Saints icon Tony Fitzpatrick insists a new campaign to support former players suffering from dementia couldn’t have a better leader than his old boss Sir Alex Ferguson.
The former Buddies duo are among 30 Scottish football greats calling for injuries caused by excessive heading to be classed as an industrial injury. That would allow sufferers to get help via the devolved social security system.
The timely calls come in the wake of the sad passing of former St Mirren and Scotland great Gordon McQueen, who died just last week from dementia.
