TikTok star does keep-ups down Glasgow's Buchanan Street
Sam Madden recently posted a clip on TikTok where he challenged himself to do keep-ups down the city's Style Mile.
In the video, Sam said: "Can I do kick-ups the whole way down Buchanan Street.
"With Glasgow, I'm a bit worried cause I think there are a lot of people here who'd find it quite funny to just boot the ball away, but let's give it a go.
"I will count how many kick-ups it takes, and you'll find out at the end of the video."
The social media star started his challenge at the top of Buchanan Street, just outside Holland and Barrett at 229 Buchanan Street.
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He then started his keepie-up journey down the busy shopping street, saying: "Downhill to start, we're finished when I touch St Enoch's.
"Challenge is well underway."
However, it's not just keepie-ups Sam does heading down Buchanan Street, the football influencer also does some skill moves, including an 'around the world', which is when you juggle the ball up in the air with one foot and bring that same foot all the way around the ball and continue to juggle it with out it hitting the ground.
Luckily, the football freestyler completed his challenge and made it to the St Enoch's Shopping Centre without dropping the ball - or anyone booting it away from him.
After uploading the clip on social media, fans flocked to the comments of the post to share that they were impressed by Sam's football skills.
One person said: "Impressive mate. You should have finished at the Celtic shop."
Another added: "I respect the dedication, mate."
Meanwhile, several others tried to guess how many keepie-ups Sam did during his trip down Buchanan Street, with some guessing more than 1,000.
In total, Sam revealed he did 1,025 keepie-ups during his trip down the bustling shopping street.
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