November 21, 2024
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Abuse aimed at Hull City star Abu Kamara shows football has big mental health challenges
The Tigers winger made a positive impact off the bench despite their crushing defeat

Abu Kamara knew he was in for a rough ride on his first return to Norwich City barely a month after leaving the club to join Hull City on deadline day, he was going to be the pantomime villain.

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Warnings from Canaries boss Johannes Hoff Thorup for home fans to go easy on the 21-year-old were always unlikely to be heeded given the world we live in, and so it proved.

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On a day when Norwich, who were lauded for their powerful video last year, dedicated their matchday programme and pre-match messaging to World Mental Health Day – including a pre-match ‘Minute’s Unsilence’ where they encouraged all fans to talk to each other, while both sets of players went into a huddle – and Samaritans splashed across their shirts, it was somewhat galling to see the abuse aimed at Kamara during his warm-up on the side of the Carrow Road pitch – in the end, Joao Pedro went along to give him some moral support.

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