Ardrossan Winton Rovers goalkeeper Stevie O'Neill still winces at the thought of eight-year-old Billy Gilmour smashing goals past him for fun.Now he knows he was among the first to see the Scotland starlet's huge promise.Gilmour capped his meteoric rise from Ardrossan schoolkid to man of the match at Wembley last night as Scotland gained a vital Euros point against England.
And O'Neill recalls how he first caught a glimpse of the Chelsea ace's burgeoning talent while playing alongside his father, Billy senior, at Ardrossan in the mid to late 2000s."Young Billy would come to the games and he'd get involved in the warm up with me," said O'Neill, now goalkeeping coach at Ardrossan."He must've been about eight-years-old but he was unreal at.
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