Difficult call had to made on Lowland
Caledonian Braves boss RickyWaddell would have preferred the Lowland League to continue this season, but understands that a difficult decision had to be made to call the season.
Kelty Hearts have been declared champions in a points per game system, enabling a play-off to the rest of the Scottish football pyramid to continue.
Waddell says a reluctance to commit to testing would have made it very difficult to continue playing, and concedes that Lowland League bosses were put in a difficult position.
He said:“For me, as the coach and the manager of the club, I would still liked to get the guys back, probably for selfish reasons, but it has been 12 weeks we’ve been off, so it would have been good to get them back in, do a bit of training and finish the season, or the half-season.
“I do understand the circumstances as well and I think the Lowland League has been put in a position where it’s been quite difficult to make any decisions.
“We weren’t prepared to do the PCR testing, it was going to cost too much, but at the same time we’re linked closely to the SPFL due to the fact that one club could potentially get promotion to that.
“With regards to Kelty, I think they are well deserved winners so hopefully they get the opportunity to go and play in the play-offs.
“I can say I’m a bit disappointed that we’re not going to get the chance to come back and finish at least a couple of games, but if it does get called like that it meanswecanmoveforward.”
Braves finished 12th on PPG, with 0.93 points across 14 games. Kelty topped the table on 2.77, from EK’s 2.42 in second.