Leg off, game on at Motherwell
Motherwell FC Community Trust is to become the latest club in Scotland to embrace amputee football.
The Fir Park club will host an open training session on Sunday, September 10, as part of Amputee Football Association Scotland’s #Legoffgameon roadshow.
It runs from 11am-1pm at the club’s astroturf pitch, and anyone with an amputation or congenital limb difference is invited to go and try the sport for themselves.
Amputee football has been popular for some time, but hit the limelight in November when one-legged man Tommy Mckay scored a wonder goal in the half-time challenge in a match between Dundee United and Dunfermline at Tannadice, with the clip viewed by more than two million people on social media.
The Amputee Football Association Scotland charity has hooked up with Motherwell FC Community Trust to help raise awareness of the sport and, ultimately, develop a league.
Ashley Reid, founder and CEO of AFAS said:“amputee football is a new discipline in Scotland, so to see our player numbers grow so rapidly in such a short time is testament to the demand that exists for the sport.
“Motherwell FC Community Trust has an enviable disability football programme and the club was quick to contact us about hosting a taster session.
“Our aim is to provide the opportunity for anyone with an amputation or limb difference to play football on a level playing field.”