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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 Jul 03, 2020
Friday Jul 03, 2020
New! During these episodes we will take a look back at examples of mental ill health in football from yesteryear.
Robin Friday, described as footballs first rockstar, tragically died aged 38, from a heart attack caused by a heroin overdose. The Reading and Cardiff City cult hero spent just three years as a professional footballer, retiring in 1977. But over forty years later, his legend still looms large.
Dan Read is joined by Paolo Hewitt (Author of 'The Greatest Footballer you never saw') and Paul Fennessy (Journalist at The 42) to discuss the man behind the legend.
Was Robin Friday's story, ultimately, a sad one? Has the aggrandising of his off the field antics, led to a misrepresentation of an addict, born in a generation that lacked the understanding of addiction to help. We take a look behind the myth and the tall tales, and try to find out, who really was Robin Friday. . .
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