snorbens_caleyman

From the BBC text reports, that looks like it's been a great start! Top of the table!

Better take your sou'westers and oilskins 🌧️🌧️ Worth including a weather forecast - or a link to one - in the preview, now that summer is over?

I thought that Scotty was mostly talking about the 5 point deduction in the second season - in which case I agree with him. Depending on timing, the administrators will be in charge or may even have done their job, so all the cost-cutting and restructuring will be under way or complete. The 5 points deduction is simply kicking someone while they're down.

Great result. Would be two points clear at the top if....

He'll be Sikh (The new owners and manager are.)

(Written before I saw Scotty's reply) OK, it's over 31 degrees outside☀️, so I'm not going out just now. With the aid of a strong, iced coffee, I have been skimming through the SPFL rules and regs.... First observation is that they explicitly say, in their main body, that it is mandatory for member clubs to take part in the Scottish Cup (if eligible) and in the League Cup. But there is no mention of the Challenge Cup. However, the regulations for the Challenge Cup define which clubs are eligible for it - including the 30 clubs not in the Premiership - and then go on to say that the SPFL will inform all eligible clubs of the fixtures that they have to play. The word "required" is used somewhere - can't remember precisely where - meaning that each club is "required" to take part. There is nothing that says participation is mandatory. So, in the absence of such a statement, the word "required" is doing a lot of heavy lifting there. There is no provision for a club to say "we're not taking part this year". Thus, if a club didn't play, then it would be a failure to fulfil a fixture, and the repercussions as outlined above by CaleyD would follow. It would seem to me to be madness to include a club in the draw if they have already said that they won't participate. But, looking at it from the point of the SPFL, you don't want anarchy with clubs deciding which competitions they will take part in.

That's all fair enough. But I didn't mean withdrawing. I meant not entering in the first place. No opponent team - and I can't see what costs would be incurred. Time and circumstances - and country! - were different, but Man U did not take part in the 1999-2000 FA Cup. Though that was actually at the suggestion of the FA.

Is there anything that says we have to enter every competition that is available to us? What might the repercussions be if we didn't?

Blame it on the opposition's English goalie

As a different example of ignorance, I used to get upset whenever I saw something saying that County was the "most northerly" SPFL club. I corrected The Guardian more than once, and pointed it out to other sources as well. I even set the question "which is the most northerly SPFL club" in a quiz that I was setting years ago, and was impressed that 20 out of 27 entries had the correct answer. One entrant pointed out that at that time County's own website made the claim. Easy to see why you'd think of County - you have to travel northwards from Sneck. But in fact the correct answer is Elgin City, whose ground I calculated to be about 4 miles further north than County's. Have a look at a map if you don't believe me.

Good advice there Nothing too heavy, nothing too high - just pick him out, and cross to Mckay.

Appointment of the provisional liquidator means that someone is looking to preserve the (remaining) assets of the club because there is a perceived risk of it going bust. As you say, looks likely to be a creditor trying to ensure that they will at least get some of their money back.

Peterhead, goal difference +3 - top of the table. ICT, goal difference +3 - bottom of the table.

....once they get to know each other and find their patterns. As Robert has said elsewhere, the first few games will be a learning experience and could go any way.

That pretty well sums up my feelings. Alan Savage isn't going to finance the club forever, and it is therefore imperative that some other investors come in. (I am sure that he will be working on that.) I think that a playoff spot is a reasonable aspiration. Someone may well run away with the league, but I don't think it will be us. But of course I am looking forward to every minute of a season that we very nearly didn't see!

I think it means that achieving promotion is essential!

Aye, right. First thing you'd think of after shipping five goals

Damn! I'm at an air show* tomorrow. Otherwise I'd have gone abroad Great write-up, as always - thank you! * https://www.shuttleworth.org/events/summer-air-show in case there are any aviation buffs here

Dumb question, maybe, but bear in mind that I don't see and hear everything - has he actually said that he intends/wants to become a director? I can see that he might wish to run the club at arm's length, via FC Inverness. There could be advantages to NOT being a director - if, for example, the club went into administration again. OTOH, a lot of stuff will need director authorisation, so he'd either have to be a director himself, or have very pliant directors - and recent history shows that we have these :)

Must be a blow to lose after holding out for almost all of the game. One for Kell & co to spin to encourage the players - if they can do that against St J then they should have nothing to fear in League 1.

Cheers. From the BBC possession stats - 63% to 37% - I thought we must be doing well to keep it at 0-0, but it doesn't sound so good. Hope we improve after the break - and remember to keep ultra-sharp for the first few minutes of the half.

And another 3, Scotty.

Huisdean and Dave Lazenby also for the other lot, slightly earlier.

Had to check that you weren't joking They also had a match against Stirling Albion, with a changed team, but still all Trialists. Stlrlingshire Cup - 60 minute games - 3 games at Ochilview and 3 at Falkirk today. https://dumbartonfootballclub.com/fixtures/stirling-albion-v-dumbarton/ https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/c0k786vj1x7o ""Amazing day for the Trialist family," one X user replied to the club..."

So one more Sam or Ross and we could play 4-3-4?