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Townsend and Laudat join Heads Up conversation

The players came together at Selhurst Park as part of the Duke of Cambridge’s Heads Up campaign which encourages fans, players and managers to #kickoffaconversation around mental health, targeting males aged primarily 18-42 to raise awareness of mental wellbeing – and its importance alongside physical wellbeing.

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Townsend, who was speaking ahead of Palace’s Premier League fixture away at Everton, discussed his former struggles with a gambling addiction and how it had made him realise the importance of opening up.

He said: “Keeping things inside can eat away at you, but once you start speaking about it and you feel it leave your body, you start to feel more free.