A man from Blantyre has created a football team to help his friends speak about their mental health.
Alan Dunsmore quickly realised his pals were down after they were forced off the pitch due to covid, so between lockdowns he decided to take action and kickstart Blantyre United.
The 24-year-old, who coaches the side, has seen the club, and people around it, come on leaps and bounds since it first started.
It first started as a kick-about to get people out of the house, and from the first game it has grown with the team this year winning the league cup in their division.
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Alan told Glasgow Live: "We just went for kick-about and then after that we'd text each other to say how much better we all felt.
"Once the lockdown lifted we decided to start a football team. We kept it local and it was all boys we grew up with, some we hadn't seen since we were 15 or 16.
"The football took over but we could see that boys were struggling so we decided to get together once every month to forget about the football and have an open chat about mental health.
"It has been really beneficial. I've suffered with bad mental since I was around 15 but I'm now on a better path.
"I know what it's like. I feel like if I'm helping others it helps my mental health as well.
"I take a lot of pride in the fact people are comfortable opening up to me."
Blantyre United are extremely proud of their achievements on the pitch, having just won the A&C AFL Championship Division League Cup, but Alan is even more proud of its impact on players off it.
The team meet at the Asda Blantyre cafe once a month, which acts as a safe space for them to open up.
The Asda worker hopes the club's mental health work continues to progress.
The 24-year-old said: "We are nearing the end of the season now so on the football front it's business as usual, we'll stop for the summer and go again.
"But as a mental health group we are trying to explore different avenues and open it up to the broader community.
"There's a group of us getting together for a walk and talk. So we'll meet at Strathclyde Park and go on a walk for an hour.
"We are trying to make it easier for people to open up. I'm not an expert but I'm just working off the back of my experience.
"Over the summer we are hoping to get someone from SAMH to speak with the boys. It's going really well and looking positive."
The coach is surprised that his kick-about with mates during lockdown has turned into a full-fledged football club with a mental heath support network.
Alan said: "It has been quite surreal.
"The boys on the committee were just speaking about how far the team has come in terms of football and the people surrounding it.
"It's one of the best decisions I've ever made."
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