Vale of Leithen
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Wikipedia - Vale of Leithen F.C.
Vale of Leithen Football Club are a football club based in the town of Innerleithen, Scotland. They play in the East of Scotland League First Division, and their home games take place at Victoria Park.
The team's motto is "Keep Faith", and features on their club crest, along with the town's patron saint, St. Ronan. The home strip features a blue shirt, navy blue shorts and navy blue socks; the away strip is all-white, with black trim.
Vale of Leithen should not be confused with the slightly differently named West of Scotland team Vale of Leven.
History
The club is one of the oldest in the Scottish Borders, having formed in 1891, they became full members of the Scottish Football Association in 1897. The club played at Caddon Park and initially played their first two games as Leithen Vale but subsequently changed their name to Vale of Leithen Football Club. In 1922, they moved to their current home, Victoria Park.
The club were founding members of the Lowland Football League in 2013–14, having previously played in the East of Scotland Football League. Their best finishing position was 6th place in their first campaign, spending nine seasons in the league before being relegated back to the East of Scotland League at the end of the 2021–22 season, and suffering consecutive relegations in the subsequent two seasons.
Vale of Leithen je jedním z nejstarších fotbalových klubů ve Skotsku a má bohatou historii. Klub vyhrál několik regionálních pohárů a v roce 1924 postoupil do finále skotského poháru, kde prohrál s Airdrieonians 2:0. V posledních letech klub zažívá období obnovy a v roce 2016 postoupil zpět do Scottish Lowland Football League.
Klub je známý svou věrnou skupinou fanoušků a jeho domácí zápasy často přitahují velké davy. Vale of Leithen má také silné mládežnické týmy a v posledních letech vychoval několik hráčů, kteří hráli na profesionální úrovni.
Mezi nejvýznamnější hráče, kteří pro Vale of Leithen hráli, patří bývalý záložník Skotska John Hendrie, který později hrál za Manchester United a Blackburn Rovers, a útočník Alex Stevenson, který hrál za Heart of Midlothian a Motherwell.