Kits for kids: Steven Naismith backs initiative to help youngsters

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Get the stories that matter to you sent straight to your inbox with our daily newsletter.“I had to be 11. Always 11. For Brian Laudrup.” Steven Naismith’s career kicked off in Ayrshire with Stewarton Annick but every Saturday morning, as he waited on the strips being handed out, it was all about the numbers.“I loved that feeling.

Walking into the changing room and waiting on been given a strip. But it had to be me that was handed 11 – every Saturday!” Naismith’s own numbers make for impressive reading – capped 51 times so far for Scotland, he boasts 123 senior goals in a professional career that has so far yielded three league title medals, two League Cup medals and a Scottish Cup gong.