Call for dementia support to be looked at by MPs

CAMPAIGNERS are calling on MPs to help tackle what they say is a “scandalous” lack of funding to support the families of footballers diagnosed with dementia.

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Former England stars including Sir Geoff Hurst and Kevin Keegan were due to be at the House of Commons last night to meet with MPs in support of the Football Families for Justice (FFJ) campaign.

FFJ wants football’s new independent regulator to impose a statutory duty on the sport's national authorities to develop a comprehensive dementia strategy, including a substantially increased care fund.

FFJ is headed up by John Stiles, the son of former England and Manchester United midfielder Nobby Stiles who died in October 2020.

A postmortem on 1966 World Cup winner Stiles’ brain found he had chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), a progressive neurodegenerative disease associated with repetitive head impacts.