exile Posted November 6, 2016 Share Posted November 6, 2016 Ajax feliciteert East Kilbride FC met wereldrecord - tribute to the lowland league side's historic 27 win run. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heuch Moray Posted November 6, 2016 Share Posted November 6, 2016 I was about to post the video Fantastic achievement for Kilby with a fine gesture from Ajax. Perhaps the proposed new stadium will need a larger capacity than 4,000. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regenmann Posted November 6, 2016 Share Posted November 6, 2016 Did they not draw one of these games and only won in extra-time? Not that I'm trying to detract from their achievement - just along the A726 from me and I've been following their results. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fringo Posted November 6, 2016 Share Posted November 6, 2016 19 minutes ago, Regenmann said: Did they not draw one of these games and only won in extra-time? Not that I'm trying to detract from their achievement - just along the A726 from me and I've been following their results. Are you thinking in the cup ? This is 27 league wins. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adamntg Posted November 6, 2016 Share Posted November 6, 2016 16 minutes ago, fringo said: Are you thinking in the cup ? This is 27 league wins. Nah, it's 27 competitive wins, league and cups. You could quibble about the cup game but Ajaz aren't. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fringo Posted November 6, 2016 Share Posted November 6, 2016 7 minutes ago, adamntg said: Nah, it's 27 competitive wins, league and cups. You could quibble about the cup game but Ajaz aren't. Listening to Off the Ball in the last few weeks I'm sure they said league games. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fringo Posted November 6, 2016 Share Posted November 6, 2016 Just had a wee look online and there's no mention of league matches. Just refers to consecutive matches. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heuch Moray Posted November 6, 2016 Share Posted November 6, 2016 It's for 27 consecutive league wins. However, as brought to light on Radio Scotland don't they now need to win one more game to better the recently reformed Hereford's same record of 27 match wins? http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/35137390 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hertsscot Posted November 6, 2016 Share Posted November 6, 2016 Am I right in thinking that EK is the largest town in Scotland without a senior football team? Hopefully the publicity from this run will do them some good, EK a whole lot bigger than Dingwall and the Staggies are not doing too bad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ErsatzThistle Posted November 6, 2016 Share Posted November 6, 2016 1 minute ago, Hertsscot said: Am I right in thinking that EK is the largest town in Scotland without a senior football team? Hopefully the publicity from this run will do them some good, EK a whole lot bigger than Dingwall and the Staggies are not doing too bad. Aye, think you are. Here's a full breakdown of Scotland's town and cities by population. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_towns_and_cities_in_Scotland_by_population Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deecie Posted November 6, 2016 Share Posted November 6, 2016 48 minutes ago, Hertsscot said: Am I right in thinking that EK is the largest town in Scotland without a senior football team? Hopefully the publicity from this run will do them some good, EK a whole lot bigger than Dingwall and the Staggies are not doing too bad. Ross County is the team of Ross-shire, not Dingwall - that's just where their Stadium is bases. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adamntg Posted November 6, 2016 Share Posted November 6, 2016 1 hour ago, Hertsscot said: Am I right in thinking that EK is the largest town in Scotland without a senior football team? Hopefully the publicity from this run will do them some good, EK a whole lot bigger than Dingwall and the Staggies are not doing too bad. Well, it's the sixth biggest town or city in Scotland so it wouldn't be difficult! I see Glenrothes the second biggest without, followed by Irvine. Rutherglen the largest old place without one since Clyde moved out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adamntg Posted November 6, 2016 Share Posted November 6, 2016 1 hour ago, Heuch Moray said: It's for 27 consecutive league wins. However, as brought to light on Radio Scotland don't they now need to win one more game to better the recently reformed Hereford's same record of 27 match wins? http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/35137390 Currently on 16 consecutive league wins - the last 4 of 2015/16 and the first 12 of this season. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ErsatzThistle Posted November 6, 2016 Share Posted November 6, 2016 A number of locations once had senior teams (though not always professional teams I concede) playing in Scottish football such as Armadale, Bathgate, Bo'ness, Port Glasgow and Johnstone to name just a few. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exile Posted November 6, 2016 Author Share Posted November 6, 2016 22 minutes ago, adamntg said: Rutherglen the largest old place without one since Clyde moved out. Just looking at the history, the boundary between Glasgow and Lanarkshire used to go through Shawfield. So it was partly a Glasgow club back then. Then it was all in Glasgow, now all in South Lanarkshire... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deecie Posted November 6, 2016 Share Posted November 6, 2016 7 minutes ago, exile said: Just looking at the history, the boundary between Glasgow and Lanarkshire used to go through Shawfield. So it was partly a Glasgow club back then. Then it was all in Glasgow, now all in South Lanarkshire... There's a story about Clyde not being in Glasgow so that they could play in Europe the same season as Celtic. Something along those lines anyway, the details escape me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duncan Blackheart Posted November 6, 2016 Share Posted November 6, 2016 10 minutes ago, deecie said: There's a story about Clyde not being in Glasgow so that they could play in Europe the same season as Celtic. Something along those lines anyway, the details escape me. I think it was that they weren't allowed to enter the then Fairs Trophy as Rutherglen didn't have an international trade fair, whereas the next highest qualifying team came from somewhere (Glasgow) that did. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exile Posted November 6, 2016 Author Share Posted November 6, 2016 23 minutes ago, Duncan Blackheart said: I think it was that they weren't allowed to enter the then Fairs Trophy as Rutherglen didn't have an international trade fair, whereas the next highest qualifying team came from somewhere (Glasgow) that did. Something like that, well, according to Wikipedia (Shawfield: Location anomalies) Quote In the 1966–67 season, Clyde's third-placed finish in the Scottish League should have earned them a place in the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup, however a one club per city rule applied to the competition, and second placed Rangers had precedence to represent Glasgow. Clyde attempted to argue that Shawfield's location actually meant they were from the separate town of Rutherglen, however the organisers of the tournament cited Clyde's membership of the Glasgow Football Association and participation in the Glasgow Cup. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ErsatzThistle Posted November 7, 2016 Share Posted November 7, 2016 When was the last time Glasgow hosted an international trade fair anyway ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flure Posted November 7, 2016 Share Posted November 7, 2016 9 hours ago, ErsatzThistle said: When was the last time Glasgow hosted an international trade fair anyway ? May? http://www.tradefairdates.com/Glasgow-X200-S1-Fairs-Glasgow.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toepoke Posted November 7, 2016 Share Posted November 7, 2016 There was a debate over the largest place in the UK without a senior league team on Off The Ball. Someone said Wakefield with a population of 320,000. But that's the district the actual town only has 76,000 population. I'd go for Gloucester, population 122,000. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silverbear Posted November 7, 2016 Share Posted November 7, 2016 3 hours ago, Toepoke said: There was a debate over the largest place in the UK without a senior league team on Off The Ball. Someone said Wakefield with a population of 320,000. But that's the district the actual town only has 76,000 population. I'd go for Gloucester, population 122,000. York? 200,000 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
macy37 Posted November 7, 2016 Share Posted November 7, 2016 WArrington. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adamntg Posted November 7, 2016 Share Posted November 7, 2016 Basildon has 170,000 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hertsscot Posted November 7, 2016 Share Posted November 7, 2016 On 06/11/2016 at 9:35 PM, deecie said: Ross County is the team of Ross-shire, not Dingwall - that's just where their Stadium is bases. How do you work that out? Anyhow population of Ross-shirt can't be massive, although I guess that means they're the biggest team in the area. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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