Sir Ian Botham named Scunthorpe United president
Thursday 14 December 2017 14:50, UK
Sir Ian Botham has been named as the new president of League One side Scunthorpe United.
Botham is most famous for scoring more than 5,000 Test runs and taking 383 Test wickets for England during a cricket career that lasted nearly 20 years.
Botham played 11 times for Scunthorpe between 1980 and 1985.
Scunthorpe chairman Peter Swann said: "I thought it would be great if we could offer him the opportunity to become Scunthorpe United president. He accepted it without hesitation.
"We spoke as a board and thought Sir Ian would make an ideal ambassador for us.
"Sir Ian's other work means he's out of the country a lot, but he comes to watch the Iron when he can and also regularly watches on a feed when away.
"He's always very vocal in his support for the club."
As well as his new role with Scunthorpe, 'Beefy' is also the chairman of County Championship Division Two side Durham.
