'I can’t remember a thing but because I hit my head so hard. I was meant to be at home when the heart attack happened – It was horrendous for my family because they had all the trauma in many ways': Glenn Hoddle opens up on heart attack ordeal

Former England footballer and manager Glenn Hoddle pictured in 2024.

Tottenham Hotspur and England hero Glenn Hoddle shocked the world in 2018 when it was revealed he had suffered a major heart attack in a London TV studio on his 61st birthday.

The former player-turned-pundit was on set with BT sport when the incident happened, with a source close to the family telling a former teammate that Hoddle had been “close to death” and was saved by the quick thinking of an employee at BT Sport.