Johnny Phillips: It's great to see Kevin MacDonald make the headlines
It was great to spend some time on Thursday down at Exeter City’s training ground. The Cliff Hill complex is currently undergoing a transformation with new changing, dining and office facilities almost completed, replacing some archaic ‘temporary’ accommodation which was first put up in the early 1970s.
The reason for the visit was to have a chat with the club’s new goal scoring hero Kevin MacDonald. The former Wolves midfielder has scored for the Grecians over the last two weekends, his first goals since returning from his kidney transplant in 2021.
MacDonald has spent his entire career managing IGA Nephropathy, a chronic disease which causes the deterioration of the kidney’s performance. It hadn’t stopped a great career, helping Wolves to promotion with a record points tally in League One and then becoming part of the Fulham side promoted to the Premier League.
