Professional footballers and grassroots players accept a risk of injury each time they play. Anyone who has previously played football knows that it is a contact sport and injuries can happen. The Health and Social Care Information Centre, which was created by the Government in April 2013, estimated over 300,000 Read more…
News broke this week about the retirement of Kevin Doyle, a Republic of Ireland international footballer, who has retired on medical advice due to repeated headaches. Doyle has most recently been playing in the MLS, for Colorado Rapids. Doyle said he wanted “to avoid the possibility of these symptoms becoming Read more…
Football injury claims usually arise as a result of reckless tackles or, occasionally, physical assaults. Untypically, John Green settled a case for a young man who suffered a painful injury on a five-a-side football pitch which was not due to either of these causes. The surface of the pitch was Read more…
New research into heading a football has identified “significant” changes in brain function from routine heading practice. The study from the University of Stirling is the first to detect direct changes after players are exposed to everyday head impacts, as opposed to clinical brain injuries like concussion. The findings come Read more…
The beautiful game is the source of much joy, but also it can be the source of great pain; and not just when watching from the terraces. A football injury can have serious long term problems and may be the cause of a potential personal injury claim. We have handled cases Read more…