The wife of a County Durham plasterer who died suddenly after playing football this year has said "it means the world" to be donating defibrillators in his name.
Darren Scott, collapsed on the side of the pitch when playing for the Cobblers Hall FC over-40s team from Newton Aycliffe against South Shields Catholic Club in February this year. The North East Ambulance Service and Great North Air Ambulance arrived at Cleadon Park but were unable to revive him and he was pronounced dead at the scene.
His friends and family are now making it their mission to ensure every football team in Newton Aycliffe has a defibrillator, as one at the side of the pitch would have increased his chances of survival. His wife Donna described her husband's death, which was put down to ischemic heart disease, as devastating, with no-one aware of his condition until his death.
