LISTEN: Final Whistle Blows On World's Longest Football Match In Memory Of Falkirk Teenager

Published 9th Jul 2015

Friends of a Falkirk teenager who died ten years ago last night completed the world's longest ever football match.

They played for around 105 hours, raising nearly ninety thousand pounds for the Sick Kids Friends Foundation.

It was in memory of 17 year-old Craig Gowans, who died when a pole he carrying on a training ground hit electric cables - just two weeks after he'd signed to play for Falkirk.

Shiona McCallum was there as the final whistle blew late last night and spoke to Craig's sister, Lyndsey....