Hearts 98 top Walking Football League ahead of summer break

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