Tie abandoned as Clarke collapses

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Tie abandoned as Clarke collapses

 

Tuesday's Carling Cup clash between Nottingham Forest and Leicester was abandoned after the Foxes' Clive Clarke collapsed in the dressing room.

 

 

The 27-year-old lost consciousness in the dressing room at half-time and was described as "very seriously ill" by Leicester chief executive Tim Davies.

 

Clarke later regained consciousness and was taken to hospital in Nottingham after receiving treatment from paramedics at the scene.

 

The start of the second half was twice put back before Forest manager Colin Calderwood emerged from the tunnel to announce to the City Ground crowd that the game had been abandoned "due to the serious illness of a Leicester player".

 

Davies revealed Foxes manager Martin Allen had made attempts to contact the on-loan Sunderland defender's family.

 

He said: "When Clive went into the dressing room, he collapsed and was very seriously ill.

 

"He was taken away in an ambulance to hospital. He did offer a few words in the ambulance. Our thoughts and prayers are with Clive and his family, we hope he makes a speedy recovery.

 

"Clive's sick, he's on his way to hospital. That is pretty difficult, not only for the Leicester players but the Nottingham Forest players too.

 

"Everyone is very distressed and shaken up as you can imagine. Martin is trying to contact the family at the moment we just hope he makes a speedy recovery."

 

He added: "This is the first time we are aware of anything happening to Clive."

 

Davies was quick to praise Forest's co-operation and apologised to supporters.

 

"I would like to say a big thank you to Nottingham Forest for dealing with the matter so fast and to Colin Calderwood, (chief executive) Mark Arthur and (chairman) Nigel Doughty for calling off the match so quickly," he said.

 

"Also we want to apologise to the fans who came here tonight but I am sure they understand sometimes serious injuries are more important."

 

Junior Agogo had given the League One side a 1-0 lead at the halfway stage but Arthur insisted continuing the game was the least of their concerns once they were aware of the situation.

 

Arthur said: "I think football is secondary to human issues. As soon as we found out the serious nature of Clive's situation we went straight to the referee and said we would do whatever is right by Leicester.

 

"Obviously they are going through great trauma at the moment and we very quickly agreed between the three parties that the game should be abandoned."

 

Clarke's collapse at the City Ground is the latest in a series of serious incidents on football pitches.

 

Sevilla's Antonio Puerta died on Tuesday having collapsed after a cardiac arrest during his side's clash with Getafe on Saturday, while Walsall teenager Anton Reid also passed away after he fell ill at the club's training ground last week.

 

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It appears he is fairly stable at present but this one was serious too.

[Guest toonlass]

Aye apparantly he suffered heart failure twice and had to be defibrilated. Not nice, hope he recovers(even if he is a mackem) and gets on with his playing career(btw just like I hope Dyer recovers too, before anyone comments).

[Guest Morph]

Why are lots of footballers dying or having their bodies fuck up recently?

[Guest Ridzuan]

Surely not another tragic news.Hopefully he will recover soon.

[Kev]

Why are lots of footballers dying or having their bodies f*** up recently?

 

i say overtrained

train for at least a few hours 5 days a week and also play a match or even two per week like he did last night...

[Guest alex]

Why are lots of footballers dying or having their bodies f*** up recently?

 

i say overtrained

train for at least a few hours 5 days a week and also play a match or even two per week like he did last night...

More likely to be heart disease.

[Keefaz]

Why are lots of footballers dying or having their bodies f*** up recently?

 

i say overtrained

train for at least a few hours 5 days a week and also play a match or even two per week like he did last night...

 

Rubbish. Probably something genetic. That level of activity was pretty normal for a large proportion of the population doing manual labour not so long ago.

[Guest elbee909]

Why are lots of footballers dying or having their bodies f*** up recently?

 

i say overtrained

train for at least a few hours 5 days a week and also play a match or even two per week like he did last night...

 

Rubbish. Probably something genetic. That level of activity was pretty normal for a large proportion of the population doing manual labour not so long ago.

 

Manual labour is nothing like football training.

[Dave]

Overtrained my arse.

 

Unfortunate coincidences.

[Cajun]

A few of me mates play for Saturday and Sunday teams, they have at times had 4 games a week plus training with both teams. Thankfully none of them have died from heart problems and the like. As Keefaz said its much more likely to be something genetic.

[Keefaz]

Why are lots of footballers dying or having their bodies f*** up recently?

 

i say overtrained

train for at least a few hours 5 days a week and also play a match or even two per week like he did last night...

 

Rubbish. Probably something genetic. That level of activity was pretty normal for a large proportion of the population doing manual labour not so long ago.

 

Manual labour is nothing like football training.

 

You're right. Well spotted. In terms of cardiovascular excercise, though, are you saying the likes of swinging a pickaxe 8 hours a day is less of a workout than a bit of a jog in the morning and kicking a ball about? What footballers do is nowt compared to long-distance runners, cyclists, etc. Even what miners did back in the day.

[Kev]

well it was just a suggestion from me...