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EFL Commemorate World Mental Health Day With Exhibition Highlighting the Role Football Can Play

The English Football League have teamed up with mental health charity Mind to create a live exhibit at London's King's Cross station, drawing attention to the ways in which football can help in tackling these pressing issues.

James Shea of Luton Town, Deji Oshilaja of AFC Wimbledon, Luke Prosser of Colchester Utd and Darius Charles of Wycombe Wanderers were a key part of the temporary installation, as they posed as footballers with visible and invisible ailments.

This was in order to explicitly convey the worrying statistic that one in four people will experience a mental health problem each year.