Highland/ Lowland play off Cancelled

[Linty1960]

Buckie were sent 3 letters by the sfa over the season & didn’t reply to any of them

They threw it

In the spam box.

 

[Linty1960]

Winning the league and going up are two separate ambitions

To paraphrase a club from the east end of Glasgow two separate entities.

 

[andy17x]

think the May 15th has been taken 2 different ways , Buckie thought they had up to that date to show work done and work to be done but think the 15th was for the SFA's deadline plus there's not replying to a few messages by Jags President

President Statement​

As your club president it is not only my responsibility, but my duty to inform you of the facts / circumstances that resulted in the decision made yesterday by the SFA. I am personally gutted for our fantastic management team and our fantastic players, who all did so much to make us all proud, and to all of you , our fantastic and loyal supporters.
The statement issued by the SFA yesterday indicates that we did not reply to their requests.
We have in fact been actively preparing for a Bronze Licence since late last year when it was clear that was the requirement from the SPFL.
I will state straight away that we did in fact miss the cut off date for the “period of grace “ from the SPFL. We have to accept that and categorise as an error never to be repeated. However earlier this week we were asked to submit a request for this to the SPFL, which we did straight away. Why did they request this ?
On the licencing side ( SFA ) I had a Teams meeting with the SFA Licencing Committee at Hampden on Wednesday to discuss the 4 applications for derogation that we had previously submitted. We were granted 3 of those derogations, the Floodlights, The Safety Officer and the Equality, Diversity and Inclusion. The Medical Return was deferred to the next meeting due on the 15 th of May.
We have been unable to complete / submit our Medical Return because we are still trying to engage the services of a Doctor to attend all of our home games , this is a requirement for Bronze Level. This is currently our stumbling block and I believe the reason for our failure to be granted a Bronze Licence.
I have to stress that during ALL the dialogue between the club, the SPFL and the SFA, there was never any mention of the pending disaster that unfolded last night. I received the e-mail last night at 5 o’clock, informing us that we would not be taking part in the Pyramid Playoffs. The rest, as they say is history.
On a personal note I can only hope the above statement of fact clarifies the clubs current status as regards the licencing procedures and the efforts we have put into gaining a Bronze Licence. We felt we were in a good position , but unfortunately we were off the mark there.
I would like to finish this by saying that the board, committee and management team will continue to pursue the Bronze Licence, do our utmost to keep our management team and players together, and fight ( as we did this season ) for the title again next season.
We owe this to every one of you at Buckie Thistle Football Club.
Garry J.G. Farquhar – Club President

So they fucked up?

 

[Flying Fullback]

So they fucked up?

Sounds like they fucked up but the SFA told them it would be fine, when really it was SPFLs decision. And now the SPFL have said no they feel like they've unexpectedly had the rug pulled out from under them.

 

[Torry Gillick]

It’s not quite as straightforward as Buckie not having a licence. The SFA froze the licence application process this season. You’d hope that there would be dialogue behind the scenes to help Buckie achieve ‘Bronze’ status but the SFA don’t get very much ELSE right, do they?

Not quite true, they aren’t taking any new applications at the moment, ahead of a likely increase in the fee to a generally accepted prediction of £5000. They were however fast tracking any changes in licence from entry to bronze level for those teams who may be involved in the promotion playoff. As mentioned no HL team currently have one so it was always likely no HL ream would be in the playoff as it doesn't appear as if Brechin or Fraserburgh made any serious moves to get their upgrade in time.

One of the things that Buckie failed on was having a doctor at the ground for matches. Loads of folk can't even get to see their GP but the SFA think that there are lots of doctors hanging around spare at the weekend. Afaik EK managed to get a doctor as the one they have is related to a director or someone else at the club.