Vale punish Wanderers for scoring first
Unfortunately for Saints, that was as good as it got as they found themselves pinned back for the remainder of the match.
Within two minutes Vale had drawn level as Scott Moffat glanced in a Jamie Lauder cross.
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Hide AdAnd on the half-hour mark another Lauder ball into the penalty area was forced home by John Hall to put them ahead.
Ten minutes into the second half a great strike from 20 yards by Kerr Dodds gave visiting goalkeeper Shaun Hutchison no chance and Dodds struck again in the 70th minute when his shot deflected off defender Adam Johnstone to wrong foot Hutchison.
Vale of Leithen: Walker, Hall, Lauder, Miller, Lee, Greenhill (Doohan 73), Martin (Beaton 73), Dodds, Moffat, Radzynski, Gillon (Cole 73). Subs: Milligan, Livie.
St Cuthbert Wanderers: Hutchison, Kiltie, Kassim, Kirk, Johnstone, Brown, Rudd (Davis 84), Nichol, McClymont, Redpath (Clarke 58), Wilson. Sub: Gordon.
Vale of Leithen 4
St Cuthbert Wanderers 1