title: Football and alcohol: a short diary of a long and complex relationship.
abstract: CONCLUSIONS
  Football is a high profile sport with a close relationship with alcohol, and many elite players have had problems with addiction. This can help raise public awareness of problem drinking.
  We encounter alcohol problems daily in our different perspectives as a GP and an Accident and Emergency Consultant. Both of us are avid football fans.
authors.affiliation: General Practitioner, Chorleywood Health Centre, Chorleywood, UK.
authors.forename: Edin
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Lakasing
authors.affiliation: Consultant in Accident and Emergency Medicine, West Middlesex University Hospital, Isleworth, UK.
authors.forename: Zul A
authors.initials: ZA
authors.lastname: Mirza
keywords: addiction; alcohol; football