The new ‘Rugby Reloaded’ talks to Dr Kevin Moore about his new book ‘Heading for Trouble: Football’s Head Impact Crisis and How We Save the Game’.
It’s a deep dive into how soccer has handled the growing issue of head trauma, concussion and brain injuries in both the men’s and the women’s games.
As well as presenting a wealth of medical evidence about the long-term impact that repeated heading of the ball has on the brain, the book also looks at the history of heading the ball and discovers that, far being an integral part of the sport, it was almost unknown in its earliest decades.
It’s a fascinating and important book on a crisis that the game is reluctant to confront.