TIMES readers have the chance to win tickets to see the show that tells the tale of a Scottish sporting legend.

The Benny Lynch Story comes to Dunfermline's Alhambra Theatre on Friday June 7 and we have a pair of tickets up for grabs.

A national production touring in May and June 2019, the show tells the story of Scotland’s first ever boxing world champion.

It is a poignant and entertaining look at his life, from his childhood in the Gorbals’ slums, to his boxing success and global stardom, and ultimately to his demise and untimely death in 1946 at the age of only 33.

It doesn’t matter if you’re not a boxing fan. This show is about the extraordinary life of a Scottish icon.

It is the ultimate rags to riches to rags story.

STEPHEN PURDON (Shellsuit Bob from River City) plays Benny. HOLLY JACK (River City, Burnistoun, Waterloo Road) plays Benny’s wife, while SIMON WEIR (High Road, River City, Taggart, Acid House, Trainspotting 2) plays Tash the Gorbals’ sage.

Scottish acting legend DAVID HAYMAN plays Benny’s coach and mentor Sammy Wilson. The play is directed by DAVID HAYMAN Jr.

Benjamin Lynch was a Scottish professional boxer who fought in the flyweight division. He is considered by some to be one of the finest boxers below the lightweight division in his era and has been described as the greatest fighter Scotland ever produced.

The Ring Magazine founder Nat Fleischer rated Lynch as the No. 5 flyweight of all-time while his publication placed him 63rd in its 2002 list of the "Best Fighters of the Last 80 Years".

Like Fleischer, both Statistical boxing website BoxRec and the International Boxing Research Organisation also rank Lynch as the 5th greatest flyweight ever.

He was elected to the Ring Magazine hall of fame in 1986 and the International Boxing Hall of Fame in 1998.

To win the pair of tickets for the show t the Alhambra on June 7 tell us what character Stephen Purdon plays in River City and send your entry to the Times Office, 17 Bank Street, Lochgelly KY5 9QQ by Monday June 3.

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