West Lothian football teams can return to action following Scottish FA announcement

West Lothian’s football teams are set to return to action after the Scottish FA announced fixtures can resume.

All matches across the country were postponed following the passing of Queen Elizabeth II last week but the sport’s governing body has given the go ahead for fixtures to continue as normal.

That means Livingston’s Premiership clash at home to Kilmarnock on Saturday as well as Scottish Cup ties for Broxburn Athletic and Linlithgow Rose will take place while the county’s remaining East of Scotland teams are able to fulfil their planned fixtures. The same applies for the region's women's teams, too.

An SFA statement said: “Following confirmation of the postponement of all fixtures in the professional game across Scotland last weekend as a mark of respect for the passing of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, we can confirm the intention for the professional game to resume as normal.

“Fixtures will go ahead, subject to Police Scotland resourcing, with the caveat that any fixtures under the professional banner be rescheduled if they fall on Monday September 19, the day of Her Majesty’s funeral.

“This week, as a mark of respect and in keeping with the period of National Mourning, home clubs may wish to hold a period of silence and/or play the National Anthem just ahead of kick-off, and players may wish to wear black armbands.

“We thank clubs and league organisations for the mark of respect shown at the weekend and for their efforts in resuming the professional game fixture schedule.”

Other sports are expected to follow suit, while Edinburgh Monarchs’ postponed home play-off clash with Redcar Bears has been re-arranged for Friday evening.

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