Sadly today’s blog is about the awful moment at yesterday’s football match at Bournemouth. I’m sure most people reading this blog will know Tom Lockyer captain of the Mighty Hatters had a cardiac arrest and collapsed on the field. I was listening and the eerie silence from the crowd reflected how serious the moment was. It seems like the quick thinking and response of everybody was first class. It was very moving watching the players afterwards walking round the crowd especially seeing the emotion on our manager’s face. He is an impressive human being. The response from supporters of other clubs has been excellent.
Tom is an impressive captain and always gives everything on the pitch and is always generous to his opponents, even when battered by them! We all hope he makes a good recovery= our thoughts are with you Tom!
Lets hope Tom can make a full recovery, a very sobering moment for football and Luton Town supporters like yourself.
Take care
Chris
Very well expressed, Bill. Unlike you I wasn’t following the game until well into the 2nd half of Saturday afternoon’s matches. I then stayed with BBC’s Final Score programme and thought it was handled very professionally, especially as the presenter is a neighbour and friend of Tom Lockyer’s father.
The player himself earned my admiration when he was seen to comfort Diaz of Liverpool at full-time, regarding his kidnapped father, at full-time of 1-1 draw…and Diaz had scored the equaliser in added time.
Hopefully he will make a full recovery and a galvanised Luton Town start gaining the points they deserve and finish outside the bottom three., which could be Sheffield, Burnley and Nottingham.