David Winnie (President)
David brings an outstanding combination of football experience, legal expertise, and leadership to the role, qualities that will help drive the continued growth of walking football across Scotland.
A Career Built Across Football and Law
Before embarking on a successful career in law, David enjoyed a distinguished playing career in professional football, representing clubs including St Mirren, Aberdeen, Hearts and Dundee, as well as spells abroad in Iceland and Australia. He featured in major European competitions including the European Cup Winners’ Cup, UEFA Cup and Champions League, won the Scottish Cup, and represented Scotland at Under-21 level.
After hanging up his boots, David moved into management and coaching before qualifying as a solicitor in England and Wales in 2009. He is now Head of Sports & Immigration at Gilson Gray LLP, advising clubs, players, agents, and governing bodies across the football pyramid, from the Premier League, Championship and League One, to international federations and elite sporting organisations.
David’s experience includes acting for clients in a wide range of arbitral and disciplinary proceedings, including at the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) in Lausanne, FA Rule K arbitration, and the disciplinary bodies of FIFA and UEFA.
He sits as a Judicial Panel member for both the Football Association and the Scottish Football Association, hearing high-profile disputes from across the men’s and women’s game, and is also a Legal Member of Sport Resolutions, the world’s leading sport-specific arbitration body handling cases spanning the Olympic Games, FIFA World Cup, and many other international competitions.
Beyond sport, David also advises on business immigration and international sports visa matters, providing guidance to clubs and athletes on global mobility, sponsorship, and eligibility requirements.
Excited for the Journey Ahead
“Walking football has already changed countless lives across the country, but this is just the beginning.
“Together with our fantastic Board, I’m determined to take the organisation to the next level, strengthening our partnerships, expanding our reach, and showcasing the incredible health and social impact this game delivers. Walking football has the power to bring people together, improve wellbeing, and keep the spirit of the game alive for life, and I can’t wait to help drive that forward.”
A Shared Vision
As President, David acts as a figurehead for Walking Football Scotland, helping to open doors and build relationships that take the organisation forward. Working closely with the Board, he supports our strategic direction, raises the profile of walking football, and strengthens partnerships across sport, health and community sectors, all while championing the game’s powerful health and wellbeing impact nationwide.
David Hyland (Treasurer)
David is semi-retired and currently employed as the breed secretary (administration) at the Highland Cattle Society. He is married, with four children, and was a relatively new convert to walking football (May 2017), embracing his new lease of life with gusto and is a fervent supporter and active promoter of our version of the beautiful game.
David plays mostly in Forth Valley turning out at sessions hosted by Active Stirling as well as sessions at Alloa, Tullibody and Dunblane.
David has played at Ravenscraig for Stirling Albion and looks forward to continuing to support walking football Scotland and to develop and promote its benefits for all.
He joined the WFS board becoming treasurer with a professional background in accounting before taking over as Chairman from Gary McLaughlin in 2021. David took up the role as Past President in December 2022 remaining on the board of trustees, and became Treasurer once again in August 2025.
Campbell Ogilvie
Campbell was a former Scottish football executive. He was the President of the Scottish Football Association, a director of Rangers and managing director of Heart of Midlothian (Hearts).
He was appointed assistant secretary of the Scottish Football League in May 1970. In 1978, he was hired as general secretary at Rangers F.C. and in 1989 he became a director of that club.
At this time, Campbell became a key architect of the formation of a league structure with UEFA’s Champions League.
He joined Heart of Midlothian in November 2005 to undertake similar duties under the title ‘Operations Director’. and was later promoted to managing director in 2008.
In June 2003, Campbell became the treasurer, now second vice-president, of the Scottish Football Association (SFA) and in 2007, he became first vice-president of the SFA, taking up the presidency of the Scottish Football Association in 2011, succeeding George Peat. He relinquished the post in June 2015, when he was succeeded by Alan McRae and retired, taking up walking football where he plays twice a week with Drumchapel Utd.
Campbell joined the WFS board in 2025.
Eric J. Riley
Eric is a highly respected figure within Scottish football, having served as a Director of Celtic FC from August 1994. A graduate of Glasgow University and a qualified chartered accountant, he held the role of Financial Director, with overall responsibility for the Company’s corporate strategy, finance, and day-to-day operational areas.
In addition to his long-standing role at Celtic, Eric has made significant contributions to Scottish football as a whole. He twice served as a Director of the Scottish Premier League, amassing over 20 years of service, and spent four years as a Director of the Scottish Football Association. He has also been a Trustee of the Celtic FC Foundation for over 25 years and has chaired the Glasgow FA for almost 20 years.
Beyond his professional career, Eric is an avid sportsman and dedicated supporter of walking football, actively participating in weekly sessions in Glasgow.
Eric joined the WFS board of trustees in 2025.
David MacKinnon
“Davie" MacKinnon started his professional football career at 16 years of age spending 4 years at Arsenal, before returning to Scotland to play with 6 clubs including Dundee, Rangers, Kilmarnock and Partick Thistle. Playing over 600 professional games in his 20 years as a player, he won a Scottish League cap, and several winners’ medals.
