Max Philiban from Falkirk dressed as Caledonia Gladiators’ coach Gareth Murray for Halloween - even donning his thick beard and tattoos.
A youngster from a Scottish town has been asked to coach his favourite basketball team, after dressing up as the head coach at a recent game.
To thank Max for his support of the Caledonian Gladiators he has been given the opportunity to support Mr Murray and his team at an upcoming training session.“I just thought it would be funny to dress as Gareth, and happy it made him laugh when he saw me. The only bad bit was the beard kept getting stuck in my mouth.“Gareth and all the team are really friendly, so I’m really looking forward to seeing them again.
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He said: “Everyone at the club absolutely loved Max’s costume, and it really raised a smile when I first spotted him in the crowd at our recent game. Top news stories today Ms Philliban, who has another son, Conner, six, said Max enjoyed Mr Murray’s team talks on the club’s recent BBC documentary, Ballers: Ball Or Nothing.
“We’ve just finished watching the BBC documentary. We loved how passionate Gareth was, and he’s always been really great with Max when they’ve chatted at games.
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