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We're Ryan, Dan, and Ant, three 20 something lads, from Birkenhead, who love football. 24% of women and 13% of men in England are diagnosed with depression in their lifetime. But men are three times more likely to die from suicide than women. We wanted to know why. Join us every Monday and Friday as we speak to people from the wide world of football, all about Mental Health, in an attempt to learn more about it, and encourage men to feel more comfortable talking about their health and wellbeing, and attempt to remove the stigma that still surrounds the topic.
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Friday Sep 04, 2020
Friday Sep 04, 2020
During these episodes we will take a look back at examples of mental ill health in football from yesteryear.
In 1990, Justin Fashanu announced to the world that he was a gay man. In 1998, Justin sadly took his own life.
In this episode, we look back at the life of Justin Fashanu, Britain's first and only top level gay footballer. We try to get a better understanding of who Justin really was, and the difficulties he experienced, by speaking to his friend Alan Quick, and Jon Holmes of Sky Sports.
This episode also features Aslie Pitter, one of the founder members of Stonewall FC, the UK's first and most successful gay football team, as we try to get a clear picture on what life was like as a black, gay man in the 1980's and 1990's.
What can we learn from Justin's story? Is homophobia in football still present in 2020?Why haven't there been any other out gay footballers at the top level in Britain?
This episode was made to honour the memory of Justin Fashanu, and hopefully continue to improve football's relationship with the gay community.
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