Your chance to be a Saints mascot

Oct 16 2009 by Paul Behan, Paisley Daily Express

EXPRESS Sports has teamed up with the Co-operative Insurance to give one young Buddie the opportunity of a lifetime to be a mascot for Gus MacPherson’s side at St Mirren Park this month.

MacPherson’s side take on Motherwell on Tuesday, October 27, in the fourth round of the Co-operative Insurance Cup.

And you could be there to run out with the team and enjoy all the action in front of a packed crowd.

The winner and a friend will receive a pair of tickets to enjoy all the excitement of The Co-operative Insurance Cup fourth round and the mascot will get a free kit.

All you have to do to be in with a chance of winning this exclusive prize, courtesy of The Co-operative Insurance, is answer the following question:

Where will St Mirren’s Co-operative Insurance Cup fourth round game with Motherwell be staged?

Answers to: Co-operative Insurance Cup Competition, Express Sports, 14 New Street, Paisley PA1 1YA. The deadline for entries is Wednesday, October 21.

Those who take part in the competition must include a daytime telephone number and be under 16 years old.

This season is the 11th consecutive term of The Co-operative Insurance’s sponsorship of the Scottish League Cup.

Over the past 10 seasons of this sponsorship, the Co-operative Insurance Cup has been won by four different teams – Celtic, Rangers, Livingston and Hibernian.

As well as the sponsorship of The Co-operative Insurance Cups in Scotland and Northern Ireland, The Co-operative Insurance has been investing in football since the 1970s and supports grassroots initiatives throughout the UK.

Since The Co-operative Insurance grassroots programme began in 1999, it has supplied children’s teams with over 3,200 sets of kit and 600 sets of equipment and provided football coaching for over 16,000 children.

The Co-operative Financial Services operates through the brands The Co-operative Bank, The Co-operative Insurance, The Co-operative Investments, The Co-operative Asset Management, Britannia, Platform and smile the internet bank. For more information, visit www. co-operativeinsurance.co.uk