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| Edinburgh footballers attempt to break record | Edinburgh footballers attempt to break record |
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| Amateur footballers in Edinburgh are attempting to break the world record for the longest 11-a-side match. | Amateur footballers in Edinburgh are attempting to break the world record for the longest 11-a-side match. |
| The match, hopefully lasting 105 hours (the current record is 102 hours) is in memory of the late Falkirk defender, Craig Gowans, 17, who died in 2005. | |
| He was killed when training equipment he was carrying connected with an overhead power cable at the Little Kerse ground in Grangemouth. | He was killed when training equipment he was carrying connected with an overhead power cable at the Little Kerse ground in Grangemouth. |
| The Craig Gowans Memorial Fund has so far raised almost £80,000. | The Craig Gowans Memorial Fund has so far raised almost £80,000. |
| The match is being played at Ainslie Park using seven substitutes on each side. There are no limits on how many times a substitute is used. | The match is being played at Ainslie Park using seven substitutes on each side. There are no limits on how many times a substitute is used. |
| Every 12 hours a player clocks up on the pitch gives them one hour off from the match to have a shower or get food. | |
| Snoezelen room | Snoezelen room |
| The Craig Gowans Guinness World Record Match is being supported by the Scottish Football Association, Football Aid, The Sick Kids Friends Foundation and the Hibernian Football Community. | The Craig Gowans Guinness World Record Match is being supported by the Scottish Football Association, Football Aid, The Sick Kids Friends Foundation and the Hibernian Football Community. |
| Ex-Rangers, Hibernian and Scotland boss, Alex McLeish and the current Scottish Cup holding manager, John Hughes, will be at the event, as will footballers, Scott Arfield and Thomas Scobbie. | Ex-Rangers, Hibernian and Scotland boss, Alex McLeish and the current Scottish Cup holding manager, John Hughes, will be at the event, as will footballers, Scott Arfield and Thomas Scobbie. |
| The players are Craig's former school friends. | The players are Craig's former school friends. |
| Jonny Wallace, one of Craig's closest school friends and an advocate of the Craig Gowans Memorial Fund said: "The official current record stands at 72 hours and our goal is to smash this and play 105 hours finishing on the 8th, making this a four-day event and finishing on the 10th anniversary of Craig's tragic passing." | Jonny Wallace, one of Craig's closest school friends and an advocate of the Craig Gowans Memorial Fund said: "The official current record stands at 72 hours and our goal is to smash this and play 105 hours finishing on the 8th, making this a four-day event and finishing on the 10th anniversary of Craig's tragic passing." |
| The money raised will be used to fund enhancements to the new Sick Kids hospital at the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh at Little France, specifically a state-of-the-art Snoezelen room in Craig's name. | The money raised will be used to fund enhancements to the new Sick Kids hospital at the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh at Little France, specifically a state-of-the-art Snoezelen room in Craig's name. |
| The space will be a calming room with multi-sensory equipment providing a relaxing and stimulating space for children with sensory impairments. | The space will be a calming room with multi-sensory equipment providing a relaxing and stimulating space for children with sensory impairments. |
| Kick off is at 13:00 on Saturday. | Kick off is at 13:00 on Saturday. |
| The current world record was set at St Mary's, the home of Southampton FC, in June by two squads representing the Testlands Support Project, a Southampton charity, |