In the Media
Glasgow 2014 doctor on the legacy of Commonwealth Games
Jonathan Geddes: BBC News: 26 July 2026 Young athletes and children in Scotland should not be “hothoused” into focusing on just one sport, one of the country’s leading sports doctors has said. Prof Gordon Mackay served as the official doctor when the Commonwealth Games was held in Glasgow in 2014, and believes the 2026 edition…
Read MoreExplaining Rodri’s serious ACL and meniscus injuries and why Manchester City aren’t rushing his return
The AthleticJune 2025By Jordan Campbell Manchester City have spent around £315million on eight new players in the past six months — but welcoming back the Ballon d’Or holder from the best part of a year on the treatment table is priceless. After nine months out following a serious knee injury sustained last September, Rodri made…
Read MoreMake it to Munich: The reviews are in!
Make It To Munch Review — The Epic Odyssey Of A Most Resilient Scot. Oliver Guild in SNACK “Without being overly flashy or boastful in his filmmaking, Robertson stands back and captures a group of genuinely good people doing something astounding. He’s a true professional. And it’s a joy to just exist with these personalities,…
Read MoreMake it a must: this super Scottish film smashes male stereotypes
The Herald: Neil Mackay: 13/02/2025 There’s a moment in Make it to Munich which floods you with happy-sadness, that feeling when you want to smile and cry at the same time, when the goodness in the world is so rich and full it catches you in the throat. The moment is both simple and sublime:…
Read MoreThe Miracle Man: Young Scot Ethan Walker suffered multiple injuries in a horror road accident… but cycled from Scotland to Munich to watch Euro 2024 just months later
By Teddy Jamieson/ 25/01/2025 Daily Mail Maybe it’s for the best that Ethan Walker can’t remember anything about the day he could have died. Nor can the teenager remember much about the hours and days he then spent in a critical unit in an American hospital in September 2023 while his mother Jaclyn sat by…
Read MoreA new surgical procedure to repair an ACL tear.
Article in Sportsmith by Tony Tompos: While you were at Aberdeen FC, a player suffered an ACL tear and you decided to explore the use of the Internal Brace. Can you tell us a little bit about that technique and how it differs from a traditional graft? Read online here
Read MoreThe Doctor Tom Brady and Leonardo DiCaprio call when they get hurt
Zach Helfand/NewYorker: If you spend enough time in certain circles in Los Angeles, you might get the impression that the most popular person in town is Neal ElAttrache. Officially, ElAttrache is an orthopedic surgeon at the Cedars-Sinai Kerlan-Jobe Institute for sports medicine. Unofficially, there are people who regard him as a village miracle man. One…
Read MoreA Scottish man cycles from Glasgow to Munich for the European Championships
Max Becker/asb zeitung/13/06/24: Go on a journey – A Scottish man cycles from Glasgow to Munich for the European Championships. The Scottish biker Ethan Walker had to travel the longest distance out of all those headed to the European Championship’s kick-off event in Munich: He cycled from Glasgow to Bavaria, covering an estimated 1200 kilometers….…
Read MoreTartan Army assemble for day that has been 26 years in the making
Michael Grant/The Times/14/06/24 The Tartan Army mustered only about 600 members for the odyssey to their infamous World Cup in Argentina in 1978. Four years later came the Scotland support’s first mass mobilisation overseas, when nearly 20,000 went to Spain ’82, including those who turned up for the game against the Soviet Union with a…
Read More‘It was the fear of missing out’: Scotland fans arrive en masse in Munich
The alarm was raised at about 9am on Thursday. The Glasgow airport bar sponsored by Scotland’s most popular lager had run out of its core product. The explanation has no link to some early rush towards summer holidays. On Friday in Munich, Scotland’s national football team will play their first… read in The Guardian
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