A six-year-old schoolboy was selected to be a mascot for Rangers FC after the tragic death of his father. Alex Ritchie's dad Pete learned he had bile duct cancer earlier this year and passed away last month at the age of 39.
Superfit Pete preparing for the London Marathon when the family were given the bombshell diagnosis and told by doctor's he only had months left to live.. His passing leaves behind his heartbroken wife Sadie and children Alex and one-year-old Isabella.
The distraught family struggled through those trying months but the Gers stepped in to lift their spirits, offering young Alex the chance to be the mascot for the Champions League fixture with Ajax.
