Tag: East of Scotland League

Committee Member Board Involvement

We’ve been meaning to share this news for a little while, but the eve of a Scottish Cup Second Preliminary Round match seems as good a time as any to do so.

As well as working hard to ensure Camelon Juniors FC keeps going through these challenging times, two of the Club’s committee members have been helping shape the wider picture of the game.

Firstly, Club Secretary Tony Smith has been welcomed onto the East of Scotland Football League board and has a responsibility for Sponsorship and Events. He is also on the working group for planning the safe return of fans back into grounds.

Secondly, Under 20s Secretary Allan Morrison has been welcomed onto the Scottish Lowland Football League Under 20 Sub Committee. This is a further step in the work undertaken to obtain Club Academy Scotland Lite accreditation last year and recognises the commitment of Camelon Juniors to ensuring the strength and success of our player pathway.

It is great to see our committee members gaining these seats at the higher level, recognising just where Camelon Juniors FC has come and where it can go to in the future.

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League Announcement

Clubs in the East of Scotland League have been voting this week on proposals to end the season.

The result of this vote means that the EoSFL Board’s proposal has been supported by a majority of member clubs and the following will take effect immediately.

  1. Final EoSFL standings for season 2019/20 be decided on Points Per Game (PPG)
  2. Not to relegate any club from the Premier Division this season
  3. Temporarily increase the Premier Division for one season to allow the two First Division Conference winners to be promoted
  4. Should the Premier Division champion be promoted to the SLFL they will be replaced by the Conference runner-up club which has the highest PPG
  5. At the end of season 2020/21 to promote each First Division Conference winner and relegate as many clubs as necessary to restore the Premier Division to 16 clubs.

Camelon voted ‘yes’ to end the season and also yes to a further proposal that if next season starts late, a cup (for example the league cup) should be withdrawn for a season. We feel that no club should be relegated as a result of this crisis and by the same token no team should be denied promotion as league winners. It’s not a perfect solution but we believe it is fair.

This outcome means that Camelon Juniors FC finish a very creditable fifth place. Although this was a shortened season it still had many highlights including playing in the Scottish cup for the first time and recording three wins over Linlithgow Rose – the 5-1 victory is one that will never be forgotten.

The Committee would like to thank all our fans, players and sponsors for their efforts this year. On a personal note, the sight of our players out delivering food to those in need at this time is by far the thing we are most proud of, as it’s shown what Camelon Juniors and the people connected with it are all about.

Please stay safe. We look forward to welcoming you back to Carmuirs Park as soon as it is deemed safe to do so.

Tony Smith
Club Secretary

Thrilling Season Climax beckons

Next Saturday, it’s a return to East of Scotland League action for the mighty Mariners with just 7 league matches left this season. And Conference C is certainly hotting up at the top. The one league match that took place this weekend saw St Andrews take a win at Jeanfield, leaving us level on points and games played with the Perth team. Only goal difference keeps us behind them in 4th place. So here’s the current situation of games played, current points and maximum points available if all remaining games are won:

TeamPlayedPointsMax
Broxburn195166
Linlithgow184664
Jeanfield173960
Camelon173960
Preston203042
St Andrews192742
Blackburn212635
Heriot Watt192641
Stirling Uni212231
Craigroyston212130
Edinburgh181432
Inverkeithing211322
Ormiston191025

And here’s how the remaining games look for the top 4.

CamelonJeanfieldLinlithgowBroxburn
Preston (h)Heriot Watt (h)St Andrews (h)Stirling Uni (h)
Craigroyston (h)Ormiston (h)Blackburn (a)St Andrews (a)
Preston (a)Heriot Watt (a)Jeanfield (h)Craigroyston (a)
Edinburgh (h)Linlithgow (a)Inverkeithing (h)Ormiston (a)
Jeanfield (a)Edinburgh (h)St Andrews (a)Stirling Uni (a)
Heriot Watt (a)Camelon (h)Jeanfield (a)
Ormiston (a)Linlithgow (h)

With Jeanfield and Linlithgow due to play each other twice there are options for points to be lost by both teams. Also, St Andrews are due to play Linlithgow twice and Broxburn so, with a spring in their step having beaten Jeanfield yesterday, they could have an impact on the final placings as they battle for a 5th place finish.

But regardless of that, our eyes are focused on getting the maximum possible points from our 7 games, especially our trip to Perth on April 13th when the phrase “6 pointer” will definitely be relevant.

The first milestone is to secure a top 5 finish which is pretty much set. A win on Saturday for us will make it mathematically definite that we’ll qualify for the East of Scotland Premier League next season. As for the rest, we’ll just save that for the weeks to come and keep aiming to score more goals than the opponents!

So, strap yourselves in. Nothing is certain in this league yet. The next 2 months could get bumpy!

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A new future beckons

Statement from Chairman, Eric Henry.

Earlier this month the club took the decision to apply to join the pyramid by submitting an application to the East of Scotland League. It’s not a decision we came to lightly but after carefully evaluating the financial options and considering our footballing ambitions, it was felt this was the best way to secure the clubs long term future.

We are also applying for a club licence in order to be a full SFA member.  Being a licenced club has obvious benefits with participation in the “Big Scottish Cup” being one of them.  I’m sure that will be something all of us will look forward to.

There is a great deal of work to be done in order to achieve our aims, and work will begin next week at our ground to ensure we meet the criteria for being a member club.

The decision of taking our place in the 6th tier of Scottish football has been embraced by all at the Club and we are looking forward to a new chapter in our great history.

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