Former Footballer: Saving goals and saving myself

hris Kirkland felt trapped, paralysed, desperate. But the former England and Liverpool goalkeeper was terrified that he might have further to fall. “What happened to Gary Speed was the thing that really worried me,” Kirkland says, with reference to the Wales midfielder’s death in 2011. “I didn’t know how far away I was from that. Hopefully, a long, long way.

Want to read more on Chris Kirkland and his battle with depression? Here's the full article on The Guardian.

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