By grabar
August 13 2008

Former Well skipper Tom Boyd has been line up to skipper the Old Firm select side which will take on a team of Well legends in Dougie Arnott's Testimonial next month. Boyd is also trying to line up a number high profile names to line up alongside him on the night. Motherwell’s 1991 Cup winning captain Tom Boyd has agreed to captain the Old Firm select XI that will line up against a Well select to honour Dougie Arnott in his upcoming Testimonial next month. Boyd was a player who came through the ranks as a youngster at Fir Park and realised how lucky he was when he saw how Dougie had to work harder after making a late start to his professional career. He said, “Dougie came into the club and showed a real determination to succeed after coming into the game in his mid 20s. He probably thought it was his last chance to make it in the game. “He was the type of player you wanted to have in your side rather than having to come up against him. “You only have to ask any tall, dominant centre half who their hardest opponent was and they would say Dougie was one of them. He is very similar in stature and skill to one of the guys who followed him into the Well side in recent times, Scott McDonald.” The former skipper has been responsible for putting together the Old Firm select for the game and he has found it easy to put the side together, “Anybody we contact said yes without any hesitation which shows the respect for Dougie and the level of professionalism he brought to the game as a player and is well remembered for that. “We have managed to line up people like Ally McCoist, Artur Numan, Gordon Durie and Derek McInnes.” You too could have a chance to line up alongside the Old Firm Legends in the match taking place on Thursday 11^th September. All you have to do is enter the Old Firm Prize Draw to win a place in the side, more details can be found at http://www.dougie-arnott.com/oldfirmfan/