Male footballers are becoming increasingly concerned for their physical safety while at work, with a majority believing that fan culture in the men’s game has “become increasingly more violent and abusive”, research has found.
A survey of 41 national players’ unions forms the core of a report by the international union Fifpro that paints a troubling picture of the stress players are being put under by their own supporters, after a post-pandemic rise in physical and verbal attacks.
