Easthouses Lily Miners

Graeme Souness delivered news of the £2,000 grant to the Easthouse Lily Miners Welfare FC as he took over a training session for a football club serving one of Scotland’s most deprived communities in Midlothian. Souness said:

"This is the real deal when you come down to this level. They're doing it for the love of the game, for the love of their community. It doesn't get any better than this. Everyone's here for the right reason"

"Being part of a team, I can't tell you, it's just the best. When I finished playing, and you go into management, it can be a bit of a lonely old job. But when you're a player, you're in a dressing room like this; the banter, and you're sitting with your mates. You win together, and you lose together. Being in this environment must be fantastic.”

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Easthouses Lily Miners Welfare team manager David McQueenie said the money would be vital for helping with venue hire, equipment and kit. He said:
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“We’re a voluntary run club in a deprived area so this money will help us survive – it’s as simple as that. Especially for our older spectators who rely on us as a focus in life."

“To have Graeme Souness along to our club is just incredible. I mean, the things that Graeme’s done in the game is absolutely fantastic. The lads couldn’t believe it."

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