greg dyke has vowed there will be no repeat of the fa 's failure to deliver potentially life-saving research into links between concussion and early on-set dementia .
the football association chairman admits his organisation 's response to former west bromwich albion striker jeff astle 's death aged 59 in 2002 , from ` industrial disease ' linked to repetitive head injuries sustained playing football , was ` woefully inadequate ' .
the fa and pfa promised a 10-year study to investigate the connection between head injuries and early on-set dementia after a mail on sunday investigation last year revealed the research was never carried out .