Besty 4 Posted December 29, 2007 Share Posted December 29, 2007 Motherwell captain Phil O'Donnell has died after collapsing towards the end of his side's Scottish Premier League game against Dundee United. The 35-year-old midfielder fell to the ground just as he was about to be replaced with Marc Fitzpatrick near the end of Motherwell's 5-3 victory. O'Donnell was treated for around five minutes on the field before being taken to a waiting ambulance. But his death was later confirmed by Well chairman Bill Dickie. Motherwell manager Mark McGhee had spoken briefly to the press after the game before going to hospital to find out how the skipper was. "He's had some sort of collapse," he said. McGhee said O'Donnell's substitution had been "an absolute coincidence" before his sudden collapse. "We just felt we would save him a bit for Wednesday," said the manager. O'Donnell's nephew, David Clarkson, was substituted moments later after scoring two goals in the Scottish Premier League match. McGhee said: "We took Clarkson off because he got a fright from the nature of the collapse. "A few of the boys got a fright." A news conference has been called at Wishaw General Hospital, which will be addressed by chief executive Ian Stillie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
menace13 0 Posted December 29, 2007 Share Posted December 29, 2007 RIP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Fish 8989 Posted December 29, 2007 Share Posted December 29, 2007 RIP. Horrific for the Nephew, if this turns out to be the same thing that took Mark Vivien Foe logic would follow that there is some kind of link between what happened and what they were doing at the time.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimbo 133 Posted December 29, 2007 Share Posted December 29, 2007 Terrible news. RIP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scottish Mag 3 Posted December 29, 2007 Share Posted December 29, 2007 RIP Fucking horrific news. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luckyluke 1 Posted December 29, 2007 Share Posted December 29, 2007 (edited) Something cardiac probably, could have had a predisposing defect, could be anything. Foe had an enlarged right ventricle and went into VF (very unstable pre-arrest rhythm) IIRC. Sad whatever the cause, RIP. Edited December 29, 2007 by luckyluke Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JawD 31 Posted December 29, 2007 Share Posted December 29, 2007 Awful. Same age as me. RIP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jusoda Kid 1 Posted December 29, 2007 Share Posted December 29, 2007 Very sad news. RIP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheInspiration 1 Posted December 29, 2007 Share Posted December 29, 2007 RIP. Horrid thing to happen at a football match of all places. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kid Dynamite 5906 Posted December 29, 2007 Share Posted December 29, 2007 Congenital Heart Disease. You never know you have it until its too late Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
khay 8 Posted December 29, 2007 Share Posted December 29, 2007 R.I.P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geordie Boot Girl 0 Posted December 29, 2007 Share Posted December 29, 2007 its tragic - really puts things into perspective RIP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
@yourservice 67 Posted December 29, 2007 Share Posted December 29, 2007 RIP very sad news Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom 13843 Posted December 29, 2007 Share Posted December 29, 2007 R.I.P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bizza 105 Posted December 29, 2007 Share Posted December 29, 2007 This seems to be happening all to often in football nowadays, RIP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luckyluke 1 Posted December 29, 2007 Share Posted December 29, 2007 Congenital Heart Disease. You never know you have it until its too late As I say could be a number of things, but that would be my first guess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeazesMag 0 Posted December 29, 2007 Share Posted December 29, 2007 Terrible news. RIP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peasepud 59 Posted December 29, 2007 Share Posted December 29, 2007 Terrible news Thoughts go out to his family, 4 kids now without a father. RIP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Kenneth Noisewater 0 Posted December 29, 2007 Share Posted December 29, 2007 its tragic - really puts things into perspectiveRIP Echo these sentiments. Dreadful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Face 29 Posted December 29, 2007 Share Posted December 29, 2007 Horribly sad. RIP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marci 0 Posted December 29, 2007 Share Posted December 29, 2007 I got to grips with my tears, when i read it on Beeb. Terrible. Rest in peace Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Asprilla 96 Posted December 29, 2007 Share Posted December 29, 2007 That's shocking. RIP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Face 29 Posted December 30, 2007 Share Posted December 30, 2007 Minute's applause on Wednesday night? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paddy 9 Posted December 30, 2007 Share Posted December 30, 2007 its tragic - really puts things into perspectiveRIP Echo these sentiments. Dreadful. well said, RIP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sweetleftpeg 0 Posted December 30, 2007 Share Posted December 30, 2007 Apparently in modern times when footballers are all billy big bollcoks, the bloke was a model proffesional. RIP fella. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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