Professional Footballers' Association (PFA)

Congratulations to Dwight Gayle on signing for Hibernian Football Club. 👏 This summer, the striker joined us for PFA pre-season keeping fit ahead of the 24/25 campaign. ✅

🤝 Working collaboratively to reduce ACL injury. This week, the PFA joined with partners FIFPRO, Nike and Leeds Beckett University for a Project ACL player summit in the heart of London.   Attended by members past and present, stakeholders and media, we gathered to discuss our collective ambitions for Project ACL, a three-year research project aimed at identifying best practice for the reduction of ACL injuries.   The summit was anchored around a panel discussion between Chelsea's Lucy Bronze and Aston Villa duo Lucy Staniforth-Wilson and Rachel Corsie. Each shared their experiences of injury and how player injury support must continue to be centralised as the women's game continues to grow. 🔗 Read more: https://lnkd.in/eGNbqitG

"Their willingness to learn and develop has been really inspiring" Through our partnership with the Professional Footballers' Association (PFA), the 'Player to Match Official' programme kicked off with a three-day training camp last week, seeing many pick up the whistle for the first time as they start their transition into the world of refereeing...

📰 'We are the trailblazers' - the ex-players becoming referees. 'Thanks to a collaboration between players union the PFA and elite refereeing body PGMOL, plus funding from the Premier League, the first cohort on a three-year programme have begun their journeys.' Read more via BBC Sport: https://lnkd.in/eUYDjD2V

PFA CEO Maheta Molango has been telling Trades Union Congress (The TUC) how changes to the game are impacting players - and why they must be central to decisions on football's future. #TUC2024

The PFA are proud to be supporting #ColourBlindAwarenessDay. In collaboration with Colour Blind Awareness and the Premier League the PFA are working to highlight and de-stigmatise colour blindness ⬇️ Read more here: https://lnkd.in/ecjeZtph

Ahead of what might be their longest season yet, the PFA visited members in the Premier League to hear their views on the impact of the congested fixture calendar and to outline next steps in the legal action the union is taking on their behalf against football's international governing bodies. Arsenal and Spain keeper David Raya has this week talked about the need for change to a ‘very tight’ schedule. ⬇️

West Ham United FC partner with PFA Business School to offer their young players a new undergraduate degree designed for footballers. 👏

“There are so many prominent issues affecting players at the moment and the PFA plays a crucial role in fighting their corner." Harrison Dunk retired this summer after a 13-year career with Cambridge United Football Club. He now supports players as part of the PFA's legal team. 🤝

Ipswich Town FC become the latest Premier League club to back the PFA Business School's new undergraduate degree for players. 👏 Find out more here: https://lnkd.in/eDJ_NUU4