Scottish March Of The Day

SCOTTISH MARCH OF THE DAY
October 10-12, 2025

The Darby Rimmer MND Foundation and the My Name5 Doddie Foundation are proud to share that they are working together to stage the Scottish March of the Day, a continuous 146-mile fundraising walk around 22 football grounds in Scotland. Each Foundation will have a core team of 12 completing the full route in rotation. This will include many former footballers and those whose lives have been impacted by Motor Neurone Disease. The walk, which starts at Motherwell FC and finishes at the Doddie Weir statue at Murrayfield, will take just over two days to complete. All funds raised will be shared equally by the two charities.

This is an open event and anyone can take part. Walkers can register in groups of up to 6 people to walk any of the daytime stages. We are also looking for companies who might want to come on board as an event sponsor, either as one of our two main sponsors, sponsors of one of our 22 stages, or sponsors of one of our 31 core team members.

Full details of how to register or to become a sponsor can be found at the link below. https://www.redwoodevents.co.uk/smotd/

We have only just started to recruit the core teams, and already we have many former footballing heroes signed up to take part, including former Scotland strikers John McGinlay and Andy Walker and former Hibs midfielder Filipe Morais. We are working with Martin Johnston, formerly of Cove Rangers, Brechin City, Peterhead and Elgin City, who has MND. Many of his former teammates and friends are looking to take part, including Kevin Tindal, Barry Thompson, James Lennox and Mark Perry. We are expecting the numbers of former players to grow significantly, including others from the rugby union world too.