A vote was held on the participation of guest clubs in the SLFL next season yesterday evening (Monday 4th April) at a general meeting. We were informed later that evening that clubs had voted 11-4 in favour (with 1 abstention) of the principle of continuing with guest clubs. Full SLFL statement.

We would like to thank all of our members who voted on the proposal via email or in person since we announced our intention to let our members decide and also to non members who attend games who shared their views. We had just over double the response of the previous season but the results were broadly similar, with over 90% voting against the motion, which is why we can confirm that we were one of the four clubs that voted against last night.

We published our vote result ahead of the meeting last season and for similar reasons our members rejected the motion once more. We have been consistent in our thoughts on pyramid integrity since moving back to the senior leagues in 2018, which is also why we voted in favour of additional promotion spots into the SLFL last month, which was rejected with our SLFL board member immediately resigning as a result.

The process followed in both instances has been a democratic one and while we were on the opposite sides of both they are decisions which clubs are absolutely entitled to make. Now that the voting series has concluded, we will focus our attention off the pitch on our play-off preparation and welcoming the SLFL trophy to New Dundas Park on Saturday for the first time.

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