EISTnWAST

What is all this nonsense about Shetland defending their title? They lost that chance when they decided not to go to Rhodes.

Anyway, it looks like it will be very expensive for the team to travel to Aland. So far one player has said he can't go. I wonder if the others have found out if they can get time off work for the 10 days or so required.

Does anybody think that the team would be better off focusing their resources on competing in Scotland?

Who said they will definitely be going?

Are you refering to this story from Da Times?....http://www.shetlandtimes.co.uk/2008/10/07/football-squad-will-go-to-island-games/

I can only think that Neil Riddell is trying to get into tabloid journalism. The actual quotes from Magnus Flaws fail to back up Neil's statements of "SHETLAND’S footballers will definitely be taking part in next year’s Island Games, it has been confirmed." & "only one member of the squad said he definitely would not be making the trip".

Must give him some credit though. It's unusual for a story in Da Times to come from a source other than Shetlink

20th sept premier league

Unst 2 - Whalsay 4

Friday Sept 5th Premier |League

Spurs 2 v 4 Delting

Celtic 8 v 0 Yell

Scalloway 2 v 3 Whitedale

Whalsay 5 v 0 Ness

Unst 1 v 3 Thistle

Monday Sept 8th Premier League

Whitedale 4 v 0 Ness Utd

Yell 0 v 9 Whalsay

Spurs 2 v 1 Scalloway

On the point of teams being forced to play in the A league, I'll write something similar to what I wrote in the Shetland Football 2007(?) thread.

The teams in the A league (otherwise know as the Shetland Football Association) voted for this insane rule to protect their own interests. In doing so they successfully made the Burra team fold. I doubt they will care if Yell go down the same road. They care more about having enough teams in the A league than they do about the good of Shetland football as a whole.

If it is proposed to change this rule at the AGM then the same old argument will take place. It ends with something like this.....

"weel whit's tae stop any team dropping doon tae da B league"......

"we dunna want da same situation as we hed afore whan it wis a 6 team A league".

Then the vote takes place......Delting, Whalsay, Thistle, Spurs, Celtic, Scalloway vote for one team clubs to play A league only.

Ness, Unst, Yell, and possibly Whitedale (depends if they still remember they were struggling for players not so long ago) all vote for the good of Shetland football as a whole and say teams should play at a level where they are competitive.

Not enough votes to bring about change. The only solution would be for the teams who want change to stick two fingers up to the A league (otherwise known as the SFA), and say if you don't change the rule we'll join another league. If they don't agree then they'll be left with a 6 team league, which is what they don't want.

Of course we might see the clubs cooperating with each other and forgetting about their own individual agendas

Sorry, been very busy with my new job and have neglected my duties (and the Shetland games have also caused a bit of confusion). Thanks for bringing me up to date Marshall. We may have to declare this round void.......opinions please.......

Whitedale 1 V 3 Spurs

Thistle 5 V 1 Yell

Whalsay 3 V 2 Scalloway

Delting 4 V 2 Celtic

I'll get the latest table up in the next day or two.

From the Parish Cup AGM thread...

Other points of note were the change of the Under 21's Parish Cup from a 11-a-side knockout tournament to a one day 7-a-side tournament,

 

the present set-up of teams like Southend Utd and Sandwick as well as Cunningsburgh and Burra and Whitedale and Westside Utd being amalgamated to form 11 a side teams will cease and each team will field a separate 7 a side team in the competition there will also be no allowance to field overage players, teams can have a squad as large as they like but must name 11 players per game e.g. 7 starting players on the pitch and four subs.

 

I remember thinking it was a bad idea at the time, but didn't bother complaining because.......

It is proposed to try this set-up as a trial for one year if people don't feel they like it then please remember to attend next years AGM to make your views heard.

I figured that since this was voted for at the AGM, it must be what all the teams wanted

With the season all but over, it's now time for people to start ignoring the posts of "attend the AGM".

Premier League Friday 22nd

Unst 1 v 2 Scalloway

Yell 1 v 4 Whitedale

Premier league 15/8/08

Thistle 3 v 2 Celtic

Yell 0 v 4 Spurs

whalsay 2 v 3 Delting

Premier league 16/8/08

Ness utd 3 v 2 Unst

I was thinking there must be some games on Friday night. Does anybody know (penfold)?

