I never dreamt new kidney would help me play for Scotland aged 46

A LAWYER who spent years on a kindey dialysis machine has become the first woman to compete for Scotland alongside men in an international football competition.

- BY NORMAN SILVESTER

Jelina Berlow-Rahman took part in the European Transplant Football Championship in Oxford, which ended last weekend.

Every player had suffered organ failure in the past and gone on to receive a kidney, liver or heart transplant.

Jelina, who had a kidney transplant in 2009, was the sole woman from the six countries, which also included England, Wales, Ireland, Spain and Italy, to take part in the games.

She said: "The last time I played football was when I was 12. I never imagined in my wildest dreams that I would be putting another pair of football boots on at the age of 46, let alone be selected as the first and only woman to play for Scotland Transplant football in the Europeans at an international level.