Abbey Vale's Scottish Cup debut is "massive weekend" for New Abbey club

Abbey Vale will make their Scottish Cup bow in a “massive weekend” for the club on Saturday.

The South of Scotland League champs will welcome Cupar Hearts, who are also making their cup debut, to Maryfield Park with a 3pm kick off.

Chairman Andy Brolls said: “It’s a massive weekend for the club and it’s a reward for all of the club’s hard work, not just last year, but for the last four or five years. The club has been built up, it’s been competing and getting better and won trophies in the South.

“The pinnacle was winning the South of Scotland League because we’re one of the smaller clubs in the league, there are more established clubs with bigger budgets than us, and it’s a great occasion and we’re all looking forward to it.

“We’re approaching our 50th anniversary next year and it’s iconic that the Scottish Cup is coming as we get ready to celebrate a milestone.”

He added: “Teams at our level will never get to Hampden. For teams like us it would be great to get far enough where you could play one of the big teams.

“The draw has been made for the next round and the winner faces Jeanfield Swifts in the East of Scotland Premier League so that would be a massive game.

“But we can’t count our chickens because Cupar Hearts won the Amateur Scottish Cup final at Hampden.

“It’ll be a hard test but hopefully we’ll have a big crowd on Saturday and people will come out and support us.”

Abbey Vale suffered defeat in the South League on Saturday when they lost 3-2 away to Creetown. For more on that match and their midweek win over Mids see the inside sports pages.

Vale manager Allan Clark said: “This weekend is huge for the club as a whole but it’s massive for the players.

“It’s a big day and a big task and a