Every time a footballer heads a ball, they are potentially causing long-term damage to their brain. This powerful new book exposes the greatest scandal that football has ever faced…AVAILABLE TO PRE-ORDER NOWHeading the ball is considered as much a part of football as passing, tackling and shooting. However, heading can cause lasting neurological damage. As a consultant researcher, working on behalf of footballers and their relatives, author Kevin Moore has unearthed a shocking history of brain injuries associated with heading and revealed the decades-long failure of football authorities to confront the issue.Through detailed research and interviews with former players, and neurological experts, Heading for Trouble  explores the dangerous and frequently tragic consequences of heading. It highlights the football establishment’s inaction and exposes what might be the game’s greatest scandal ever.Moore convincingly argues that heading is not a ‘natural’ part of the game and only became prevalent with the development of the offside rule, which encouraged long balls and crosses, and therefore aerial battles. Trial matches have already shown football would not only survive but flourish without heading by encouraging precise passing, creative dribbling and bold strategies to penetrate defences, leading to a more skilful and attractive style of play. With expert contributions from inside and outside football, Heading for Trouble brilliantly brings this urgent issue into sharp focus and explains how football has nothing to fear from banning or reducing heading – but everything to gain.