A CONWY parkrun volunteer and regular entrant has published a new book about being a football doctor, which he hopes will help to raise funds for his favourite club.

Simon Leeson has been a familiar face at the Conwy event for many years, and regularly takes part in the 5k challenge.

That is, when he is not volunteering, or offering his services as a marshal around this popular and picturesque course.

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His book, “Don’t Call Me Doc” – is now available online, with Simon admitting: “It is a light-hearted account of the bonkers world of club football in deepest Wales.”

It includes an interesting account of his life, his medical career, and his passion for football, running and even skiing.

And it additionally mentions that he also enjoys walking, and real ale.

Simon is a supporter of CPD Bangor 1876, and he said how an invitation to become a football medic seemed “like a dream come true after a lifetime of being a football fan, and a hospital doctor.”

He intends to promote his book as a means of fundraising for the soccer club and admits that it includes many surprising twists and turns, adding that “player injuries turned out to be the easier part of the job”.

Talking about his earlier life and career, Simon said: “I was an exceptionally direct yet ungifted downhill skier in years gone by and could deal with any piste, as long as all the moguls were aligned in the right places.

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“I am also a life-long supporter of Manchester City Football Club, though a hopeless footballer.

“I also run slowly for long distances, but I have completed the London Marathon once, and the Great North Run four times.

“I have attended occasional Grands Prix events, which involved standing for long periods of time in mud to watch very fast cars break down, and I am now learning to cook despite being rather late in life, with my wife accepting that I may destroy most of our pots and pans.”

Copies of Simon Leeson’s new book, “Don’t Call Me Doc”, are priced at £7.26.