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LET’S STAY A-HEAD OF THE GAME

by
The Non-League Football Paper Team
2 July 2017

PLAYERS NEED PROTECTION

Neil JENSEN
WE’VE ALL headed the ball in our playing days, the eldest of us even remember the days of heavy spheroids with laces that left a mark upon impact. Most of us didn’t do it for a living, though. The sad tale of West Bromwich Albion’s Jef f Astle and the more recent news that Martin Peters, one of our World Cup heroes, is suffering from an illness that may have been induced by constant heading of the ball is a reminder of the fragility of life. There seems to be more and more cases coming to the fore at the moment.
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