Talbot’s Scottish Cup tie at Vale of Leven’s Millburn Park should beat the weather as forecasters have the Alexandria area pencilled in for dry weather Wednesday and Thursday and light showers on Friday and Saturday. The tie was lost on the 2nd of December due to hard frost but with the weather improving slightly we should look forward to a real battle as both sides recorded decent results at the weekend.
Vale moved up to third place in the WOSL 3rd Division to leapfrog Finnart who they defeated on Saturday at Springburn Park in a match that saw a sending off for the home side and seven yellows in a tough encounter.
The Vale rely heavily on their youth set up with most of the squad coming through the Under 20’s including top goalscorer Greg Thackrey. They also have a number of players who have vast experience higher up the pyramid like keeper Evan Currie who had spells at Beith, Rob Roy and Bonnyton Thistle while Adam Monaghan is a player that many of us remember in his time at Kilbirnie.
The game is still a 1.30 KO and straight to penalty’s. The winners will be at home in the next round against Hurlford United or Caledonian Locomotives.
