Duns Amateurs make it six wins out of six at home to Eyemouth for Berwickshire derby
Duns Amateurs made it six wins out of six with a 3-1 victory at home to Eyemouth United Amateurs on Saturday.
That was their seventh Border Amateur Football Association A division win on the bounce following on from a 9-3 thumping of Tweeddale Rovers to end last term in May and it continues their 100% start to the new season.
That maximum points haul of 18 from half a dozen fixtures takes manager James Brydon’s Dingers six points clear of second-placed Gala Fairydean Amateurs, with Berwick’s Highfields United third as one of three teams on ten points, the others being Tweeddale in fourth place and Stow in fifth.
Greenlaw are at the opposite end of the table to Duns, on three points from six matches, and Earlston are second from bottom, on four from six.
Netting for the defending champions at their New Hawthorn Park home ground were Jordan Yardley at the double and Jamie Whitehead after Liam Tones had put the seventh-placed Fishermen in front.
That was one of four top-flight fixtures played on Saturday, also including a 3-2 win for Stow at home to Greenlaw.
The other two were draws featuring 14 goals between them, with scorelines of 4-4 for Leithen Rovers at Earlston Rhymers and 3-3 for Kelso Thistle at Highfields.
Stow’s scorers were Ryan Mann, Ryan Clapperton and Billy Miller, with Paul Mercer and Mikey Bennett replying.
Aaron Somerville, Connor Thorburn and Steven Notman at the double scored for Leithen Rovers, with Jack Bell getting a hat-trick for Rhymers and Aaron Wilson netting too.
Netting for Kelso were Luke Rutherford, Ryan Beveridge and Sam Wood, with another Wood, Jake, and Nathan Cleghorn on the scoresheet for their Northumbrian hosts and an own goal going their way as well.
Six A division fixtures are lined up for this coming Saturday taking Duns to Fairydean, Tweeddale to Greenlaw, Stow to Kelso, Leithen Rovers to Eyemouth and Earlston to Chirnside United.
Tweedmouth Amateurs are top of the association’s B division, on 15 points from seven matches, after beating Hawick Legion 2-0 away on Saturday, thanks to goals from Kyle Wood and Jay Furness.