You’re all life-savers

Stricken striker thanks medics after collapse
By Ken Gaunt

Grateful Andre Smith has hailed the hero medics for saving his life after collapsing on the pitch while playing for Sheerwater last Saturday.
The Sheers were 3-0 down to hosts Tadley Calleva in the Combined Counties League Premier League South match when striker Smith slumped to the ground in the 62nd minute.
The game was abandoned with staff of both clubs rushing to the 24-year-old’s aid.
Tadley full-back Shemar Pettet – a senior assistant at Elysium Healthcare – and Sheerwater captain Liam Pestle got to work on the stricken Smi...

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