.

[At The Border Guy]

That's that then. Buckie fucked up, SFA strung them along despite this, but it sounds like there's no chance of it being overturned.

https://www.buckiethistlefc.co.uk/news/president-statement-2847887.html

President Statement

As your club president it is not only my responsibility, but my duty to inform you of the facts / circumstances that resulted in the decision made yesterday by the SFA. I am personally gutted for our fantastic management team and our fantastic players, who all did so much to make us all proud, and to all of you , our fantastic and loyal supporters.

The statement issued by the SFA yesterday indicates that we did not reply to their requests.

We have in fact been actively preparing for a Bronze Licence since late last year when it was clear that was the requirement from the SPFL.

I will state straight away that we did in fact miss the cut off date for the “period of grace “ from the SPFL. We have to accept that and categorise as an error never to be repeated. However earlier this week we were asked to submit a request for this to the SPFL, which we did straight away. Why did they request this ?

On the licencing side ( SFA ) I had a Teams meeting with the SFA Licencing Committee at Hampden on Wednesday to discuss the 4 applications for derogation that we had previously submitted. We were granted 3 of those derogations, the Floodlights, The Safety Officer and the Equality, Diversity and Inclusion. The Medical Return was deferred to the next meeting due on the 15 th of May.
We have been unable to complete / submit our Medical Return because we are still trying to engage the services of a Doctor to attend all of our home games , this is a requirement for Bronze Level. This is currently our stumbling block and I believe the reason for our failure to be granted a Bronze Licence.

I have to stress that during ALL the dialogue between the club, the SPFL and the SFA, there was never any mention of the pending disaster that unfolded last night. I received the e-mail last night at 5 o’clock, informing us that we would not be taking part in the Pyramid Playoffs. The rest, as they say is history.

On a personal note I can only hope the above statement of fact clarifies the clubs current status as regards the licencing procedures and the efforts we have put into gaining a Bronze Licence. We felt we were in a good position , but unfortunately we were off the mark there.

I would like to finish this by saying that the board, committee and management team will continue to pursue the Bronze Licence, do our utmost to keep our management team and players together, and fight ( as we did this season ) for the title again next season.

We owe this to every one of you at Buckie Thistle Football Club.

[aberdeen1970]

All because they can't get a doctor to attend their games? 

Seems a bit strange. Surely they have 1 doctor in their support that could do this. 

 

[At The Border Guy]

Saw someone mention that Strathspey Thistle won't be relegated as none of the teams in the divisions below qualify for Highland League standards. Fucking stupid excuse for a pyramid system.

[Don Fonte]

6 hours ago, At The Border Guy said:

Saw someone mention that Strathspey Thistle won't be relegated as none of the teams in the divisions below qualify for Highland League standards. Fucking stupid excuse for a pyramid system.

Incorrect.

A few teams do.  But none that won their respective leagues.

[Reed or deed]

An entire league system run for the benefit of weegies, by weegies.

They can stick up their holes.