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Post by Roy of the Rovers on Jun 4, 2023 11:15:01 GMT
From a Daily Mail online article:
Obviously Rovers do meet the seating and covered standing criteria but we have an entry level licence which is below a bronze level one.
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Post by Calum Moore on Jun 4, 2023 11:47:08 GMT
Bronze license requirements seem to be based on being bronze Ground First team and legal/finance admin and codes ARFC are Entry in all of the categories and alongside Bonnyrigg were the only entry sides in LG2 last season with Spartans holding bronze already The latest awards are below www.scottishfa.co.uk/media/10458/260423-club-licensing-awards.pdf |
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Post by Calum Moore on Jul 17, 2023 13:59:08 GMT
This has now been approved at todays SPFL meeting
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Post by chris on Jul 17, 2023 14:32:55 GMT
Cumbernauld Colts are the only team in Tier 5 currently with a bronze license everyone else is entry
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Post by Calum Moore on Jul 17, 2023 14:38:29 GMT
This has now been approved at todays SPFL meeting The statement from the SPFL reads SPFL BOARD ELECTED FOR SEASON 2023/24 THE 42 MEMBER CLUBS OF THE SCOTTISH PROFESSIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE HAVE TODAY ELECTED THE SEVEN CLUB REPRESENTATIVES WHO WILL SERVE ON THE SPFL BOARD FOR THE FORTHCOMING SEASON AT THE LEAGUE’S AGM. The SPFL Board includes three cinch Premiership representatives, two from the cinch Championship and two covering cinch League 1 and cinch League 2, one as an alternate director. Elected to serve on the 2023/24 SPFL Board, alongside SPFL chief executive Neil Doncaster, chairman Murdoch MacLennan and independent non-executive director Karyn McCluskey, were: cinch Premiership: Malcolm McPherson (Hibernian), James Bisgrove (Rangers), James MacDonald (Ross County) cinch Championship: Paul Hetherington (Airdrieonians), Graeme Mathie (Ayr United) cinch League 1 and League 2: Alastair Donald (Forfar Athletic), Alternate director – Peter Davidson (Montrose) At the meeting clubs also voted unanimously to approve: a recommendation from the club licensing and membership criteria advisory group chaired by Iain McMenemy of Stenhousemuir that all SPFL clubs be required to have a bronze licence in terms of Scottish FA club licensing; and a recommendation from the competitions working group chaired by Steven Gunn of Aberdeen that cinch Premiership clubs be required to operate a multi-ball system in league matches and all other clubs be required to notify their preferred system to the SPFL in advance of the season starting. |
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Post by Nanook on Jul 17, 2023 19:38:47 GMT
Excuse me, I am having a thick Monday, what does the foregoing actually mean for Rovers.
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Post by Roy of the Rovers on Jul 17, 2023 19:40:52 GMT
We, and everyone else except Cumbernauld Colts is ineligible to join/rejoin the SPFL as we don't have the requisite licence from the SFA.
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Post by arfcdm on Jul 17, 2023 20:23:32 GMT
Looks like the revival is finished before we've kicked a ball then
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Post by tonythejambo on Jul 17, 2023 21:56:46 GMT
This needs to be rethinked 100% how are clubs meant to get back up and others to get up. Shambles of a decision
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Post by Calum Moore on Jul 17, 2023 23:41:12 GMT
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Post by scottgkc16 on Jul 18, 2023 14:55:59 GMT
This needs to be rethinked 100% how are clubs meant to get back up and others to get up. Shambles of a decision I personally don't think it's a shambles of a decision I think it's spot on , why should any club be allowed into the professional leagues if it doesn't have the relevant licensing, the club just scrape the Entry level criteria and for a club who wish to be professional is laughable, the club has no youth teams for a start in fact I've actually seen some of the clubs in the community banner jump ship to be affiliated with another club which does a lot more for there youth teams than what Albion rovers have and have offered far more than what Albion rovers ever have. Again without having any youth teams the club will also lose there bronze level quality mark which was gained 2 years ago. Going back to the licensing , having the bronze should have been in place a long time ago and unfortunately the club is now in this situation where it doesn't meet the criteria . So my question would be why do people say its a shambles or it's not fair , what makes it unfair why should a club gain entry to the professional leagues when it doesn't have the basic licence? |
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Post by chris on Jul 18, 2023 16:51:54 GMT
This needs to be rethinked 100% how are clubs meant to get back up and others to get up. Shambles of a decision I personally don't think it's a shambles of a decision I think it's spot on , why should any club be allowed into the professional leagues if it doesn't have the relevant licensing, the club just scrape the Entry level criteria and for a club who wish to be professional is laughable, the club has no youth teams for a start in fact I've actually seen some of the clubs in the community banner jump ship to be affiliated with another club which does a lot more for there youth teams than what Albion rovers have and have offered far more than what Albion rovers ever have. Again without having any youth teams the club will also lose there bronze level quality mark which was gained 2 years ago. Going back to the licensing , having the bronze should have been in place a long time ago and unfortunately the club is now in this situation where it doesn't meet the criteria . So my question would be why do people say its a shambles or it's not fair , what makes it unfair why should a club gain entry to the professional leagues when it doesn't have the basic licence? I would be calling for heads to roll if the club were putting money into a youth set up rather than spending it on the first team |
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Post by sam on Jul 18, 2023 17:24:15 GMT
As much as I’m all for youth development I don’t think not having one is a show stopper with regard the entry/bronze level cert.
In fact there is more work for the club taking one on at the moment. Promotion out of the lowland league had to take priority I’m afraid
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Post by welshrover on Jul 18, 2023 19:38:03 GMT
To be fair this is how my team (Rhyl) went from being champions of Wales and seven consecutive European forays to ending up in the fourth tier of Welsh Football.
Although our ground (one of the best in the Welsh leagues) was way above the standard required we were demoted for some other spurious reasons and will probably never get back.
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Post by scottgkc16 on Jul 18, 2023 21:37:22 GMT
I personally don't think it's a shambles of a decision I think it's spot on , why should any club be allowed into the professional leagues if it doesn't have the relevant licensing, the club just scrape the Entry level criteria and for a club who wish to be professional is laughable, the club has no youth teams for a start in fact I've actually seen some of the clubs in the community banner jump ship to be affiliated with another club which does a lot more for there youth teams than what Albion rovers have and have offered far more than what Albion rovers ever have. Again without having any youth teams the club will also lose there bronze level quality mark which was gained 2 years ago. Going back to the licensing , having the bronze should have been in place a long time ago and unfortunately the club is now in this situation where it doesn't meet the criteria . So my question would be why do people say its a shambles or it's not fair , what makes it unfair why should a club gain entry to the professional leagues when it doesn't have the basic licence? I would be calling for heads to roll if the club were putting money into a youth set up rather than spending it on the first team You don't need the club to put money in to have a youth system, you bring in the clubs that are already there that are in under the community banner they have 17s and below , don't have an 18s , 19s have left to form a 20s side under another club, albion rovers don't have a 20s side just a reserve side who don't play competitive games just friendly matches against lesser opposition which does nothing for player development. The 21s are now not longer with a number of players stepping up to east and west of scotland league sides. But over the course of 2 years for player development the u19s and 21s have been successful with 3 players being in tonight's squad the most successful being barry Duncan from the 21s. Albion rovers do not have a massive budget so the way forward is player development which clearly does work. |
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