After a frantic summer of several player departures and arrivals, Vale of Leithen boss Ian Flynn has been explaining just how tough it's been to get a team ready for the start of the East of Scotland League first division this Saturday, when they will host Kirkcaldy & Dysart in a 2.30pm kick-off.
Football managers, not being averse to the occasional cliche, often talk of having a mountain to climb if, say, their team go in at half-time 5-0 down or after having two or three players sent off – or, worse still, both.
Calls have been made to install a 24-hour campsite warden in Selkirk’s Victoria Park while gypsy travellers are there, and to charge the costs to the Scottish Government.
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