Dundee United star Lawrence Shankland says football authorities must provide more support for young players in gambling prevention efforts eveningtelegraph.co.uk - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from eveningtelegraph.co.uk Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
“I said to my girlfriend: ‘Imagine we could get Lawrence Shankland’.
“I didn’t personally know him but I saw he’d started to get into the Scotland set-up and I don’t know why but I was determined to make him my first ambassador.
“It worked out that way but I do know a couple of people from playing football who helped.
“The minute I got onto him he was right on board – he loved it.
“He’s never had a problem in that sense but he’s been brilliant, it’s been good for me.
“It raises the profile of Gamtalk in general by having somebody like that on board because people will go and have a look at the pages more.
THE Scottish Government says it is studying the damning report into the £200m Ferguson s ferry fiasco. A Scottish Parliament probe attacked the role of the government, shipyard and procurement quango Caledonian Maritime Assets (CMAL) in the debacle. Ministers will respond to the report recommendations in due course . A government spokesperson said: We remain fully supportive of the efforts of CalMac, CMAL and Transport Scotland in delivering ferry services on the Clyde and Hebrides Network and to the Northern Isles, but we also recognise the challenges in doing so and the need for continuous improvement to optimise delivery. We have already committed to commission a study of the legal structures and governance arrangements which exist between the tripartite group of Transport Scotland, CMAL and CalMac and will publish a ferries stakeholder engagement strategy.
£200m ferry saga at Ferguson s branded a catastrophic failure greenocktelegraph.co.uk - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from greenocktelegraph.co.uk Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.