Personally, I don't know if I'll live to be 100, but I do know that I've damaged my body. The dangers of headers need to be taught on all amateur football pitches and to young people.
I was weakened, but ultimately I played and rather well. What we'll never know is what would have happened if I had taken another knock to the head.
As footballers used to playing at the highest level, we are accustomed to pain, we are a bit like soldiers, tough guys, symbols of physical strength, but these [concussions] are symptoms which are quite invisible.
New guidelines issued in July 2021 said professional footballers in England should be limited to 10 'higher force headers' per week in training from the 2021-22 season and permanent concussion substitutes were introduced in the Premier League in 2021.
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