Hearts 98 top the Scottish Walking Football League organised by Walking Football Scotland in partnership with North Lanarkshire Leisure and Health & Social Care North Lanarkshire with maximum points from the opening six games.
The second round of fixtures took place yesterday at the Ravescraig Sports Centre in Motherwell, and last year’s runners up beat Gala Fairydean Rovers 3-2, The Oriam 3-1 and Ayr United Parkhouse 3-0.
Current champions Hearts 56 lost their unbeaten record with a 1-0 defeat to Glasgow Sport East before beating Gala Fairydean Rovers 2-1 and NL Leisure 2-0.
The capital’s other team Oriam beat Ayr United Beresford 2-1, lost to Hearts 98 3-1 and drew 2-2 with Stenhousemuir.
12 teams from throughout Scotland take part in the event with each side playing three 18 minute games once a month.
The tournament now closes down for the summer and resumes on the last Wednesday in August.
The full list of results is as follows.
Fixture 1
Ayr United Beresford 1 v 2 Oriam
Stenhousemuir 1 v 3 Glasgow Sport West
Motherwell 0 v 1 NL Leisure
Fife Wanderers 1 v 2 Ayr United Parkhouse
Hearts 56 0 v 1 Glasgow Sport East
Galafairydean Rovers 2 v 3 Hearts 98
Fixture 2
Galafairydean Rovers 1 v 2 Hearts 56
NL Leisure 1 v 1 Glasgow Sport East
Hearts 98 3 v 1 Oriam
Fife Wanderers 6 v 0 Motherwell
Ayr United Parkhouse 0 v 1 Stenhousemuir
Glasgow Sport West 3 v 1 Ayr United Beresford
Fixture 3
Ayr United Parkhouse 0 v 3 Hearts 98
Glasgow Sport West 3 v 2 Ayr United Parkhouse
Fife Wanderers 0 v 1 Glasgow Sport East
Stenhousemuir 2 v 2 Oriam
Motherwell 1 v 6 Galafairydean Rovers
NL Leisure 0 v 2 Hearts 56
Photo courtesy of NL Leisure
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.
