SEVEN teams, 70 veteran players and a whole host of volunteers and spectators were treated to a day of fantastic football and a home win in a Walking Football Tournament organised in the Galashiels sunshine.
Teams from Dunfermline, Musselburgh, Tweedvale, Dunbar and two sides from Galashiels were joined by a squad of far-travelled walking footballers from Herne Bay – a team from near Margate on the north coast of Kent – to compete for the Hugh Nicolson Memorial Trophy.
The trophy was named after a popular member of the Gala Fairydean Rovers Walking Football squad who passed away in the spring of 2023. The decision was taken to rename the Gala club’s annual walking football tournament in Hugh’s honour.
After a series of competitive games in a league format, Herne Bay qualified for the final of the tournament after topping the table with the Gala Fairydean Rovers (A) side finishing in the runner-up position…
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Author: The Walking Football
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