Two charity champions, Gordon and Mark, are set to embark on an extraordinary Scottish football mission, visiting all 42 Scottish Professional Football League stadiums in just 24 hours to raise funds for two vital charities: The Evo Foundation and B Heard, a new charity set up by our own Leon McCann.The pair will set off from Dumfries and travel the entire length and breadth of Scotland, taking on one of the most ambitious football charity challenges attempted, an 800-mile journey touching every corner of the SPFL.
Their official route covers all 42 William Hill SPFL clubs, moving from the south, up the west coast, through the central belt, into the Highlands, along the east coast and back down into the central belt to finish.
Queen of the South → Annan → Stranraer → Ayr → Kilmarnock → Greenock Morton → Dumbarton → St Mirren → Rangers → Partick Thistle → Queens Park → Celtic → East Kilbride – Clyde → Motherwell → Airdrie → Hamilton → Stirling Albion → Alloa Athletic → Stenhousemuir → St. Johnstone – Ross County → Inverness CT → Elgin City → Peterhead → Aberdeen → Cove Rangers → Montrose → Forfar Athletic → Arbroath → Dundee → Dundee United → East Fife → Raith Rovers – Kelty Hearts → Dunfermline → Hearts → Spartans → Hibernian → Edinburgh City → Livingston → Falkirk
Supporting Two Incredible Causes
The Evo Foundation:
The Evo Foundation is dedicated to transforming lives by preventing poverty and advancing education across the UK.
Their work focuses on supporting vulnerable individuals and strengthening local communities through:
Poverty prevention initiatives, providing essential resources to families in need
Educational programmes and opportunities for children and young people
Grassroots community funding for projects improving wellbeing and reducing inequality
Long-term support aimed at breaking cycles of hardship
From youth development and school initiatives to mental health and community wellbeing programmes, the Evo Foundation plays an essential role in building stronger, fairer and more hopeful communities nationwide.
B Heard:
B Heard was founded by Bairns player Leon McCann and his partner Morgan after discovering that their first baby, Brooks, was profoundly bilaterally deaf at just three weeks old.
Around six months on, Morgan and Leon have educated themselves and begun a journey to discover how to give Brooks the best possible quality of life without his hearing. Along the way, they’ve uncovered a lack of deaf awareness and limited funding for families. There is currently no structured funding to access life-changing interventions, leaving parents to search, fight, and fund it themselves.
Their journey revealed a severe lack of deaf awareness and no structured funding for families to access vital interventions. Parents are left to navigate overwhelming decisions, challenges and costs alone.
B Heard’s mission is simple but powerful, to give children with hearing loss a louder voice, a brighter future and an equal quality of life.
Gordon and Mark said:
“Football connects people. This challenge is our way of using that connection to support two charities making a real difference. Every mile we travel helps change lives.”
How to Support the Challenge
Supporters are encouraged to follow the journey and donate via the official JustGiving page:
Every donation, big or small helps fund life-changing support for children, families and communities.
For media enquiries, interviews or further information, please contact:
tilly.cresswell@complete.co.uk
