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England striker reckons statistics show he is likely to be stricken with a degenerative brain disease like Sir Bobby Charlton and Terry McDermott.Revealing he was left with concussion symptoms most days from heading balls in his playing days, the dad of four said: “I’d see stars and I’d think: ‘I’d better stop now’.“I remember looking at stats and I’d headed more balls than anyone in Europe for about five or six years on the trot.“So I always think, in the modern-day if anyone’s going to have this issue, it’ll be me.”England World Cup winners Nobby Stiles, 78, and Martin Peters, 76, have died from dementia, while team-mate Sir Bobby, 84, and former Liverpool ace Terry, 70, both have the condition.There has been much discussion in the past

Gary Lineker thinks at least one of him and his 'Match of the Day' co-stars will "probably" get dementia. The 60-year-old former footballer admitted he and co-stars Alan Shearer and Ian Wright fear they will contract the disease in the future due to years of heading balls after research showed professional ex-soccer players are 3.

Gary Lineker says he will be undergoing extra checks for dementia this summer after being left fearful of the long-lasting effects of heading a football.Lineker, 60, revealed on talkSPORT that he and Match of the Day colleagues Alan Shearer and Ian Wright are all worried about the chances of developing the disease after years of scoring headers.Research has shown that ex-pros are 3.5 times more likely to die of dementia then the general population, which has led to calls for heading to be banned in the game.The brain disorder has already caused the deaths of four England 1966 World Cup heroes - Nobby Stiles, Jack Charlton, Martin Peters and Ray Wilson.Bobby Charlton was also diagnosed with dementia last year, while former Manchester United

They were the finest double act in pearly king heartlands since pie and mash – but Tony Cottee and Frank McAvennie were different gravy.

Manchester United legend Sir Bobby Charlton. Jack Charlton, Martin Peters, Ray Wilson and more recently Nobby Stiles have all passed away following brain injury diseases over the past few years.

Sir Geoff Hurst has offered to donate his own brain for dementia research after watching 1966 team mates die in an “unbelievably brutal” year.

Sir Geoff Hurst has given his support to a new Alzheimer’s emergency campaign after the heartbreak of losing World Cup team mate Martin Peters.

World Cup winners could only get seats next to a toilet at a VIP club the night of the final.England beat West Germany 4-2 at Wembley over 50 years ago with Geoff Hurst netting a hat-trick.But it appeared to be a low-key affair for the victorious Three Lions, who did not celebrate with their partners in the aftermath.Redknapp knew plenty of the squad from their West Ham days with the likes of Bobby Moore, Geoff Hurst and Martin Peters all playing for the Hammers with Redknapp having made his debut in the 1965/66 season.And the former Tottenham and Southampton manager has opened up on what the players got up to just hours after lifting the famous trophy.“I remember saying to Geoff and Bobby, ‘What did you do the night after you won the