When football
resumed after the war Mr. William Robson, who had been acting
as Secretary, resigned in 1946 to let Mr. Sanderson, who had
returned from war service, resume the position. |
Following
the postponement of the East of Scotland League during 1939-40,
a new league was set up for the rest of that season consisting
of nine army teams, with Netherdale No. 2 of the Light Infantry
winning the championship. The first season after the resumption
of football, in 1945-46, saw five sides - 11th Holding Battalion,
Duns, Eyemouth United, Gala Fairydean and Peebles Rovers -
contesting the East of Scotland League, with Peebles Rovers
winning by a comfortable margin. |
| More sides
came back on board for season 1946-47 as clubs started up
again after their enforced period of inactivity, although
the season was hampered by an exceedingly bad winter. In many
ways it was like reforming the football club and the Vale
team was made up of local players, with a few from Peebles,
and featured names such as Doherty, Currie, Eckford, Neil,
McGinn, Tulloch, Keddie, Rathie, Cockburn, McLennan, Brunton,
Lawrie, Haddow, Henderson, Aitken and Jackson. |
At this
time Vale decide to have direct representation on the East
of Scotland Football Association and East of Scotland League
Committee and Mr William Murray was appointed to take over
from Mr. D Liddle who had served for a number of years. Membership
of the East of Scotland League once again began to grow, with
Scottish League club Hibernian, followed by fellow Edinburgh
giants Heart of Midlothian starting to field youth teams,
the 'Colts', in the league. Perhaps not surprisingly, they
began to dominate the competition. East of Scotland stalwarts
Berwick Rangers were also elected to the Scottish League after
winning their first East of Scotland championship in 1946-47,
but left their 2nd XI in their place. |
Post-war,
Vale found the going tough with an almost entirely local team
and tended to feature in the lower positions of the league.
The club did have a good season in 1948-49, finishing fourth
in the league and winning of the East of Scotland Qualifying
Cup. It was the only success of the 40s during which football
competition had been severely disrupted, but kept up Vale's
record of winning a trophy in every decade. |
| 1 |
Berwick Rangers (Champions) |
16 |
12 |
1 |
3 |
45 |
27 |
+18 |
25 |
| 2 |
Coldstream |
15 |
9 |
2 |
4 |
41 |
22 |
+19 |
20 |
3 |
Gala Fairydean |
16 |
7 |
4 |
5 |
45 |
37 |
+8 |
18 |
| 4 |
Duns |
15 |
7 |
2 |
6 |
57 |
43 |
+14 |
16 |
5 |
Eyemouth United |
17 |
5 |
6 |
6 |
60 |
52 |
+8 |
16 |
6 |
Chirnside United |
17 |
5 |
5 |
7 |
40 |
47 |
-7 |
15 |
| 7 |
Murrayfield Amateurs |
15 |
6 |
2 |
7 |
31 |
42 |
-11 |
14 |
8 |
Selkirk |
14 |
5 |
2 |
7 |
44 |
58 |
-14 |
12 |
9 |
Vale of Leithen |
15 |
3 |
5 |
7 |
32 |
47 |
-15 |
11 |
10 |
Peebles Rovers |
14 |
3 |
1 |
10 |
29 |
50 |
