A Legendary Voyage for a Noble Cause…
Holy guacamole and wobbly jelly boots! Brace yourselves, football fans, because the one and only Graeme “The Goliath” Souness is trading his legendary Anfield boots for flippers! At a sprightly 71, he’s plunging into the deep blue to swim not once, but TWICE across the English Channel and back, like a zealous dolphin on a mission to conquer Neptune’s turf. The goal? To rustle up a cool $1 million to kick epidermolysis bullosa (aka the blistery beast) where it hurts and make life less prickly for those suffering.
In a heroic twist fit for comic book fame, Souness brought his blistering midfield tenacity to a mega heart-pounding challenge in 2023, swimming the treacherous channel for DEBRA, a charity dedicated to helping those with this skin-chafing condition. With a twinkle in his eye that could light up Wembley, the Liverpool legend schemes to raise cash for clinical trials and tackle EB with all the finesse of a scouse Batman wielding medical gadgets. “Double or nothing!”, he roars, as he does the splashy math on going the extra nautical mile.
With grams of gusto and gallons of grit, Souness flops into his wetsuit, ready for action on D-day, April 30! Supported by his fellow mermaid-in-arms, Isla Grist, who battles EB with courage to spare, Souness totes the banner for DEBRA like a proud penguin in the March of the Waddlers. This epic battle against ebbing tides and epidermal foes will leave no barnacle unturned! Prepare for an emotional tsunami, dear fans, as our hero tackles the water world with waves of hope and thundering heartbeats, all in the name of healing and heroics.
