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'A hugely important book' – Sam Peters, author of Concussed
'Kevin Moore poses the right questions about football's biggest issue in this hugely insightful and accessible book' - Jeremy Wilson, Chief Sports Reporter, The Telegraph
Headers are thrilling. But football is facing a concussion crisis. Is heading worth it?
Heading the ball is considered as much a part of football as passing, tackling and shooting. Pelé, Cristiano Ronaldo, Robin Van Persie, Abby Wambach – all have performed memorable headers. But the impact can cause lasting damage. Heading for Trouble is an essential exposé on this dynamic yet increasingly controversial skill.
Through new research , Dr Kevin Moore – founding director of the National Football Museum – explores the fascinating history of heading in football and the dangerous, frequently tragic consequences it can cause. Explaining how minor impacts, such as heading, can lead to neurodegenerative brain disease, he highlights the football establishment's inaction and exposes what may be the game's greatest ever scandal.
Heading for Trouble brilliantly brings this urgent issue into sharp focus and explores how football and heading can move forward without such tragic cost to its players.
Table of Contents
Introduction
1. Football not headball
2. Heading kills: stories from the men's game
3. The science of heading
4. Equality in brain damage? Women players and heading
5. Children and heading: the shocking truth
6.Clubs, leagues and football's head impact crisis
7. The FA and head impacts
8. 'Ref, is this the final?' The role of FIFA
9. IFAB: the lawmakers
10. How we save the game: the options
11. How we save the game: a personal view
References and additional sources
Acknowledgements
Product details
| Published | Oct 22 2026 |
|---|---|
| Format | Audiobook |
| Duration | 8 hours and 0 minutes |
| ISBN | 9781399428262 |
| Imprint | Bloomsbury Sport |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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Reviews
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A hugely important book which will help raise awareness of the hidden risks of heading footballs while exploring a better future where brain trauma is no longer an acceptable 'occupational hazard' for footballers.
Sam Peters, author of Concussed: Sport's Uncomfortable Truth'
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Football has a lot skeletons in its closet, but none more scary than the long, sorry history of concussion. brain damage and heading. Is it possible to imagine the game without headers? Is it possible to just go on when so many players are suffering so badly from the damage caused? Kevin Moore has served us all well by weighing the evidence, telling the stories and asking the really difficult questions about what the game should do and how it might change.
David Goldblatt, sports writer
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A hugely important book. A must read for anyone interested in the increasingly compelling evidence that the beautiful game is heading for a crisis if we don't act now.
Paul Ferris, former footballer and author
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An urgent warning for football's hidden crisis
Chris Evans, author of How to Win the World Cup
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A wakeup call ... gives a voice to all those players who entertained millions but are now suffering from conditions related to heading a football ... a book that anyone who loves the game should read!
Christopher Evans MP
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The concussion crisis is the biggest threat football has ever faced. Kevin Moore analyses the causes of the crisis and suggests practical solutions to protect the beautiful game from itself. This is the book that every fan, player and administrator must read.
Emeritus Professor Tony Collins, De Montfort University, and Institute of Sports Humanities

























