04-09-2013, 08:08 AM
P Griffin Wrote:The reason for 7a and 7b was to avoid a Div 8 as it was felt that a new club
would be put off by having to climb so many divisions to get to the top one.
I Can only recall one club going from Div 6 all the way to Div 1 and that was
Strathclyde Univ, needless to say they broke up soon afterwards and the club
went defunct. Since then sadly too many other clubs have also disappeared
What about Buddies Bar? When I joined them in about 1990/1 they were in Division 4 and eventually made it to Div 1. Did they start from the bottom or did they inherit the position of a previous Linwood or Johnstone team?
Edit after checking GCL archive - Buddies Bar won Div 7 in 86/87, Strathclyde Uni won it in 84/85.
Again, Buddies is another club sadly now defunct.
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