Saturday's pyramid play-off looks set to be scrapped with Kilby progressing straight through to a final with the bottom side in League Two next month
East Kilbride have been handed a bye to the SPFL pyramid play-off final after the SFA announced Highland League champions Buckie Thistle have been BANNED from taking part.
It means Mick Kennedy's men will cruise straight into the play-off final next month against the club who finishes bottom of the SPFL, which is currently Clyde. "The Scottish FA’s club licensing department has been in regular dialogue with Buckie Thistle since then to notify the club of, and provide ample time to address, issues highlighted in their Club Licensing Report.
"Regrettably, Buckie Thistle failed to respond to any of the three subsequent follow-up letters sent in October, February and March. He told Lanarkshire Live Sport : "Everybody was told there was a certain criteria we had to meet by a certain date and we were told we met it. As far as we were aware, Buckie were working towards the same thing and we were never told of any issues."Everybody is delighted to be through. It would have been a tricky tie and it is two less games for us to play. It's not the way we would have wanted to get through, we'd rather have played the game.
Lanarkshire Live Sport contacted Buckie boss Graeme Stewart but he did not wish to comment at this stage.
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