Todays other fitba.

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roorky said:
I normally would not report back in Todays other fitba with wee games I go and watch....

But I am at Wester Hailes Education Centre walking my dug watching Edinburgh Utd U20 v Forfar U20 in the East of Scotland Dev League cup or something like that. Shite first half with no goals, 2nd half was better and ended 2-2.
Straight to penalties but the council lights are on a timer and shut off at 9:30. Both teams had taken 2 penalty kicks it was 2-1 to Edinburgh and the game gets abandoned. So what happens now is my question and reason for posting?
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Lets really go in for youth development!

Edinburgh council "fuck off, lights oot"
 
Taken from Forfar Dev Squad Facebook page post about the match....


Match Abandoned!!

Following a draw at the end of tonight’s Knockout Cup match against Edinburgh United, the match was abandoned after the floodlights went off at the Wester Hailes Education Centre during the penalty shootout!!

We will post an update once we have received further information from EoSDL…
 
Marvelous Marvin seems to be loving it in the Championship. Still cant picture Stenny in rhe SpL but looking more likely week by week
 
Trusty not so trusty as the Huns go 1 up against the green and grey rodents.
 
roorky said:
Taken from Forfar Dev Squad Facebook page post about the match....


Match Abandoned!!

Following a draw at the end of tonight’s Knockout Cup match against Edinburgh United, the match was abandoned after the floodlights went off at the Wester Hailes Education Centre during the penalty shootout!!

We will post an update once we have received further information from EoSDL…
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Don’t know what the script is there but it could be a janitor turned them off at the end of the hire time or they have a timing restriction so as not to disrupt local residents.
 
Purple & Green said:
Don’t know what the script is there but it could be a janitor turned them off at the end of the hire time or they have a timing restriction so as not to disrupt local residents.
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I have heard it is to do with the Janny not being paid past a certain time and this is not the first time it has happened at WHEC. But the other 2 options are also plausible.

Scottish footbal has just had some sort of summit about developing youth football. £50 million set aside for grasroots development. But Edinburgh Council cannae pay a janny 1 hours overtime to keep the lights on for a few penalty kicks. This is apparantly the first year Forfar have had a youth or developmemt squad for a while, I am sure its cost a few quid to participate as they have to play games South of Dundee (including home games i think, but i could be wrong) and this happens to them. It is not good enough either from Edinburgh Council or the SFA.
 
roorky said:
I have heard it is to do with the Janny not being paid past a certain time and this is not the first time it has happened at WHEC. But the other 2 options are also plausible.

Scottish footbal has just had some sort of summit about developing youth football. £50 million set aside for grasroots development. But Edinburgh Council cannae pay a janny 1 hours overtime to keep the lights on for a few penalty kicks. This is apparantly the first year Forfar have had a youth or developmemt squad for a while, I am sure its cost a few quid to participate as they have to play games South of Dundee (including home games i think, but i could be wrong) and this happens to them. It is not good enough either from Edinburgh Council or the SFA.
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The only reason I know a bit about this is because I had a chat with the janitor at our let on Monday night. We'd put a ball over the fence, and he was obliging in opening up a padlock so we could get it but he explained there was a hard restriction on lights being off for 9:10pm - and he explained another local school had ended up with a fine for late switching off.

If I understand right, and this may or may not be the same at the WHEC, the sporting lets might be managed by CoEC or Edinburgh Leisure but the facility key holder is a third party like for example FES. So for example FES have no involvement in the running of the school but pick up the out of hours lets, and would get paid from say 7-10pm as part of an agreed contract that may or may not date back to the PPP initiatives that were common to upgraded the facilities.

This has happened at out let where a team has failed to book a long enough let for a cup tie, and the extra time and penalties would over run considerably. So the lights go out and everyone is turfed off. Not a big deal where there's not flood lights involved, but absolutely critical now. IIRC the EoSDL is a Friday night league so floodlights are going to be vital for the next 6 months.

You hire pitches by the hour - and down here it's complete hours, so it's 1 hour or 2 hours not 1.5 hours, so my hunch would be the booking club hasn't allowed enough time. Of course there's a pretty obvious issue that if the ref or opposing team is held up in traffic then there is no buffer to allow the game to start late.

Not saying FES were involved here, just using them as an example of the type of third party involved.
 
Le Tissier and Griffiths score for United in 10-1 demolition! Sorry couldnie resist, women's game.....
 
Bug Marvs team leading diwn at Ayr now. Their unstoppable. :drop::deal::deal::drop:
 
Davy said:
Bug Marvs team leading diwn at Ayr now. Their unstoppable. :drop::deal::deal::drop:
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Aye, in a way it was surprising Hertz did them over so easily. there was a very good doc on Morton and the situation they find themselves in as a Club…………….not looking good for Murray.
 
Dier - 1558 said:
Bad start for the eye ties !, especially as they are expecting a great deal.
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What channel are you watching it on. It's on Amazon Prime, but it's PPV, and I couldn't find it on my stick.
 
Hearts were playing 15 and 16 year olds?

Shows the difference in level between youth teams and even average as fuck lower league sides.
 
Hammi said:
Hearts were playing 15 and 16 year olds?

Shows the difference in level between youth teams and even average as fuck lower league sides.
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The wee Hibees have got 0 points from 5 games and are 2nd bottom of the table. Lost 2-1 to Annan Athletic but at least it's not 14 zip.
 
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