Frank Lampard, Prince William watch England football match at pub
Frank Lampard and Prince William watch England football match at London pub
Frank Lampard – The Duke of Cambridge discussed mental health with fellow football fans as they watched England play their Euro 2020 qualifying game against the Czech Republic.
Arriving at the Prince Albert Pub in Battersea with Chelsea manager and ex-England midfielder Frank Lampard, William spoke with several men who shared their personal experiences of mental health problems and football stories.
They celebrated an early goal from Harry Kane, who scored a penalty to take England 1-0 up after barely five minutes before the Czechs equalised just minutes later.
England lost after the the Czech team scored in the 85th minute.
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The visit was part of the new Heads Up campaign, a season-long initiative supported by the charities Mind, Calm, Sporting Chance and Heads Together, which aims to make people, especially men, as comfortable talking about mental health as they are talking about football.
It comes the day after World Mental Health Day, which saw the Duke of Sussex team up with singer Ed Sheeran to make an Instagram video in which the pair urged people to look out for anyone who might be “suffering in silence”.
William, president of the Football Association (FA), spoke first to former English professional football player Matt Jansen, who has openly discussed the personal mental health challenges he has faced in the past.
Jansen, 41, who played for Crystal Palace, Bolton Wanderers and Blackburn Rovers. was involved in a serious motorcycle accident in 2002.
He suffered a brain haemorrhage and was in a coma for six days after. Although he returned to the sport just four months after the incident, it had a lasting effect on his mental state.
Mr Jansen was forced to give up playing football but coached Chorley FC for three years until he resigned in 2018.
He has recently written a book titled What Was, What Is And What Might Have Been and is a strong advocate of discussion about mental health problems within the sport.
Source – https://www.standard.co.uk/news/
