As a child Sam Mckay suffered from chronic kidney disease.
But when he was five years old he had a life-changing kidney transplant, thanks to a donation from his dad, David.
Now a healthy 16-year-old, Sam, from Elderslie in Renfrewshire, is representing Scotland as part of the inaugural Four Nations Transplant Football Championship.
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And David, 51, a sports coaching lecturer at Glasgow Clyde College, is team coach. “I’m really, really proud to see how ill he’s been at times and what a difference the kidney has made,” he said.
“This would certainly not be possible were it not for transplantation. To see him out
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