USUALLY, 3pm on a Saturday would be the most important time of the week for Richie Weir.

However, the Ormiston Football Club boss has a more important time to remember tomorrow (Friday) – his wedding day at 2pm.

He will tie the knot with Ann Clyne before jetting off on honeymoon to Las Vegas.

Much to Richie’s relief, Ormiston do not have a game on Saturday, while a scheduled midweek cup clash with Dunbar United has also been pushed back.

Richie and his wife-to-be live in Ormiston and were looking ahead to the wedding at the Stair Arms, near Pathhhead.

He said: “Everything is all organised.

“It is just a case of getting stuff up to the venue and then it is just a case of getting up there.

“Ann is staying up there the night before and we are all set.

“We have just got the usual wee bit, like cases to pack for the honeymoon, to do.”

Game postponed

Ormiston had been due to welcome East Lothian rivals Dunbar for the first time ever in the East of Scotland League Cup on March 5.

However, the game was postponed and, with New Recreation Park not having floodlights, Richie was worried that the game would be rearranged for just over 24 hours after saying ‘I do’.

Fortunately, with both teams unable to progress to the knockout stages, the game has been pushed back and a date is yet to be confirmed.

Richie told the Courier: “All the players are invited to the reception at night and the committee as well.

“It was a joint decision to get the game off and make sure there were no rough players on the Saturday.

“It was always down to be a free week but I think there was the potential to put a game in there.

“The way the fixtures worked out, we were going to be free on Saturday anyway.

“The way we have been the last couple of weeks with injuries, we were down to the bare bones anyway and it would have made it hard for Saturday.”

Had to pull on his boots

The stretched squad even reached the stage where Richie, who works for Network Rail, had to pull on his boots for last weekend’s league tie with Coldstream.

However, he was given a strict warning from his wife-to-be, who works at Charles River, near Elphinstone.

Forty-two-year-old Richie said: “I had to play 90 minutes and pull the boots back on.

“We had six guys missing due to Covid, injuries, and we had a couple of guys working as well.

“One got injured in the warm-up and had to pull out so I started the game and played the full 90 minutes.

“I was going to be a sub but got told by Ann: ‘Don’t come back injured, come back unscathed!’”