Dean Windass

[DifferentClass]

Diagnosed with dementia at only 55, just had a grandchild too

 

[Harry's Game]

Awful cruel disease…

 

[Yellarbellyblade]

That’s terrible news

 

[AlienWoodward]

This is so sad.
We lost my father in law to it at 88.
We moved him in with us for a year but the last few months he had to go into care.
My Mrs bless her used to shower him, change nappies etc
Incredibly sad to see a big strong man go downhill to being like a new born baby.
My heart breaks for Dean and his family

 

[McGrath]

That's sad.

 

[Lord Eddard Muir]

No worse disease in my book. I've lost far too many family members to it.

 

[dazzlingblade]

Jeez that's sad news

 

[ekke287]

Sad news indeed, thoughts with his family.

 

[Berkshire Blade]

Best wishes. I remember when he had a fair bit of media stuff like on soccer and and he was always getting his words mixed up and replying to himself on Twitter etc. all played for laughs.

Stage 2 is relatively mild so it must be hard to detect in a person like him but hopefully he can get the support needed earlier

 

[DifferentClass]

Best wishes. I remember when he had a fair bit of media stuff like on soccer and and he was always getting his words mixed up and replying to himself on Twitter etc. all played for laughs.

Stage 2 is relatively mild so it must be hard to detect in a person like him but hopefully he can get the support needed earlier

Reminds me of Jeff Astle, was known for his eccentric behaviour on Fantasy Football etc. but was later diagnosed with dementia.

 

[HarryHaslam]

Really sad news

 

[Rochdaleblade]

Reminds me of Jeff Astle, was known for his eccentric behaviour on Fantasy Football etc. but was later diagnosed with dementia.

Quite common in old school footballers due to heading the ball x

 

[Berkshire Blade]

Premier League star breaks silence on dementia diagnosis with health update

Dean Windass, who appeared for a host of clubs during his 21-year playing career, has revealed he has been diagnosed with

www.mirror.co.uk

 

[Gavlar]

A guy I know had the same thing happen to his wife. Awful stuff and he wrote a book about it called a bucket full of patience. His name is Tony hall it’s a v good read. Sad news for deano. Good blades memories and also as my second team is Bristol rovers he scored the winner in the playoffs against Bristol City.

 

[Booker4]

Sad news at just 55. Hopefully with the advancement in medication these days that they can slow it down as much as possible but it's obviously very sad for him. Decent player in his day, he did ok for us but was only here briefly. He then has a really good spell at Bradford after us.

 

[metalblade]

After nursing my mother through all 8 stages I can say his family are in for a traumatic time, god help them. Nothing worse than watching an adult go back to being like a new born baby before their body shuts down. They will certainly get no NHS help at all until they are in crisis.

 

[CopenhagenBlade]

No worse disease in my book. I've lost far too many family members to it.

Dementia and cancer both horrible diseases but the main difference is that with cancer you know that you have it and can react accordingly. Very sad news

 

[More Bladier than thou]

Started this season-under 7’s are not allowed to head the ball. An indirect freekick is awarded to the opponent. I doubt very much that this will change now due to the length of time it takes from -starting to play, to playing, to stopping playing, to older age when symptoms would start to develop.
Then more links and correlation can be established with heading the ball and dementia.
So basically under 7’s will never head the ball in their footballing lifetime. As a Father of an under 7’s player I fully agree with and support the decision from the FA.
Whilst there will always be an element of risk in all sports, there are way too many ex players who are having their lives cruelly cut short. The FA if anything have acted way too late in addressing this issue but at least we now have a start to ending the suffering on players and their families. UTB

 

[CrookesBlade]

Started this season-under 7’s are not allowed to head the ball. An indirect freekick is awarded to the opponent. I doubt very much that this will change now due to the length of time it takes from -starting to play, to playing, to stopping playing, to older age when symptoms would start to develop.
Then more links and correlation can be established with heading the ball and dementia.
So basically under 7’s will never head the ball in their footballing lifetime. As a Father of an under 7’s player I fully agree with and support the decision from the FA.
Whilst there will always be an element of risk in all sports, there are way too many ex players who are having their lives cruelly cut short. The FA if anything have acted way too late in addressing this issue but at least we now have a start to ending the suffering on players and their families. UTB

I suspect while heading will remain part of the game we’ll get a generation of professionals who aren’t very good at it owing to lack of practice. and personally I’m comfortable with that if it means preventing early onset dementia or other problems from repeated impact to the head.

I got told a few years ago that the astigmatism in one of my eyes is so severe I was at risk of losing the sight in that eye if I got a bang to the head hard enough so as a result I don’t bother heading the ball any more. Just not worth it.

 

[Caveblade]

I only spoke to Dean at the end of October and he was on good form. Terrible news.

 

[Bladesman]

This is very sad news.

Thoughts go out to him and his family.

 

[Blade56]

Thoughts go to him but so sad for his family having to watch such a character marred with such a cruel condition. Been there a few times, not easy

 

[Bladesman]

Dean Windass: 'Dementia scares me, footballers need more support'

The former footballer has been speaking about his future after stage two diagnosis.

www.bbc.co.uk