Bournemouth hosted Locker’s Luton on Saturday, December 16 and during the second half, he was seen falling to the floor in disturbing scenes. It turned out that the Wales international was going through a cardiac arrest – just seven months after collapsing in the Championship play-off final at Wembley – and the match at Bournemouth was eventually abandoned.
Luton’s Premier League fixture away to Bournemouth in December was abandoned after captain Tom Lockyer collapsed on the pitch for the second time in seven months
Luton captain Tom Lockyer has shared the harrowing details of a heart attack which he suffered during a Premier League match.
Bournemouth hosted Lockyer Luton on Saturday, December 16 and during the second half, he was seen falling to the floor in disturbing scenes. It turned out that the Wales international was going through a cardiac arrest – just seven months after collapsing in the Championship play-off final at Wembley – and the match at Bournemouth was eventually abandoned.
Lockyers, 29, is now recovering from the incident and appeared as a pundit for Sky Sports on Sunday ahead of Luton’s home game against Manchester United. Recalling the ordeal, which occurred when his girlfriend was seven months pregnant, Lockyer explained: “I was running up to the half-way line and felt really light-headed.
“I remember thinking, ‘I’ll be okay in a second’, but eventually I wasn’t and I woke up and the paramedics and everyone was everywhere. It was well-documented that it happened in May, but I knew this was different.
Luton’s Premier League fixture away to Bournemouth in December was abandoned after captain Tom Lockyer collapsed on the pitch for the second time in seven months.
Luton captain Tom Lockyer has shared the harrowing details of a heart attack which he suffered during a Premier League match.
Bournemouth hosted Lockyer’s Luton on Saturday, December 16 and during the second half, he was seen falling to the floor in disturbing scenes. It turned out that the Wales international was going through a cardiac arrest – just seven months after collapsing in the Championship play-off final at Wembley – and the match at Bournemouth was eventually abandoned.
Locker, 29, is now recovering from the incident and appeared as a pundit for Sky Sports on Sunday ahead of Luton’s home game against Manchester United. Recalling the ordeal.
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