FORMER Bradford City player and manager Chris Kamara has revealed the results of a brain scan he had to check for signs of dementia.

Kammy, who is now a pundit and national treasure, went for the test after suffering 'brain fog' and was concerned it may be related to heading a football during his 20 year career.

It follows recent deaths of England World Cup winners Nobby Stiles and Jack Charlton who both suffered dementia, as well as the late Jeff Astle. Big Jack's brother Sir Bobby Charlton has also been diagnosed with the degenerative brain condition.

Former Bantam Alan Gilliver, who played at Valley Parade during the 70s, has also battled dementia for the past decade, and runs Memory Walks with wife Christine in Bradford for the Alzheimer's Society.

Head injuries and concussion have been a major issue in sport for the past ten years but has only recently come to the forefront in football, particularly the impact heading footballs has on players' brains over time, and the impact of head injuries and inconsistent concussion protocols in the game.

Appearing on Channel 4's Steph's Packed Lunch, Kamara, 63, went for the scan in Pontefract last month as a precaution, and earlier today revealed the results.

He said: "They didn’t find anything.

“Watching that back [a clip from an earlier episode of Packed Lunch], it’s slow and I know that’s not me of old.

"I went to Pontefract to the radiology department. The results were no loss of brain mass and very few lesions, which means no clinical relevance. So yes!”

Kammy told Steph McGovern he had further tests to investigate why he has been experiencing ‘brain fog’.

He said: “There are loads of things I can track and I’m thinking ‘what’s going on?’.

"After the blood test I had, I’ve got an underactive thyroid. I’m suffering with a swollen tongue which causes you to slur your words, slows down, not your thoughts because the thoughts are there, but transferring those thoughts to the mouth to get you to talk coherently.

"All that sort of stuff. Feeling cold, even warm days you’re shivering and cold, weakness, muscle fatigue, tiredness.”

Steph asked Kammy to recall an experience he had during an appearance on The One Show which caused him to worry.

Kammy said: “I was on with Alex Jones and Michael Ball, I did the menu for the show live and not a problem.

"Michael Ball talked to me about the Christmas album and said ‘name some of the songs’ and my mind had gone completely blank and I couldn’t think of anything.

"That was the first time my wife said to me, ‘there’s something not quite right, you need to get it checked out’.”

He added: “The blood test which showed the underactive thyroid has explained everything along the way.”