It's important to state from the off that I’m not a guy who jumps on the bandwagon when it comes to concussion injuries in football.
After reading in Record Sport about Peter Haring talking about the after effects of being knocked out in a game back in October against Aberdeen, what he was saying struck a chord. Like many former footballers, this issue terrifies me. I’m being completely honest when I state that a career where heading a football was a massive part of my game, I’m 100 per cent affected by it. My memory is all over the place and I speak to others in the game who claim exactly the same.
It is absolutely shot to bits and it’s because of football. I know that’s quite a statement but it’s a fact. Stupid things like remembering to phone someone back or even taking the bins out I forget about, I now have three diaries where I write tasks down so I can remember what I’m due to do.
