Heading for Trouble

A hugely important book. A must read for anyone interested in the increasingly compelling evidence that the beautiful game is heading for a crisis if we don’t act now. * Paul Ferris, former footballer and author *
An urgent warning for football’s hidden crisis * Chris Evans, author of How to Win the World Cup *
A wakeup call … gives a voice to all those players who entertained millions but are now suffering from conditions related to heading a football … a book that anyone who loves the game should read! * Christopher Evans MP *
The concussion crisis is the biggest threat football has ever faced. Kevin Moore analyses the causes of the crisis and suggests practical solutions to protect the beautiful game from itself. This is the book that every fan, player and administrator must read. * Emeritus Professor Tony Collins, De Montfort University, and Institute of Sports Humanities *
In this meticulously researched book, the author gives an overview of the dangers of heading for a range of football players. The nuances that different populations are affected in specific ways adds greatly to our understanding of the issues that now face football’s governing bodies, and it is long overdue that we revise the Laws of the Game. * Professor Jean Williams, the world’s leading expert on the history of women’s football *
An important and insightful work and book that will help us appreciate the long-term effects of heading the ball in football especially in children and youth football. Football as a global culture of humankind should evolve with science and humankind. This book will help instigate discussions on a global platform on how we can remove heading from football and even make the game better. I strongly recommend it to every fan who loves football. * Dr Bennet Omalu, Forensic Pathologist *
In this meticulously researched and hard-hitting book, Kevin Moore examines the existential crisis facing football. Heading has been a fundamental part of the game since its invention, but can it survive the spectre of brain damage among former players and the threat of this horrible disease hanging over the current generation? How will the football authorities act to limit the damage? More crucially, will they act? This book not only poses these questions but, in order to shake the sport out of its complacency over this public health crisis, it puts forward solutions.’ * Dr Neil Carter, leading historian of football medicine *
Football’s ‘elephant in the room’ is finally disclosed. Some may say that heading the ball is intrinsic to the balletic quality of the ‘beautiful game’, but the injurious dangers for a player putting head to a fast moving ball are becoming undeniable. In this provocative, and essential, book, Dr Kevin Moore, sport historian and founding Director of England’s National Football Museum, makes the compelling case for rule changes to limit heading to be taken seriously. It is time for football’s ruling bodies, from the peak to local levels, to face up to the urgent responsibility for reform. * Professor John Hughson, Department of Sociology, St Augustine University of Tanzania *

Dr Kevin Moore is the founding director of the National Football Museum and now serves in a research capacity at the Museum. He is on the editorial board of the world-leading academic journal for football, Soccer and Society, and holds key roles at the International Football Institute, the Chinese Football Museum and Indian Sports Museum.

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