McEwan Fraser Legal helps save Scotland’s only amputee football team

Awareness around amputee sport has rocketed since Dundee United fan, Tommy McKay, scored a wonder goal for his side in the McEwan Fraser Legal #HomeAdvantage Challenge against Dunfermline at Tannadice.

On 18 March 2017, teams from across the UK will meet in Limerick, Ireland for the fifth round of the EAFA Amputee Football league. Teams competing will include Everton Amputees FC, Manchester City Amputees FC and UL Sport (University of Limerick) Amputees. However, with no previous funding available there had been growing doubt about whether the team would be able to travel.

McEwan Fraser Legal chief executive Ken McEwan said: “Tommy’s goal has become the stuff of legends and we are so thrilled for him. Our sponsorship with Dundee United – and the other clubs we support – has been about creating experiences that genuinely put supporters at the heart of what do.

“That’s because as a business we really do like to challenge people to think differently. This is why we are proud to be able to support the AFAS in their mission to take a team to a major tournament outside the UK for the first time. Tommy showed the world that a so-called disability needn’t mean any less ability, and so we wish the team every success.”

Ashley Reid, development officer at Amputee Football Association Scotland, added: “Tommy’s phenomenal goal has helped put amputee football in the spotlight and I hope it will encourage others to give it a try. For McEwan Fraser Legal to step in and ensure that the team will get to Ireland to compete in March is a dream come true for the players and we’re enormously grateful.”