Hawick Royal Albert still nine points clear at top of table after 6-0 win on road
Hawick Royal Albert remain nine points clear at the top of the East of Scotland Football League’s third division after winning 6-0 away to bottom-of-the table Ormiston Primrose on Saturday.
Albert’s scorers in East Lothian were Connor Elliot on five minutes, Greg Ford on 18, Ben Tracey on 52 and 66, Graeme Clark on 61 and Ayoola Olusoji on 86.
That 11th win of the season for manager Kenny Aitchison’s side leaves them on 33 points from 13 fixtures, with Cowdenbeath Central second, on 24 from 12, after beating Livingston United 5-1 away at the weekend.
The division’s other Borderers, Vale of Leithen, drew 1-1 away to second-from-bottom Edinburgh Community on Saturday.
That point on the road lifts them up one place in the table to seventh, on 19 points from 13 matches.
Jason Brydon got the Innerleithen outfit’s equaliser on 55 minutes after falling behind to their hosts on 50.
Albert return to Ormiston this coming Saturday for a second-round King Cup tie kicking off at 2pm and gaffer Ger Rossi’s Vale are in action in round one of the same competition at home to division three rivals Tweedmouth Rangers half an hour later.
In the next division up, Coldstream were beaten 3-1 away to West Calder United on Saturday and Linton Hotspur were also on the road, drawing 2-2 away to Kennoway Star Hearts.
Thomas Grey netted the Streamers’ consolation effort in West Lothian, with David Swan at the double and Steven Jackson on target for their table-topping hosts.
Hotspur’s scorers in Fife were Nick Brown and Blair Craig, with Dylan Walker netting for their second-placed hosts and an own goal going against them.
Those results leave manager David Brown’s Coldstream sixth in the table, on 17 points from 12 fixtures, and Ruairidh Fleming and Paul Currie’s Hotspur 12th, on 14 from 12.
The former have got a league fixture at home to Lochgelly Albert this Saturday, with kick-off at 2.30pm, but their West Linton rivals have got the weekend off.
Hotspur return to action on Saturday, November 22, for a division two match away to Oakley United, with kick-off at 2pm, but Coldstream are out of action that time round.
That same day’s division three fixture card sees Albert hosting Cowdenbeath Central and Vale at home to Pumpherston half an hour later.