Noah Spiteri, who used to play football at Wodonga Bulldogs, has experienced both sides of the coin when it comes to the sporting weekend on the Border.

He's sticking to soccer, for now, and continues to bang in the goals for Boomers.

"On the culture side of things, it makes a massive difference footy being on Saturday," Spiteri said.

"You can get more people to be involved in the night things you do as well so the culture for footy, overall, is a little bit better just because it's on that Saturday.

"I know there's more to it, and it's probably unlikely to happen, but I think Saturday night soccer would be great. The Sunday 3pm time slot doesn't really suit.

"There's nothing worse than when you go to Wangaratta or Myrtleford on a Sunday, lose 2-1, you're driving home at 6.30 on a Sunday night and then you're sore at work on Monday.

"Losing on a Sunday can ruin your whole weekend but (if you played) on a Saturday, you could still do a bit.

"Saturday nights as well, it makes it a bit easier, especially for the young boys who want to get out a bit."

So will Australian Rules always be the dominant code on the Border?

"I think it might change," Spiteri said.

"There's a lot of miniroos and juniors playing soccer at the moment. I wouldn't be surprised if there were more juniors in soccer than footy at the moment.

"We get heaps of miniroos at Boomers and I see heaps at the gala days they have in Wodonga.

"There's plenty of love for soccer in the juniors, so I think eventually soccer might knock it over, but in the meantime, footy's just a little bit ahead."

Boomers have reached the mid-season bye sitting fourth with 20 points from their first 10 games.

Helped by 10 goals from Spiteri, they've racked up some big wins over the league's basement-dwellers but have taken just one point off the top three.

"I'm really excited to play Myrtleford, Wang and Albury United," Spiteri said.

"We play them all in the space of six weeks so it's a really big period for us.

"We've got a point to prove against those bigger sides.

"In the league, I don't think we've beaten a top-four side for at least two years so we're definitely due."

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Spiteri remains hot on the heels of Wangaratta pair Adam Burchell and Daniel Kelly and Albury City's Patrick Brown in the race for the Golden Boot.

"I could probably have a few more goals," he admitted.

"I've missed a few sitters over the last month.

"I've got two wingers whipping balls across the face of goal so it's more about being in the right spot at the right time."

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