After retirement he returned to the professional game, when he was appointed Commercial Director at Clyde FC, then General Manager at Kilmarnock FC, Chief Executive at Dundee FC and Greenock Morton, as well as spending several years at Hamilton Academical FC, where he was Head of player recruitment, as well as Director of Media and communications.
David has had a successful professional business and football career,
which has covered a variety of business and sporting sectors with a focus on
business development, strategic planning, and commercial enterprise. He has also been able to use the principles of football in team-work, communication and setting winning targets, in his senior management roles in business.
Latterly he has been Managing Director of significant business start-ups in finance and media as well as enjoying his walking football, where he plays in the West of Scotland, before joining the WFS board in 2025.
Vivienne MacLaren
Vivienne is passionate about sport, in particular women’s and girls’ football and has a keen focus on expanding the opportunities available to women and girls to take part in or return to sport. She is an award-winning marketing and digital specialist with 29 years’ experience spent in Scotland and London both client and agency side. She is also former MD and founder of an award-winning digital marketing agency, ad tech advisory board member and a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Marketing.
In 2016, Vivienne was appointed Chairperson of Scottish Women’s Football, the independent body that manages the domestic game in Scotland, after joining the main Board in 2014 as media and communications director. Vivienne led the transformation of the domestic game as a brand, a commercial entity and as an environment in which girls and women can thrive in Scotland.
She led the huge growth of the Scottish Women’s Premier League and signed the first broadcast deal for women’s football in Scotland in 2018, shortly after securing the first ever league sponsor. In 2023 the largest sponsorship deal in the Scottish women’s and girls’ game was secured with ScottishPower, covering both Scottish Women’s Football and the SWPL. This was also led by Vivienne and SWF.
She is a strategy-driven professional who is regarded as one of the leading marketers in the UK. She regularly speaks at events including MarTech, Women in Business, University of Strathclyde MBA programme as well as media interviews on behalf of Scottish Women’s Football (SKY, BBC News, STV and various podcasts and radio).
Vivienne was VP of Global Marketing at high growth, global technology SaaS company, Ideagen for over 6 years and is now a portfolio marketing director with The Marketing Centre.
Vivienne has represented Scottish Women’s Football on Scottish FA Congress since 2017 and was a member of the Women and Girls in Sport Advisory Board for 3 years, providing independent advice to the Scottish Government.
In 2021 Vivienne was the recipient of the Chair’s Award at the Institute of Directors Scotland (IoD) Awards.
Matt Ramsay
Matt is current Football Participation Officer for Glasgow Life and has been involved with walking football since 2016.
As part of his working role, he looks to develop walking football across Glasgow creating as many opportunities as possible for more adults to get back involved in the game.
His passion has grown rapidly after seeing the various benefits to all players, not just physically but mentally and socially too.
Matt joined the WFS board in October 2017 and after serving for 2 terms, was co-opted to remain on the board in 2024 before becoming a trustee again in 2025.
He is fully committed in developing walking football, uniting walking footballers together as well as creating opportunities for across Scotland including bespoke sessions for people living with Dementia and Parkinson’s, all for the love of the game!
He is married and has a son, and looks forward to the day of ‘officially’ being old enough to play walking football.
Linsey Paton-Donaldson
Having first connected with Stenhousemuir FC as a business sponsor for their Men’s Walking Football programme over 10 years ago, Linsey now works with Stenhousemuir FC Community Foundation as the Community Football Co-ordinator for their adult programmes, including Walking Football. She recently joined the Board of Directors at Stenhousemuir FC. As the first female to join the Board at the club, she is looking forward to the challenges of her new role, including as Director of Women’s Football and acting as the conduit between the club Board and the Board of Trustees at the Foundation.
With a passion for community and the power of sport to change lives, Linsey has many years of experience working both commercially and voluntarily within a range of organisations. Having played football for many years, particularly through her teenage years, Linsey experienced a period of ill-health which meant she was unable to play and her options, in terms of her career path and playing recreationally, shifted dramatically. However, despite ongoing medical challenges, she found a way back to regularly playing football through Walking Football at Stenhousemuir FC. Fast forward two years and she is now proud to represent the SFC Foundation and the Club. The positive impact of Walking Football is a constant motivation and inspiration for Linsey, and she is delighted to bring her passion for improving lives through sport to her role as a WFS Trustee where she joined the board in 2024.
Martin Jack
Martin, or Jacky as he is better known, is Managing Director of Think Different Events Ltd and, for over 40 years, has been organising business to business conferences, seminars and award ceremonies across the UK.
He’s played, coached and managed teams from primary 1 school kids through to amateur teams and, since April 2021, has been involved in the organisation of Walking Football for Giffnock Soccer Centre and more recently Glasgow Life.
During the past two years, he has seen the multiple benefits Walking Football has to offer both physically and socially, for both ladies as young as 40 and above to the Auld Timer members of the club now into their 70s.
He is fully committed to developing Walking Football for all ages, for all skill levels and for all physical abilities and his motto could best be described as | Get Fit | Get Social | Get Football |
#fitbadaft would also be as good as any hashtag to describe him.
