Hearts 56 won the inaugural Scottish Walking Football League title after a dramatic final day at Ravenscraig on Wednesday.
After beating second placed Gala Fairydean Rovers, Hearts 56 lost to a strong Glasgow Sport before finally disposing of Tulibody to secure the trophy.
Hearts 98 leapfrogged the Borders outfit to finish runners up.
The trophy was presented by Scottish Football legend David Hay who joked that he couldn’t remember ever having congratulated a Hearts team.
Ten teams from throughout Scotland took part in the competition which was organised by North Lanarkshire Leisure.
The teams each played three 18 minute games once a month at the Ravenscraig Sports Centre.
The final round results were as follows.
Game 16
Glasgow Sport 3 v 1 Tulibody Community FC
Hearts 56 5 v 2 Galafairydean Rovers
Hearts 98 9 v 1 Fife Wanderers
NL Leisure 2 v 3 Ayr United
Stenhousemuir 2 v 5 Stirling
Game 17
Tulibody Community FC 1 v 2 Stirling
Ayr United 6 v 1 Stenhousemuir
Fife Wanderers 3 v 2 NL Leisure
Galafairydean Rovers 1 v 4 Hearts 98
Glasgow Sport 2 v 1 Hearts 56
Game 18
Hearts 56 4 v 0 Tulibody Community FC
Hearts 98 2 v 2 Glasgow Sport
NL Leisure 2 v 1 Galafairydean Rovers
Stenhousemuir 1 v 1 Fife Wanderers
Stirling 0 v 6 Ayr United
John graduated from Telford College in 2010 with an HNC in Practical Journalism and since then he worked for the North Edinburgh News, The Southern Reporter, the Irish News Review and The Edinburgh Reporter. In addition he has been published in the Edinburgh Evening News and the Hibernian FC Programme.
