Kirkintilloch Rob Roy and Rossvale set for October restart

The second Saturday in October has been pencilled in as the date for Kirkintilloch Rob Roy and Rossvale to kick off life as senior clubs.
An October 10 kick-off has been pencilled in for Kirkintilloch Rob Roy and RossvaleAn October 10 kick-off has been pencilled in for Kirkintilloch Rob Roy and Rossvale
An October 10 kick-off has been pencilled in for Kirkintilloch Rob Roy and Rossvale

The new sixth-tier West of Scotland League, in which both Rabs and Vale will play, has earmarked October 10 as the date competitive football can resume.

The restart date, which will be subject to Scottish Government approval, was agreed following a meeting last week of the Pyramid Restart Group, including representatives from the Lowland Leagues and the West, East and South of Scotland Leagues which will feed into it under the new set-up.

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It’s also hoped that clubs will be able to play local friendlies from September 14, although clubs have again been reminded of the importance of adhering to the health protocols in place.

A statement from the Restart Group said: “Clubs have been reminded of the importance of the new Covid Officer role and the need to maintain the basic hygiene rules which are still 100 per cent in place.

“The indicative date for a decision on ‘local’ friendlies is 11th September, with effective date of 14th September. All friendly game requests must be approved by relevant organisation prior to taking place. Guidelines in respect of what ‘local’ means will be issued shortly.

“We are now in process of agreeing the match day protocols around these games. Once agreed they will be issued to explain the detail and the absolute necessity to follow these to the letter.

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“There will be a validation process – basically clubs will need to be approved to play these games.

The statement went on: “We have also agreed a provisional start date for competitive matches of 10th October and fixtures will now be compiled. As ever this is subject to any changes in the overall picture.

“We can get our game back, which will be very different, at least in the short term, and we all need to work together to achieve this.”

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