Garry Oconnor News Today

A PRESTONPANS-BASED charity has launched its own football team to help tackle mental health issues through the power of sport.

The former Liverpool man believes he didnt get enough game time for his country during his career

Blues boss Paul Jewell was still waiting to hear whether all his international players had come through their games unscathed at Thursday’s press conference ahead of Saturday’s game at Barnsley. Linchpin defender Gareth McAuley, Darren O’Dea and Connor Wickham were back and OK, but Hungarian pair Tamás Priskin and Márton Fülöp, and Canadian Jaime Peters had not yet returned to Portman Road.

A selection of Hearts and Hibs legends are set to take the field to raise money for the Destiny Project, a Prestonpans-based mental health charity.

He watched the Pars win on Tuesday evening.

A last-gasp Jacob Mellis goal prevented the Blues from claiming four league wins in a row for the first time since 2004. Sub Jason Scotland had put Town ahead with eight minutes left, only for the Barnsley midfielder to hit back seconds before the final whistle.

Paul Jewell could stick with the line-up which should have beaten Watford last weekend when the Blues travel to Barnsley for Saturday’s live Sky game at Oakwell looking to end their run of seven successive defeats (Sky Sports Two/HD2 5pm). Skipper Grant Leadbitter is expected to miss out again due to his groin injury, while Ívar Ingimarsson is sidelined having broken his nose.

Midfielder David Norris has emerged as a doubt ahead of Tuesday nights trip to Birmingham City due to a dead leg sustained in Saturdays 2-0 victory over Derby County. Full-back Moritz Volz is back after a one-match ban, while skipper Gareth McAuley could also return.

Scotland travel to Faroe Islands looking to build on Saturday night's memorable win.

Do you remember how exciting it used to be to arrive at the airport, stand in a queue for just a few minutes to check in, whizz through passport control, have a stroll around Duty Free, wander down to the boarding gate, find your seat on the plane where there’d be plenty of knee room and, full of anticipation, you were up, up and away? I loved it. It’s not like that anymore and hasn’t been for some time. But the pictures of hordes of people, desperate for a holiday in the sun, queuing to ...