An uneven playing field: a mixed methods, multiphase feasibility study of a programme to reduce gambling among at-risk men in a professional football club setting

Blair Biggar; Christopher Bunn; Gerda Reith; Heather Wardle; Craig Donnachie; Manuela Deidda; Frankie Graham; Cindy Gray; Nicola Greenlaw; Kate Hunt; Matthew Philpott; Neil Platt; Robert Rogers; John Rooksby; Sally Wyke

doi:10.1186/s12889-026-26845-z

An uneven playing field: a mixed methods, multiphase feasibility study of a programme to reduce gambling among at-risk men in a professional football club setting

Blair Biggar
, Christopher Bunn
, Gerda Reith
, Heather Wardle
, Craig Donnachie
, Manuela Deidda
, Frankie Graham
, Cindy Gray
, Nicola Greenlaw
, Kate Hunt
, Matthew Philpott
, Neil Platt
, Robert Rogers
, John Rooksby
, Sally Wyke

Ysgol Seicoleg a Gwyddor Chwaraeon

Institute of Health and Wellbeing, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, Scotland
University of Strathclyde
Bet Know More, London, UK
University of Stirling
Healthy Stadia, Liverpool, UK
Beacon Counselling Trust, Liverpool, UK
Northumbria University

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Cyfnodolyn	BMC Public Health
Dyddiad ar-lein cynnar	5 Maw 2026
Dynodwyr Gwrthrych Digidol (DOIs)	https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-026-26845-z
Statws	E-gyhoeddi cyn argraffu - 5 Maw 2026

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Biggar, B., Bunn, C., Reith, G., Wardle, H., Donnachie, C., Deidda, M., Graham, F., Gray, C., Greenlaw, N., Hunt, K., Philpott, M., Platt, N., Rogers, R., Rooksby, J., & Wyke, S. (2026). An uneven playing field: a mixed methods, multiphase feasibility study of a programme to reduce gambling among at-risk men in a professional football club setting. BMC Public Health. Cyhoeddiad ar-lein ymlaen llaw. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-026-26845-z

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