Clarke collapse ends Forest tie (damn another one)

[Elano]

Nottingham Forest's Carling Cup tie at home to Leicester was abandoned at half-time after Foxes defender Clive Clarke collapsed in the dressing room.

Clarke is on loan at Leicester from Sunderland

Paramedics rushed down the tunnel to attend to the 27-year-old shortly after the half-time whistle.

"Clive was very seriously ill," said Leicester chief executive Tim Davies.

"Our thoughts and prayers are with Clive and his family." Clarke was in a stable condition in a cardiac unit at Nottingham's Queen's Medical Centre.

Davies added: "I would like to say a big thank you to Nottingham Forest for dealing with the matter so fast."

Forest were leading the Carling Cup tie 1-0 at half-time thanks to Junior Agogo's goal.

However, after a delay of 15 minutes, Forest boss Colin Calderwood and Leicester manager Martin Allen emerged from the tunnel to announce to the crowd that the game had been abandoned.

Calderwood said: "We are afraid that due to the serious illness of a Leicester player both clubs have agreed to postpone the match."

Forest chief executive Mark Arthur said later: "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."

[Elano]

any further news about it ?

[Now_Im_Not_Banned]

crazy

[Rud]

any further news about it ?

yea apparantly, they had to use a defib as his heart stopped twice...



Clarke's heart stopped
Defender awaiting tests in hospital



Clive Clarke's heart 'stopped twice' after he collapsed at The City Ground, according to the player's agent.

The on-loan Leicester City defender collapsed during half-time of the second round Carling Cup tie at Nottingham Forest.

Clarke's agent Gary Mellor has revealed that paramedics had to use a defibrillator before the Irishman was taken to hospital.

He is now recovering in hospital and is in a 'stable' condition as doctors examine what caused the problem.

More tests

"Clive is sitting up and talking and he is going to have more tests at the hospital," Mellor told BBC Radio Stoke.

"They won't give us any idea as to when he will be released. They don't want to tell us any more until they know exactly what happened.

"It appears Clive's heart stopped twice and mouth-to-mouth didn't work, so the paramedics had to use a defibrillator.

"His family are very upset, especially after what happened with the Sevilla player Antonio Puerta dying recently. We just hope he's going to be okay."

Puerta died on Tuesday after suffering a heart attack during Sevilla's Primera Liga game with Getafe last Saturday.

[Now_Im_Not_Banned]

You guys think he'll ever play again?

[Rud]

if they had to resuc' him with a defib, i doubt it...that indicates massive stress on the heart muscles; he'd never be up to that kind of competitive edge again i dont think....:/