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Eating Disorder Awareness Week

Eating Disorder Awareness Week

Matt Lawson is a coach and dietitian who has spent his whole career helping professional footballers learn how to meet their nutritional needs. For Eating Disorder Awareness Week, we caught up with Matt to find out how eating disorders can impact PFA members and how they can build a healthier relationship with food. 

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Robin Koch

Current concussion protocols failing to prioritise player safety

The injury to Leeds United’s Robin Koch demonstrates again that the current concussion protocols within football are failing to prioritise player safety.

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john Mousinho

PFA chairman voices concerns on fan disorder

PFA chairman John Mousinho believes football needs to realise it has a growing problem with fan disorder, insisting the worrying trend of violence towards players has to be stamped out quickly

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Kevin De Bruyne

FIFPRO Global Player Survey: 75 percent of men's players want to keep World Cup every four years

FIFPRO and its domestic member unions surveyed men’s players in November following a proposal by FIFA to switch the World Cup to a biennial format.

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PFA Youth Advisory

Scandinavian Sport Psychology Journal Publishes Study About PFA Performance & Wellbeing Course

Lee and Nick Richardson created the PFA Performance & Wellbeing online course to help scholars adjust to full-time professional football. Following a successful pilot and rollout, Lee, Nick, Dr Andrea Frith Clark (UCFB, London) and Associate Professor Dr Ric Lugo (Ostfold University, Oslo) conducted a study about the impact of the course, which was published in January 2022. We caught up with Lee to find out more.

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Frank Burrows

Frank Burrows family send thanks for condolences

Frank Burrow's son Chris Burrows would like to thank everyone for their condolences following the passing of his father last year.

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