Sevens Match Day

The 2025 ATAC Sevens is today (Sunday 29th June) at Spartans Community Football Club (Ainslie Park, 94 Pilton Dr, Edinburgh EH5 2HF). You can follow the results on the ATAC Website.

14 teams across 9 different ATAC clubs will compete in the annual sevens tournament, and a walking football tournament for the veterans amongst us. Doonhamers TA are the reigning champions, still undefeated since they first joined ATAC, and will be hot favourites to go 4 out of 4; they have 2 teams. North East NETA also have 2 teams and will fancy themselves, and Sons of Scotland SOSTA will be hoping to make the long drive down from Elgin worthwhile. Previous winners, West End Bar Airdrie WEBATA, and West of Scotland WESTA (also 2 teams) are probably outsiders, along with hosts ETA, who are trying to add a third pint glass to their new look badge. The final team in the 7s are Dunfermline TA, who will be trying to do more than make up the numbers.

Loony Alba LATA are co-hosting with ETA, and the party will move onto the Queensberry Bowling Club after the football has finished for a BBQ, raffle and the post-match analysis.

In the Walking football WEBATA will be trying to go 3 out of 3, but could face a tough challenge from returning Falkirk and District FDTA, who won the first instance of the walking football and will be keen to get back the trophy. ETA were runners up last year, and WESTA will be hoping to improve their fortunes. Check out all previous winners here.

All supporters are welcome to come along, the first games kick off at 12.30 pm. We will also have the first instance of the True Story Trophy played in honour of Diane Doig, a Tartan Army stalwart who we lost way before her time recently.  Diane was a major force and committee member of ETA, a very good friend of NETA and a well kent face (and voice) of many other TA groups and members. The ETA v NETA group stage game decide the winner of the trophy.