A Nottinghamshire company boss was saved by his staff after suffering a cardiac arrest during a work football game. Gilbert Murphy played in a seven-a-side football match between his Beeston-based company HPS Product Recovery Solutions and another local company at Powerleague Nottingham, Thane Road on March 13.
After exiting the pitch, seemingly suffering from an innocuous knee injury, the 57-year-old greeted his employee Kelly Whetton, who had come to watch the match. But a few seconds later Kelly noticed Gilbert had suddenly collapsed to the floor, with her raising the alarm with those who had been playing.
His employees rushed over to help their unresponsive boss, applying CPR as a defibrillator was fetched to try and save his life. "I remember arriving in the car park at Powerleague Nottingham before the game and that's it. I can't remember playing, what happened or anything after that. My daughter Rhianne has had to patch together the story for me," Gilbert explained.
