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EPISODE · Feb 3, 2023 · 45 MIN

How football needs to move out of the Dark Ages

from Not by the Playbook · host BBC World Service

David Wheeler is a footballer with a difference. The Wycombe Wanderers star is now a veteran of the game having played in all but one of the top 5 tiers on English football. He's also unafraid to use his platform to speak about issues that are close to him, from mental health to the harm gambling advertising in the game can do. He was recently became the first ever Sustainability Champion for the PFA, the announcement coinciding with the official "Green Football Weekend".Do you trust everything you read on the internet?! Of course not, but what about if the internet is getting some really basic facts completely wrong!? "Correct the Internet" is a new campaign to challenge and change the bias the internet has developed against women's sport. Rebecca Sowden, a former New Zealand international footballer, is behind the campaignPresenter: Shabnam Younus-JewellPhoto: David Wheeler of Wycombe Wanderers celebrates scoring the opening goal for Wycombe Wanderers against Sheffield Wednesday (Credit: by Marc Atkins/Getty Images)

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