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Dundee United hero Lawrence Shankland.
Goal machine Lawrence Shankland – it’s a phrase we’ve become accustomed to hearing.
Scratch beneath the surface, though, and you uncover the man behind the moving parts.
The Dundee United star’s work off the pitch supporting Gamtalk UK – a scheme aimed at preventing problem gambling among Scottish youngsters – is particularly telling.
As much as the Tangerines’ Scotland striker got involved to help people, not least founder Paul Pettigrew, he’s doing it for himself too.
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“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.
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