Friends of diehard Rangers fan hand over £6000 cheque to Lanarkshire charity set up to honour Lisbon Lion legend granddad

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A group of friends took on a walking challenge stopping off a both Celtic Park and Ibrox Stadium to raise money for charity in memory of a young Lanarkshire man.They may not have walked a “million miles” as the football chant goes, but they did manage a fantastic 40 miles – partly on the West Highland Way – raising an incredible £18,000.The group organised the sponsored walk in memory of Matthew McCombe, the grandson of Celtic’s legendary European Cup winning captain Billy McNeill.The Lanarkshire Live app is available to download now.

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He had left the hotel they were staying at to go to the shops but never returned. Tragically his body was discovered two weeks later.The £18,000 raised by the forty-strong group of walkers was split three ways between The Billy McNeill Commemoration Charity and two charities in the Netherlands who helped search for Matthew when he was missing.Despite his grandfather’s status as a Celtic great, Matthew was a die-hard Rangers fan and a season ticket holder at Ibrox, and that’s why the walkers stopped off at both stadiums in Glasgow.Those who took part recently handed over a cheque to the Lanarkshire charity in front of the statue of the Celtic legend in Bellshill town centre.Matthew’s