Match report: Vale of Leithen 0, Cumbernauld Colts 4

The Innerleithen side remain rooted to the bottom of the table without a single point after nine games, having conceded 41 goals and scored only five in reply.

They might be keeping faith and keeping working, but the third element of their motto – keep winning – is eluding them for now, though they’ll remain hopeful that the first two parts of it will deliver that final ingredient before too long.

Their North Lanarkshire visitors are now in 10th spot, seven places above them, with 10 points after eight games.

The Colts’ scorers at Victoria Park on Saturday were Marty Wright on 34 minutes and 61 and Lewis Bonar on 67 and 81.

Wright’s first goal was a header from a second ball, and the 33-year-old’s other contribution to the scoreline came after Stephen O’Neill had a shot cleared off the line and he found himself in the right place at the right time to tuck it away.

Bonar got his first goal, taking the score to 3-0, by turning a defender in the box and slotting the ball home, and the 28-year-old’s second, the last one of the game, was a header from a corner taken by James Grant.

Next up for Vale is a visit by Dumfries and Galloway’s Heston Rovers this Saturday, November 21, for a Soccer Shop Direct Challenge Cup tie at 3pm.

After that, the Borderers host Midlothian’s Bonnyrigg Rose in the league at 7.45pm on Wednesday, November 25.

Their visitors that time round are in sixth place in the table with 17 points after eight games.

They then host Edinburgh’s Civil Service Strollers, currently in 12th place with eight points after eight games, at 3pm on Saturday, November 28.