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Daily Record
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Sarah Vesty & Record Reporter

Scots goalkeeper clearing mines in war-torn Ukraine says junior football is 'more stressful'

Charity worker Kieran McCulloch claims playing Scottish junior football is harder than clearing mines in Ukraine. The goalkeeper, 30, recently swapped saving shots to help save lives in the war torn country with The HALO Trust.

He missed the end of last season with West of Scotland League side Threave Rovers because his day job as a logistics and procurement officer took him to the Kyiv area.

Kieran, from Dumfries, who returned from his second deployment in the region last month, said: “As strange as it sounds, I actually find football’s probably a lot more stressful.

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