-21 |
7 |
|
| 1 |
Hibernian 'B' (Champions) |
24 |
22 |
1 |
1 |
136 |
28 |
+108 |
45 |
| 2 |
Eyemouth United |
23 |
16 |
2 |
5 |
85 |
47 |
+38 |
34 |
3 |
Gala Fairydean |
20 |
16 |
1 |
3 |
78 |
49 |
+29 |
33 |
| 4 |
Berwick Rangers |
23 |
14 |
0 |
9 |
80 |
65 |
+15 |
28 |
5 |
Chirnside United |
20 |
9 |
3 |
8 |
64 |
61 |
+3 |
21 |
6 |
Selkirk |
21 |
7 |
4 |
10 |
55 |
65 |
-10 |
18 |
| 7 |
Kelso United |
23 |
7 |
3 |
13 |
64 |
95 |
-31 |
17 |
8 |
Edinburgh University |
16 |
6 |
4 |
6 |
55 |
42 |
+13 |
16 |
9 |
Duns |
20 |
7 |
2 |
11 |
47 |
60 |
-13 |
16 |
10 |
Coldstream |
21 |
7 |
2 |
12 |
44 |
62 |
-18 |
16 |
11 |
Peebles Rovers |
24 |
7 |
2 |
15 |
61 |
97 |
-36 |
16 |
12 |
Vale of Leithen |
25 |
5 |
2 |
18 |
42 |
79 |
-37 |
12 |
13 |
Civil Service Strollers |
19 |
4 |
3 |
12 |
50 |
75 |
-25 |
11 |
14 |
Murrayfield Amateurs |
15 |
4 |
3 |
8 |
43 |
59 |
-16 |
11 |
|
| 1 |
Hibernian 'B' (Champions) |
28 |
22 |
4 |
2 |
122 |
20 |
+102 |
48 |
| 2 |
Peebles Rovers |
28 |
19 |
5 |
4 |
91 |
46 |
+45 |
43 |
3 |
Gala Fairydean |
26 |
16 |
5 |
5 |
82 |
47 |
+35 |
37 |
| 4 |
Vale of Leithen |
25 |
15 |
4 |
6 |
79 |
49 |
+30 |
34 |
5 |
Berwick Rangers |
25 |
10 |
5 |
10 |
72 |
65 |
+7 |
25 |
6 |
Penicuik Athletic |
26 |
11 |
2 |
13 |
54 |
74 |
-20 |
24 |
| 7 |
Murrayfield Amateurs |
26 |
11 |
2 |
13 |
54 |
58 |
-4 |
24 |
8 |
Chirnside United |
20 |
10 |
3 |
7 |
64 |
54 |
+10 |
23 |
9 |
Eyemouth United |
23 |
9 |
5 |
9 |
58 |
52 |
+6 |
23 |
10 |
Selkirk |
26 |
10 |
2 |
14 |
54 |
59 |
-5 |
22 |
11 |
Kelso United |
24 |
9 |
2 |
13 |
57 |
71 |
-14 |
20 |
12 |
Duns |
27 |
6 |
5 |
16 |
56 |
91 |
-35 |
17 |
13 |
Edinburgh University |
25 |
5 |
4 |
16 |
41 |
75 |
-34 |
14 |
14 |
Civil Service Strollers |
21 |
4 |
4 |
13 |
27 |
70 |
-43 |
12 |
15 |
Coldstream |
25 |
4 |
2 |
19 |
33 |
75 |
-42 |
10 |
|
| 1 |
Heart of Midlothian 'B'
(Champions) |
30 |
27 |
2 |
1 |
129 |
36 |
+93 |
56 |
| 2 |
Hibernian 'B' |
30 |
26 |
1 |
3 |
138 |
30 |
+108 |
53 |
3 |
Eyemouth United |
30 |
19 |
2 |
9 |
85 |
52 |
+33 |
40 |
| 4 |
Chirnside United |
29 |
15 |
2 |
12 |
69 |
56 |
+13 |
32 |
5 |
Gala Fairydean |
29 |
16 |
0 |
13 |
73 |
61 |
+12 |
32 |
6 |
Berwick Rangers |
30 |
14 |
3 |
13 |
76 |
79 |
-3 |
31 |
| 7 |
Penicuik Athletic |
30 |
13 |
4 |
13 |
59 |
64 |
-5 |
30 |
8 |
Civil Service Strollers |
29 |
13 |
2 |
14 |
67 |
77 |
-10 |
28 |
9 |
Selkirk |
29 |
12 |
3 |
14 |
72 |
95 |
-23 |
27 |
10 |
Peebles Rovers |
27 |
11 |
4 |
12 |
64 |
58 |
+6 |
26 |
11 |
Murrayfield Amateurs |
28 |
11 |
3 |
14 |
62 |
82 |
-20 |
25 |
12 |
Edinburgh University |
28 |
10 |
2 |
16 |
56 |
72 |
-16 |
22 |
13 |
Coldstream |
30 |
9 |
2 |
19 |
46 |
102 |
-56 |
20 |
14 |
Kelso United |
30 |
7 |
5 |
18 |
69 |
105 |
-36 |
19 |
15 |
Duns |
29 |
8 |
1 |
20 |
63 |
101 |
-38 |
17 |
16 |
Vale of Leithen |
30 |
4 |
2 |
24 |
52 |
110 |
-58 |
10 |
|
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