Kevin Davies spent his professional football career on the frontline. The former Bolton Wanderers legend shouldered the burden for club and country, taking responsibility at the sharp end.
Perhaps then that's why it was an easy decision for the ex-targetman to put himself in the firing line when the government issued its call for volunteers this week.
Davies celebrated his 43rd birthday by signing up to help the people's army who have mobilised behind the NHS to provide much-needed support services.
Over 670,000 generous souls have agreed to give up their time – and Davies was happy to be one of them. He said: “I don't know if it was the values instilled in me when I was a youngster, growing up on a council estate where there really was a