This episode of the football ramble is sponsored by Crohn's and Colitis UK.

Let's talk crap.

Specifically, yours.

Stomach pain, diarrhea or blood in poo could be a sign of Crohn's and Colitis.

Too many people dismiss bowel symptoms like this as food intolerances, exam stress,

relationship troubles, side effects of drinking and so on, particularly if the symptoms just come and go.

Self-diagnosis based on information advice from friends or even social influences is also common,

but it's unreliable and it starts people getting proper treatment for the very serious realities of Crohn's and Colitis.

We say cut the crap to the excuses people make not to say a doctor and to all the unverified and unsolicited advice.

Even if you don't have all of symptoms or your symptoms come and go,

search cut the crap campaign and you'll find an online symptom checker that will help you decide

whether you should contact your GP.

It takes just 30 seconds.

Search for cut the crap campaign and check your symptoms now.

This year the football ramble team are doing Movember.

We have answered the call of the moustache and signed up at Movember.com to start raising funds for men's health.

Why would you dedicate your upper lip to facial fur?

I hear you ask, well there are some devastating statistics.

On average men will die almost four years earlier than women and almost three or four suicides are men.

Movember exists to stop men dying too young by tackling some of the most complex health issues facing men today.

Mental health, suicide, prostate cancer and testicular cancer.

So as you can see here at the football ramble we've got some very important work to do,

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