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A football match was abandoned after an 18-year-old defender was caught in the throat and collapsed on the pitch. | |
It is believed Hamilton player Ross McCabe suffered heart failure as a result of the challenge during the Accies versus Clyde match on Saturday. | |
The referee abandoned the New Douglas Park game with about 10 minutes to go. | |
A defibrillator was used to revive the youngster who was then taken by ambulance to Hairmyres Hospital in East Kilbride. | |
Both Hamilton Academicals medical staff and Clyde doctor Frank Dunn, a consultant cardiologist, treated the youngster. | |
I'm told he sat up and asked where his front tooth was John RuddyClyde press officer | |
Clyde press officer, John Ruddy, said: "All of a sudden both sets of players were screaming to the touchline and for the referee to get the medical teams and the stretchers on. | |
"I think people thought it was perhaps a leg break." | |
An ambulance was called and drove onto the pitch to assist. | |
McCabe, who only joined Academicals in March, was eventually revived after treatment. | |
Condition not known | |
Mr Ruddy added: "I'm told he sat up and asked where his front tooth was. | |
"But, the medical staff and first aid staff who treated him were all terrific." | |
Hamilton secretary Scott Struthers said that the youngster was taken to Hairmyres hospital in East Kilbride for treatment, but that his condition is not known. | |
The First Division match, which was being drawn 3-3 at the time, will now have to be replayed. |