It’s a frightening statistic but the fact is that the biggest killer of men under the age of 45 is suicide. The Heads Up campaign, formed earlier this year by Heads Together and the FA, is to tackle the problem of mental health in the world of football.
Football fans and players love talking about our national sport. However, it isn’t so easy to talk about mental health. Keeping such a problem to yourself isn’t a good situation to find yourself in.