A host of well-known footballing faces have descended on west Fife for a charitable event.
A pro-celeb golfing tournament took place at Aberdour Golf Club and was organised by Forfar manager Dick Campbell in honour of his mother, Betty (‘Murph’), who passed away in August 2008, and to raise money for a sensory garden at the Jean Mackie Centre in Dunfermline.
Campbell managed to attract Scotland manager Craig Levein, former national team boss Craig Brown, former Dundee boss Jocky Scott and a host of other football legends, including Bert Paton, Jim Leishman, Jimmy Nicholl, Jimmy Bone, John Blackley and John Robertson.
Dunfermline-born Campbell said his mother died of dementia and he hoped to raise £3000 through the event in Aberdour.
He said, “My mother was a very popular woman, as everyone in Scottish football knew.
“In the last six months of her life, she enjoyed the garden at the Jean Mackie Centre home in Dunfermline. The idea was to build a garden for dementia sufferers only. There’s a lot to the garden a lot of touches, smells and sounds.
“We’ve raised £20,000 already so maybe around another £10,000 will complete the garden.
“The council do not have the budget to transform the current garden into a sensory garden so we need to raise money to do it privately. The project will cost between £25,000 and £27,000 to complete, and almost half the money has already been raised through various events. But there is still much work needed to raise the remainder.
“Betty had a lot of nice friends at the centre who we know will benefit from the garden once it is finished, and for many years to come.”
Campbell, who managed Dunfermline in 1999, explained the importance of highlighting illnesses such as dementia.
He said, “People will not know they’ve got it for all sorts of different reasons.
“The prognosis for it is fresh air. Unfortunately, nowadays there isn’t enough supervision for it. Once you have dementia, it moves very fast.”
He added, “In addition to the golf day, my sons and nephews are climbing up the four highest mountains in the UK Ben Nevis, Snowdon, Scafell Pike and Slieve Donard.”
To donate visit murphs4peaks.com.