Campbeltown coach’s dedication recognised
ONE of Campbeltown’s most committed football leaders has had his devotion recognised, having been nominated for a grassroots award run by the Scottish Football Association.
David Paterson, as secretary of Campbeltown and District Community Football Club, has helped the beautiful game thrive in Kintyre. He has been nominated in the McDonald’s-and-Sunday-Mail-sponsored Grassroots Awards.
Paterson featured in the Sunday Mail last weekend as the national paper begins its 13th annual search for unsung football heroes in Scotland.
David said: ‘Can I say a heartfelt thanks for all the lovely comments I received following the story.
‘There are an endless amount of people involved in football in Campbeltown – from the coaches, managers, registration officers, committee members, bus drivers, parents – and this is what deserves to be recognised.
‘I have the utmost respect and time for anyone who volunteers and Campbeltown has a thriving hub of volunteers contributing to sport.’
As always, the Campbeltonian did not want people to focus on people just nominating him, but on nominating the Campbeltown and District Community Football Club as Community Club of the year.
He said: ‘What I would really like is for people to go to the website and nominate Campbeltown and District Community Football Club, which covers Campbeltown Pupils AFC, Campbeltown Pupils Ladies, CDJFA, Campbeltown Pupils Youth and school football, to help recognise the effort of everyone involved in football in Campbeltown.
‘This will highlight what wonderful work all of these people do for football in our town.’
People can nominate both David and CDCFC at http://grassroots.scottishfa.co.uk/