Carlton Cole: Black coaches have to be ready as the world is changing
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Former West Ham striker Cole is currently working with the club s academy
Former Chelsea and West Ham striker Carlton Cole says now is the best time for aspiring black coaches to find work, because the world is changing .
Since June, players in England have taken a knee before games in support of racial equality.
Thousands of people also took part in anti-racism marches in the UK after the death of American George Floyd in May. but Cole hopes recent events are a turning point .
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Stiles, who played on the World Cup-winning team in 1966, had been diagnosed with dementia, as were several of his teammates including Jack and Bobby Charlton.
Stiles family said they had donated his brain to a study led by neuropathologist Willie Stewart. He told us that the damage to my dad s brain was very severe and could only be explained by him heading the ball over the sustained period of his career, Stiles son John told the
Daily Mail. It confirmed what he had believed for a long time.
Stewart said brain injury and head impacts were the only recognised risk factors in the type of damage Stiles had suffered.
Holly Hunt spoke to former professional footballer Dean Hooper about how he has been promoting mental wellbeing through his new venture and by talking about his own struggles with mental illness.
This year, the number of current and former footballers accessing mental health services has inevitably seen a spike during post-lockdown periods.
In September, the Professional Footballers’ Association reported that 464 of its members had received counselling to date, with 653 being the 2019 total.
Hooper, along with former Aldershot Town team-mate Dominic Sterling, has set up Football Flow – a mental health service provision with the mission to destigmatise mental health and address the knowledge gap.
Footballers overwhelmingly support taking a knee, says union Fri 18th December 2020 | 03:50 PM
London, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 18th Dec, 2020 ) :Players overwhelmingly support continuing to take a knee in support of the fight against racial injustice, the Professional Footballers Association said on Friday.
Teams at Premier League and EnglishFootball League games have been making the gesture since matches restarted in June following the coronavirus shutdown.
The players union said it had consulted its membership on the issue after booing at some stadiums, including at EFL games hosted by Millwall and Colchester earlier this month.
The PFA also accused the EFL, which oversees the second, third and fourth tiers of English football, of showing a lack of leadership over the issue.
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English soccer players are “overwhelmingly in support” of continuing to take a knee as an act of solidarity against racial inequality, the Professional Footballers’ Association (PFA) said on Friday.
The players’ union consulted members on whether they wanted to continue after a series of incidents where fans booed the gesture, and how best the leagues, clubs and players should express the anti-discriminatory message.
The result of the survey showed the players “support continuing this act of solidarity despite any adverse responses that may be received”.
A number of Millwall, Colchester United and Cambridge United fans booed their players taking a knee before kickoff in the past two weeks.