Former Scotland and Liverpool FC footballing great Graeme Souness has compared shopkeepers that sell pupils junk food to drug-dealers.

He spoke of his horror at seeing children queue at a pizza shop, a bakery and a chip shop in Dunfermline during their lunch break and said easy access to meals high in fat, sugar and salt was taking its toll on the nation's health.

Souness even suggested junk food might be affecting Scotland's ability on the football field with Wales a "more athletic" team in the World Cup qualifier at Hampden on Friday.

"There should be a Government campaign, backed by whatever money is needed, to highlight to our children all they are doing is storing up problems for further down the line, such as obesity and diabetes," he said.

I wonder what former Liverpool team mates Kenny Dalglish and Ian Rush made of his outburst?

Dalglish, perhaps the greatest ever player to grace a Scotland shirt, is currently head of Scottish football for the American fast food outlet McDonald's, who sponsor grassroots football across the UK.

Rush, who had an almost telepathic relationship with Dalglish on the pitch, is McDonald's Head of Welsh Football.

Presumably the company that sells the half time pies at Anfield has also raised an eyebrow.