BBC · Sep 28, 2024
Football club first to back brain disease campaign
Killingworth FC is the first grassroots club to join the Head Safe campaign to raise awareness of Chronic Traumatic EncephalopathyA grassroots football club has become the first to back a campaign to eliminate a brain disease from the sport.
Killingworth FC, based near Newcastle, has partnered with Head Safe Football to increase awareness of the danger of head impacts and signs of head injury.
The charity was inspired by former Middlesbrough defender Bill Gates, who died last year aged 79 as a result of Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE).
His wife Judith Gates, founder of the charity, said: "This is the sport we all love - but we need to make it safe for those we love the most."