Young Rangers fan becomes Scotland's first ever wheelchair mascot to make it onto pitch
A football star wore a set of ear defenders to join a disabled fan on the pitch in what a charity has hailed a first in Scotland. Rangers supporter Layton Steel, five, is believed to be one of the first mascots in a wheelchair to make it on to the turf at an SPFL clash.
Layton, from Govan in Glasgow, was born with spina bifida and lives with a shunt, which drains fluid from around his brain. As well as being autistic, he is visually impaired and has spent a lot of his life in hospital due to a string of other health issues. The moment was arranged by the John O’Byrne Foundation, which makes memories for sick kids in Scots hospitals. Founder John, who spent much of his childhood in hospital suffering from brittle bones, said he had been unsuccessfully trying to get children in wheelchairs on to pitches as mascots for a decade.
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