Scotland fan left red-faced as dad recalls him playing boys club with McGinn

HE played boys’ club football with Scotland hero John McGinn BEFORE the Aston Villa superstar joined St Mirren at the age of seven.

And now he’s travelled across the globe with his family to watch his old boys’ club pal in action at Euro 2024.

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That however, is information which Matthew Dorman might have preferred to keep a secret.

In a wholesome family interview, his dad David revealed that he had played with Scotland favourite John McGinn, at Antonine Boys Club in Duntocher, near Clydebank.

David said: “We’re looking forward to a fantastic couple of weeks, we’re here to travel around Germany.

“It’s great because Matthew used to play with John McGinn, when John McGinn was a kid.

“They played with Antonine Boys Club in Duntocher.”

This left Matthew a little embarrassed, as his father beamed with pride beside him.

Asked if he was disappointed HE wasn’t called up too, Matthew laughed: “No, I think it’s for the best that I didn’t to be honest! That was a long time ago.

“He [McGinn] is such a great leader, he’s come on leaps and bounds, from playing at Hibs and playing down south.

“He’s one of the instrumental players in that team. All of us are from Clydebank so it’s great to see him playing so well.”

The Dorman family have the story of the Euros so far, having travelled from various corners of the globe to watch their country across Germany.

Shaun Dorman, and his son Kevin, have made the staggering 13,600km trip from Perth, Australia to join the Tartan Army in Munich.

Whilst David, and son Matthew have travelled from Glasgow and Dubai respectively to meet their family for a fortnight of festivities.

There’s even another Dorman – still to make the trip from Australia -who isn’t letting his university exams force him to miss out on the fun.

In a truly heartwarming interview Matthew said: “The idea was to come over as soon as we qualified

“My dad has said since I was a kid that the first major tournament we qualify for, we have to go.

“It’s always been on the agenda, it’s just been a matter of when.

“It’s good to be over, I’ve got my cousin and my uncle here as well so it’ll be a good laugh, and hopefully we can get a few results.”

Perhaps even more impressively, they have travelled WITHOUT having tickets to the games.

Matthew revealed: “We don’t have tickets, we were waiting in queues and we just had no luck.

“The plans at the moment are the fan zones, and the atmosphere of all of that, which should be a good laugh anyways. We’re looking forward to it.”

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