Aberdeen new boy Angus MacDonald insists he’s determined to help others after making the most of his second chance.
The defender’s world collapsed when he was diagnosed with bowel cancer at just 26 when playing for Hull. MacDonald battled back to health – and back to producing the goods on the pitch. Now the stopper is determined to support others going through similar battles with his own foundation.
MacDonald, who joined the Premiership side from Swindon on deadline day, said: “Three or four years ago I got diagnosed with bowel cancer. I remember sitting in the hospital thinking I was lucky because they caught it early. There are people who are not so lucky and don’t get diagnosed so early. I set up the foundation to get more people checked and to raise awareness about it. We want people to get tested. Even for people who are going through operations and treatments we are there offering them somebody to speak to.”
MacDonald is fully focused on getting Aberdeen back on track but admits he spends most of his other time on work with the foundation. He said: “All decisions are run through me.
"We set it up in lockdown. At the end of lockdown it was hard to get fundraisers and events going, then with football so main over the past 12 to 18 months it has been manic again.”
MacDonald helped the Dons halt the slide in last week’s 3-1 win against Motherwell and the Winchester-born centre back is already being asked about his Scottish-sounding name. He said: “I keep telling people that my dad’s side of the family are from Falkirk! I maybe should ask him if I am being honest.”
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