Study into long-term health of former professional footballers
Independent research into the incidence of degenerative neurocognitive disease in ex-professional footballers is released.
In 2017, The FA and the PFA appointed Dr William Stewart and colleagues at the University of Glasgow and the Hampden Sports Clinic to lead an independent research study into the incidence of degenerative neurocognitive disease in ex-professional footballers. This is one of the most comprehensive studies ever commissioned globally into the long-term health of former professional footballers.