Justice for Jeff: Step forward in head injury campaign by Albion legend Astle's daughter
The FA has published new guidelines on head injuries and concussion following a long campaign by the family of West Brom legend Jeff Astle.
Astle died aged just 59 from chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) caused by heading heavy leather footballs.
Jeff's widow Laraine Astle and her daughters have been campaigning the FA to recognise his death and change the rules over head injuries sustained on the pitch.
Daughter Claire took to Twitter to give her reaction to the latest development:
In light of that campaign, the FA launched new guidelines yesterday that say all footballers ? from grassroots to the Premier League – should be immediately removed from the pitch if they have sustained suspected concussion during a game or even in training.
The FA's new guidelines have been developed by an independent expert panel of doctors set up in April at the request of the Astle family.
On the panel was Dr Willie Stewart, a consultant neuropathologist at Glasgow's Queen Elizabeth University Hospital. It was Dr Stewart who first discovered Astle's illness was CTE.
