At the launch of Head Safe Football, Hayley McQueen speaks about how she hopes donating her father Gordon’s brain to medical research, following the football legend’s death earlier this year, will help to provide the evidence to make football a safer sport and to enable families to access the help and support they need.

The family of the late football legend Gordon McQueen have spoken of how they hope his death from football-related dementia - and possible CTE - will help to change the future for others.

Former Manchester United, Leeds United and Scotland footballer McQueen passed away in June, following a battle with vascular dementia which saw him decline rapidly in the latter stages.

His family have donated his brain to research, with eminent neuropathologist Dr Willie Stewart currently carrying out tests to establish whether the much-loved defender actually had Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE) - a neurodegenerative disease linked to the cumulative effect of head impacts.

 His daughter Hayley McQueen, a well-known broadcaster and SkySports presenter, spoke of her family’s desire to help change the future at the launch of Head Safe Football - a charity committed to eliminating CTE from football through education and awareness to bring about necessary change.