Premier League Friday Aug 8th

Spurs 4 v 1 Ness

Premier League 1st of August

Celtic 1 v 3 Spurs

Thistle 2 v 4 Delting

Premier League 4th of August

Delting 4 v 1 Whitedale

Ness United 1 v 3 Thistle

Scalloway 7 v 0 Yell

Spurs 5 v 1 Unst

Whalsay 3 v 1 Celtic

Sorry about the reduced service recently. As soon as I get back Eist, full service will resume

Monday July 28th

Yell 2 v 4 Ness

Wednesday July 30th

Spurs 1 v 3 Whalsay

Celtic 2 v 3 Whitedale

Friday July 18th

Whitedale 2 v Thistle 3

Ness Utd 2 v Celtic 5

Spurs 1 v Whalsay 4

Saturday July 19th

Unst 2 v Delting 5

Monday July 21st

Celtic 2 v Whitedale 1

Ness 1 v Scalloway 3

Yell 0 v Spurs 4

Oh, no need for my in depth explanation

The easiest explanation would be to say Frankie is a cheat

but he actually isn't

Sorry for the confusion Marshall. It wasn't you who did anything wrong, and in actual fact nobody did anything wrong.

I just found it odd that within 18 minutes of you posting your predictions, Frankie had edited his own ones and they matched yours. Now for all I know, he may have been correcting a spelling mistake. However, he said it was

Just good defending of a lead.

Like I said, no rules have been broken. I just seriously doubt that Frankie would have gone for 9-0 to Delting last week if you hadn't. He is obviously feeling the pressure at the top, and felt he needed to give himself a bit of an edge before his 5 week absence. Both of you were awarded 8 points this week.

Anyway, I think all of this shows that we have a new favourite for the title

^^^

Too easy.

I've PM'd you Frankie.

Premier League Friday 11th July

Scalloway 1 v 4 Delting

Yell 1 v 4 Unst

Marshall's Magic Marred

A great week for Marshall was spoiled due to a loop-hole being exploited by one of his rivals. His brilliant 8 points will be little consolation to him in a week which really should have seen him move to the top. There will be no punishment handed out to the culprit, as there was no rules broken. However, this week it has been decided that prections can now be PM'd rather than posted, if a competitor wishes to keep their ideas from being plagerized.

Frankie 71

Marshall 66

penfold 58

MiM 54

Stoichkov 52

EISTnWAST 46

Baxter 39

Mr Brain 22

brokenlink 21

hellsbells 6

http://oafa.leaguerepublic.com/page.do?id=7929248

Promotion & relegation is still alive and kicking in Orkney if you take a look at that link. Good to see a progressive association, with their own website, and the ability to attract quality opposition such as Ross County.

Shetland may have the better team, but the OFA seems to be miles ahead of the SFA.

Sorry I missed the prelim on this cup, but maybe just as well after Ness descended the competition into farce.

Fraser Cup

Quarter-Finals : 7/7/08

Whitedale 2 v 3 Celtic

Thistle 5 v 0 Yell

Spurs 1 v 2 Delting

Unst 2 v 4 Scalloway

Semi-finals : 14/7/08

Celtic 1 v 3 Delting

Thistle 2 v 1 Scalloway

Final 9/8/08

Delting 3 v 1 Thistle

Premier League Friday July 4th

Whitedale 1 v 4 Whalsay

Scalloway 2 v 3 Thistle

Delting 7 v 0 Yell

Premier League Saturday July 5th

Unst 2 v 5 Celtic

Latest table

Frankie 63

Marshall 58

penfold 55

MiM 52

Stoichkov 49

EISTnWAST 43

Baxter 37

brokenlink 21

Mr Brain 19

hellsbells 6

Premier League Friday 27th June

Thistle 2 v 3 Spurs

Celtic 1 v 2 Scalloway

Frankie Holds On As Half-time Whistle Blows

For the first time since 14th May, Frankie has 2 people within 10 points of him. With only half the season gone, everybody will be wondering if he can last the pace. This weeks big winner was 'Marathon Man' penfold. While most people thought Yell would be well and truly humped by Whalsay, penfold's conservative prediction of 6-0 took him back into the title race. Going into the second half of the season, it looks to be a three-horse race. The only thing that would change that is if MiM can stop his yo-yo form and find some consistancy.

Frankie 63

Marshall 57

penfold 54

MiM 50

Stoichkov 48

EISTnWAST 43

Baxter 37

brokenlink 21

Mr Brain 18

hellsbells 6