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[Tom Young @tomr108]

@leboufdebrief Cowardly tactics again. Inviting pressure against a team with messi in it is so stupid

[Science girl @sciencegirl]

Giant pandas are officially no longer classified as "Endangered"

But it was nothing to do with them

[James @jamestaylor1]

New evidence in the Southampton #spygate scandal. It has emerged that Saints spied on many Eric Ramsey training sessions at West Brom. They have admitted to watching on more than 5 occasions, but have said "We haven't got a fucking clue what he was trying to do either" #wba

[Tom Young @tomr108]

Mason will smash his next job #wba #albionthat

[Dawn Astle MBE @DawnAstle9]

23 years ago today, my family and I sat through the Inquest into my Dads death.
We listened to a pathologist describe how badly damaged his brain was and how it had been destroyed because of his job.

His brain looked like the brain of a boxer.
He wasn’t a boxer , he was a footballer.

He was only 59 when he died. He died due to the repeated heading of footballs.
That wasn’t me saying that, or my family, that was HM Coroner saying it.
We know football killed him, it’s on the bottom of his death certificate.
Cause of Death, Industrial Disease.

This ruling should have had earthquake like repercussions for the sport of football but it didn’t.
An inquest ruling such as Dads should have been a defining moment where sport should have reacted with vigour, both to protect future generations of footballers and to help those past heroes who were dying and whose families were often facing collapse.

We needed answers, answers to many questions.

Two of the most important questions were, do we have a problem with our former players and dementia, and is the game safe now ?

It took the incredible #JusticeforJeff campaign with the help and the support of 27,000 @WBA fans to make the footballing authorities sit up and listen.

The #FIELDSTUDY proved everything we believed and feared.
We now know that our former professional footballers are 5 x more likely to die with #AlzheimersDisease than you and I.
Our footballers are 4 x more likely to die with #MND than you and I and are twice more likely to die with #ParkinsonsDisease

If we fast forward to today, all these years later so much has changed.
Would I have even began to believe this all those years ago , absolutely not.
Giving up was never an option, we had to be his voice and we had to be the voice of all those unable to speak anymore.

We have the Advanced Brain Clinic in London which hopefully will give us a better understanding of Brain Health in players in their 30’s, 40’s and 50’s.
There is a dedicated Brain Health department at the PFA.
We have guidance for the number of high force headers professionals do in training.
We have Concussion Subs
We have Education sessions for all professional players on both concussion and repetitive head impact ( heading )
We have a weekly Admiral Nurse clinic to support our families and players.
We have the Football Brain Health Fund .
We have had heading removed from the game for our youngest of children.
We continue to push for dementia and other neurological diseases to be officially recognised as Industial Diseases through the IIAC.

The work continues.

Finally, we are really proud that although dementia robbed my dad of his life far too soon, it gave us, his family, the strength and the ability to start the discussions around dementia in the game.
To educate about the dangers of both short term and long term brain trauma, to impact sports medicine and to advocate for player safety.
Our continued heartbreak is nothing compared to the brutality of what my dad faced.
He loved his life, his family and his friends and he lost all that far too soon.

Dawn and the Astle family x

#CTE #MyDad #HisLegacy #dementiainfootball @alanshearer
@JeffAstleFdn

[Larry the Cat @Number10cat]

Are you looking for a thread on the trade deal between the UK and India and the lies some people are telling about it, from a cat? If so, you're weird but in the right place...

Yesterday the UK and India announced a new free trade agreement, which it s estimated will add £5bn a year to the UK economy

https://t.co/A0r0RNlLbT

[Tom Young @tomr108]

@Albionwestand @LewisCox_star The first thing you do when Mowbray sacked is bring up carlos but I'm the one who's upset. I wanted Mowbray and am gutted it didn't work but you can't blame Carlos for the currant shit show

[Tom Young @tomr108]

@Albionwestand @LewisCox_star 🤣 I'm not the one harping on about him months after he left. The players and Mowbray are to blame for our currant position

[Tom Young @tomr108]

@Albionwestand @LewisCox_star Still blaming Carlos? Really. Surely what we've witnessed since he left is that these players need babysitting in order to get anything out of them. Still trying to dig out carlos is ridiculous. He's gone, thats done, but trying to circle back to carlos is madness.

[Tom Young @tomr108]

@secondtierpod And some Albion fans wanted him to leave/be sacked 😂

[Tom Young @tomr108]

@wbaIiam The coach at the end turning to have a pop 🤣

[Tom Young @tomr108]

@CJHall83 I was under the impression that if the ball came off any part of your body first then it's not a pen 🤷

[Tom Young @tomr108]

@HJMKent My father in law has been saying this for a while that he sees similarities to Statham

[Tom Young @tomr108]

@WBA Maja touch, Fellows pass, Grants goal 😍

[Tom Young @tomr108]

@MrJamesMay One of my favourites

[Tom Young @tomr108]

@WBA RIP Mark 💙🤍

[Second Tier podcast @secondtierpod]

Burnley have just made the greatest player announcement video of all time 🤣🤣

[Tom Young @tomr108]

@alnwickcastle hi, Do you offer NHS discount at all?
Thanks

[Carlos Corberán @CarlosCorberan]

Thanks to everyone who believed in us throughout the season. Thanks to everyone who has supported us during every game. Thanks to every player who has worn our shirt. Without you it would have been impossible to dream.
From tomorrow we will work to make our dreams come true @WBA

[Tom Young @tomr108]

@BaggiesBuddies @WBA @sportbbcwm @WhereAlbion Iv always sang this but no one around me has joined in with it yet