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Hello there, welcome to the women's football show. This week, the topic of dementia has been spoken about a lot in the last few days. We'll be joined by a medical expert who fears that female footballers may be more at risk than male footballers.

Former England international Sue Smith joins me. And Sue, as a former

player, that's a pretty scary thought, actually. It is, Jess. And the more sort of, I suppose,

comments that we get from professionals about this, whether it's in the men's game or the women's

game, of course,

as a former player, I think it's something that we're all concerned that,

and we want more research and to find out if there is a link, and if there is,

then what can we do about it?

Yeah, definitely.

Really looking forward to getting into that conversation a bit later in the show.

But first,

joining us this week is former West Ham United boss, Matt Beard, who has a little bit more time on his hands these days. Good to see you spending it with us, Matt. How are you?

I'm good. Thank you. How are you?

Yeah, very well. Welcome to the women's football show. Now, I suppose the first thing

to ask you is that, you know, I've seen your open letter to the fans. I've read the statement

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