Borders’ East of Scotland Football League teams about to get back on ball after time out
All four of the Borders’ East of Scotland Football League teams are due to get back on the ball this coming Saturday after three weeks off.
Linton Hotspur host Midlothian’s Dalkeith Thistle in EoSFL division two and Hawick Royal Albert and Vale of Leithen are at home too.
Albert will be up against East Lothian’s Ormiston Primrose and their EoSFL division three rivals Vale face Edinburgh Community.
Coldstream are in King Cup second-round action away to EoSFL division one’s Edinburgh University, with a round-three place at home to Hotspur or Fife’s Crossgates Primrose at stake.
Kick-off is at 2pm in West Linton and Hawick and half an hour later in Innerleithen and for the Streamers.
All four of the region’s teams have been out of action since derbies back on Saturday, December 27, Hotspur having lost 4-1 away to Coldstream and Vale by 1-0 hosting the Royalists that day.
Manager David Brown’s Streamers are currently second in division two, on 29 points from 16 fixtures, with opposite numbers Ruairidh Fleming and Paul Currie’s Hotspur 12th, on 17 from 17.
Kenny Aitchison’s Albert occupy top spot a division down, on 40 points from 17 games, and Ger Rossi’s Vale are ninth, on 20 from 16.
Hotspur won their most recent league match against Thistle by 3-1 away in September, as did Albert versus Primrose, by 6-0 away in November, though they lost a King Cup round-two tie on the road 1-0 a week later, and Vale had to settle for a 1-1 draw last time they met this weekend’s opposition, away in November.