Abbey Vale start new South of Scotland League season with 6-2 win over Lochmaben
season Tommy was going but we weren’t in a great panic as we knew we had another good centre-forward at the club. “If you give Ben the service he will score and can be up there with the top strikers in the league – sometimes it’s just a case of getting him to believe that.” Irving opened the scoring after 10 minutes before Lochmaben equalised, Craig Kerr restoring the lead before half-time.Irving scored twice early in the second half to complete his hat-trick before Lochmaben got one back, only for Sam Hughes to restore Vale’s three-goal advantage.And the scoring was complete with an hour to go when Irving added his second penalty of the game.