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Saturday's funeral of HRH Prince Philip leads to kick-off time for Elgin City's vital League 2 match against Albion Rovers at Borough Briggs being switched from 3pm until noon


By Craig Christie

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ELGIN City will kick-off at noon on Saturday to avoid a clash with Prince Philip's funeral.

Borough Briggs.
Borough Briggs.

The Black and Whites welcome Albion Rovers to Borough Briggs in a game which was scheduled to start at 3pm.

But with the Duke of Edinburgh's funeral ceremony taking place shortly before that time, all SPFL matches have been brought forward.

A minute's silence will be observed at Borough Briggs prior to the 12 o'clock start.

The Glasgow derby between Rangers and Celtic in the Scottish Cup was due to start at 4pm on Saturday but has now been switched to Sunday at 3pm.


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