ambassadors

Willie Miller MBE

Aberdeen FC’s most successful captain, Miller led his team to an iconic victory against Real Madrid in the 1983 European Cup Winners’ Cup final.

Willie Miller joined Aberdeen in 1971 and spent his entire 20-year playing career there, breaking the club’s record for most appearances. As captain, he led the team to glory in the European Cup Winners’ Cup as well as three Scottish League championships in 1980, 1984 and 1985 as well as four Scottish Cups and a Scottish League Cup.

Miller also, made his Scotland debut in 1975, aged 20. He went on to win 65 caps and played in the World Cups in 1982 and 1986. He was an inaugural inductee to the Scottish Football Hall of Fame in 2004. In 2010 he was chosen as one of the 11 members of Scotland’s greatest team.

Since retiring from football, Miller has written two autobiographies, worked for BBC Radio Scotland as a football commentator and analyst and has a regular column in the Evening Express/Press & Journal.

Graham Hunter

An internationally acclaimed and respected football journalist, Graham is widely revered as the voice of Spanish football, having, most recently, followed the Spain national team in their journey to become Euro 2024 winners.

Born and raised in Aberdeen, Graham remains a staunch Aberdeen FC supporter and regularly returns to the Granite City. He is also a keen supporter of Denis Law Legacy Trust and its impactful Streetsport programme, which is run in partnership with Robert Gordon University (RGU).

Over several years, Graham has played a significant role in raising the profile of the Trust’s free-to-access programmes and activities. In addition, he has compèred the grand opening of all three of Aberdeen’s Cruyff Courts, including in 2017 with the opening of Cruyff Court Denis Law, the first facility of its kind in Scotland and a huge milestone for the charity.

Now residing in Barcelona, he also leads a hugely successful podcast that has attracted footballing royalty, from Jurgen Klopp and Leo Messi to the late Johan Cruyff and Sir Bobby Robson.