How is men’s mental health affected within male professional football?

Research methods Within this qualitative study, eighteen current first-team professional footballers were interviewed from across the English Football League (EFL) to explore how male professional footballers are affected by mental health. Braun and Clarke's thematic analysis (2006) was applied along with "The Silences Framework" [Serrant-Green, L. (2010). The sound of "silence": A framework for researching sensitive issues or marginalised perspectives in health. Journal of Research in Nursing, 16(4), 347–360] to allow the voices of this marginalised group to be heard.