Ex-Premier League star Andros Townsend has admitted he was extraordinarily lucky to flee unscathed after being run over by a pitch curler in Thailand.
The previous England worldwide, who joined Thai Premier League outfit PT Prachuap through the summer season switch window, regarded to have suffered a freak damage when a manned pitch curler ploughed into him as he warmed up at half-time towards Pattani.
Footage of the incident shortly went viral on social media, however Townsend later made mild of the ordeal on his Instagram story, posting: ‘It seems Stoke away wasn’t so dangerous in spite of everything. Swipe to see why.’
Remarkably, the previous Crystal Palace winger was in a position to stroll away from the incident unhurt and even got here on as a second-half substitute.
Showing on Piers Morgan’s Football Uncensored on Monday night time, Townsend admitted it was a ‘terrifying’ expertise however could be very grateful to have escaped with just a few ‘bumps and bruises’.
‘I did not see it coming,’ he mentioned. ‘It was at halftime, we had been going out to heat up. I noticed two rollers on both facet of the pitch.
Former Premier League winger Andros Townsend has admitted he was extraordinarily lucky to flee unscathed after being run over by a pitch curler in Thailand on Saturday
‘I bear in mind considering to myself, “I’ve by no means seen that earlier than in my profession, what are they doing?” However we bought referred to as to heat up. Did not suppose something of it.
‘The following I noticed him was after I was actually beneath him and fortunately no severe harm. A few bumps and bruises however managed to stroll away unscathed, fortunately.
‘Each time I see it, I am cringing, I am in disbelief. Once I despatched it to my youngsters, my youngsters thought it was AI. Actually, I needed to clarify to them, for the subsequent ten minutes, that it was actual.
‘It is horrible to observe again and to see what may have been however, like I mentioned, fortunately I used to be lucky I did handle to fall onto the ground on the proper time, so nothing snapped because the curler went over me. And I am right here right now to snort about and inform the story.’
As host Morgan identified, Townsend’s team-mates reacted in horror because the curler mowed him down, fearing the worst for the previous Premier League man.
Footage confirmed the driving force of the curler struggling to regulate the automobile, with Townsend kicking a ball away, not wanting in that route.
‘They (my team-mates) had been very shocked that I continued the nice and cozy up! They had been telling me to go to the physician. They had been calling for the stretcher. However hear, I have been across the block, I’ve had my setbacks, I’ve had my damage points. A curler is unquestionably not going to cease me from persevering with, that is for certain, so I used to be in a position to stick with it.
‘It was fairly heavy, however I used to be in a position to sort of elevate [it], drive it off me. So when it was utterly on me, I used to be getting crushed just a little bit.
‘However I used to be in a position to push it up, as you possibly can see, because it falls on me, I used to be in a position to get my left arm up and relieve a few of the strain… after which I used to be in a position to get my team-mates round me who had been in a position to elevate it, and I used to be in a position to squeeze out however at that second the place it was crushing my left leg, it was fairly terrifying, I have to say.
Townsend was bizarrely run over whereas warming up for a sport at this new membership in Thailand
‘I used to be considering I used to be accomplished as a result of it was my ankle, which I’ve had operated on. It was up my left knee, which I’ve had operated on. So I assumed, both my left ankle was going to snap or my left knee goes to snap. I assumed I used to be accomplished. I used to be very lucky that I used to be in a position to hobble away and get well inside a couple of minutes.’
PT Prachuap – primarily based in Prachuap Khiri Khan province, 150 miles south of Bangkok – appeared to have leaked Townsend’s arrival two weeks earlier than he joined once they requested if anybody had a three-bedroom home out there for the participant to dwell in. They’re the seventeenth membership of his profession.
Townsend made 29 appearances for Kanchanaburi Energy final season, scoring three objectives.
He has beforehand performed for Spurs, Newcastle, Palace and Everton, and moved to Thailand after a brief spell with Turkish facet Antalyaspor.
Townsend making the transfer comes after he labored for ITV as a co-commentator through the World Cup.
The ex-England winger went viral on the match for his unconventional food plan – which incorporates consuming uncooked steak.
He launched a slew of movies selling his all-natural food plan together with steak, sardines and boiled eggs.
