The coroner’s rule should be subject to an inquest into the death of Nobby Stiles

Stiles’ son John previously said football “killed” his father.

John Stiles heads the Football Families for Justice (FFJ) group which is calling on football authorities to do more to support ex-players.

Her father was forced to sell her victory medal to care for her dementia.

He is among dozens of ex-footballers and their families who have sued the Football Association, the Football Association of Wales and the English Football League alleging “negligence and breach of their duty of care” to former players.

Lawyers for former players and their families previously said soccer organizations knew or should have known that repeatedly heading a ball in training and during matches has the potential to cause brain injuries, and that those risks have been known for decades.

Lawyers for The Football Association told the High Court in March this year that it was “not established by science” that a ball or “occasional” impact could cause permanent brain damage.

An inquest into the death in January of Gordon McQueen, 70, a former Scotland, Man Utd and Leeds United defender, found that heading the ball “probably” contributed to the brain injury that caused his death.

McQueen was also diagnosed with CTE.

McQueen’s TV presenter daughter Hayley McQueen said England’s 1966 World Cup-winning team had now been “pretty much wiped out” by the neurodegenerative disease.

A 2019 study with the FA Professional Footballers’ Association (PFA) found that footballers are three and a half times more likely to die from neurodegenerative diseases than age-matched members of the general population.

The FA is closing all titles in youth football up to Under-11s by 2026.