Current research
Research comes in many shapes and forms. Our focus is on research relevant to the mental health of academy footballer players following career termination due to deselection or injury.
Good quality research provides robust, ethical evidence, stands up to scrutiny and can be used to inform policymaking. This is a space for students and researchers in this field to download articles and papers relevant to their work.
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Brown, G., & Potrac, P. (2009). ‘You’ve not made the grade, son’: De- selection and identity disruption in elite level youth football. Soccer & Society, 10(2), 143–159. https://doi.org/10.1080/14660970802601613
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Wilkinson, R. J. A. (2021). A literature review exploring the mental health issues in academy football players following career termination due to deselection or injury and how counselling could support future players. Counsell. Psychother. Res. 21, 859–868. doi: 10.1002/capr.12417
Counselling in football: Who is caring for the players that don’t make the cut?
Richard Wilkinson
University of Derby, Derby, UK
Correspondence
Richard Wilkinson, University of Derby, Derby, UK.