Bonhill pan-disability football team Vale FC secure historic treble

A Bonhill pan-disability football team cemented their place as one of the top sides in the country as they won the treble.

Vale FC, who were founded by pals Alan Skelton, Connor McFall and Cameron Bonner in 2012 whilst they were at the Vale of Leven Academy, have gone from strength to strength over the past decade.

And now they’ve made some history of their own, with the pioneering club’s pan-disability team lifting the Scottish Pan-Disability Premiership, Pan-Scottish Cup and Spartans Connections Cup.

Proud coach Alan said: “We always said that the main aim was to win the league.

Of all the trophies the club has won, we’ve always had the league as our main objective - and anything else would be a bonus.

“It was a remarkable achievement. We were five points behind after June’s game and it was a two horse race between us and St James’.

“Winning the Scottish Cup back-to-back was special.

“Especially because we went into that on the back of a poor run of games in June and then lost the first game in the group stage.

“ It was like we couldn’t shake the rut that we were in. We had a good chat and told the boys to relax.

“After that they went on a superb run and only conceded one goal for the rest of the day.

“When we came back to league action in September we won every game and ended up five points ahead going into the final games earlier this month.

“We only lost one league game all season which made for a remarkable season.

“We scored something like 70 goals and only conceded eight or nine goals. I think we’ve broken all the stats records for the league.”

The Vale’s pioneering model, which sees players move from their pan-disability sides to their first team in the Glasgow Community and Co-Operative Football League also