Glenn Hoddle reveals dramatic football match which kick-started his heart problems

GLENN Hoddle says the melodramatic extremity to England’s World Cup qualifiers against Italy successful 1997 kick-started his bosom problems.

As manager helium led the Three Lions to the 0-0 gully successful Rome which secured their spot successful the finals successful France 98 — but they astir missed retired successful the last seconds.

Moments aft England striker Ian Wright deed the post, Italy’s Christian Vieri flashed a header inches past the upright.

Hoddle, 67, who went into cardiac arrest connected a BT Sport amusement successful October 2018, thought it was a definite goal.

He told a shot podcast helium felt similar his “heart jumped retired of his body”, went roar and helium came retired successful what helium called the “biggest sweat”.

Hoddle said: "If I'm down it, I tin spot it's going wide, but David Seaman conscionable stopped. He conscionable stood there. This ball, it flies by the nett and it goes out.

He said his bosom went "boom" and helium came retired successful the "biggest sweat", adding: "To this time that is the infinitesimal wherever I deliberation I had a bosom occupation and I didn't cognize thing astir it.

“Then they recovered retired I had AF which is an aerial fibrillation and I deliberation it stemmed from that moment.

Former England defender Gary Neville, who besides appeared connected the podcast, joked that Wright's miss was "attempted murder" due to the fact that it led to Hoddle's bosom attack.

Wright laughed earlier saying: "It's not my fault”.

Hoddle added: “Boom, it went retired and I retrieve going down the passageway cos we’re each elated due to the fact that we’re going to the World Cup and reasoning to myself ‘Do I accidental thing to the doctor? And to beryllium honorable I conscionable went ‘Nah, C’mon, we’re celebrating, we’re going to the World Cup’.

“Looking backmost I deliberation that was the pb into my fibrillation and possibly immoderate happened to maine six years ago. It is stressful that method bench.”

Hoddle collapsed connected his 61st birthday portion moving arsenic a pundit for BT Sport.

Luckily dependable technologist Simon Daniels had precocious completed a archetypal assistance people and jumped into action, breaking 7 of the legend’s ribs arsenic helium performed CPR.

His actions kept him live for agelong capable for Hoddle to beryllium rushed to infirmary for unfastened bosom country astatine St Bart’s infirmary successful London.

Simon aboriginal said: “I could archer Glenn was earnestly unwell. Just being capable to bash CPR and bash it quickly, you springiness idiosyncratic that accidental of making it.”

Hoddle joked that Simon’s actions had fixed him “extra time”, but didn’t privation to spell to penalties.

In May, Hoddle launched a campaign by the British Heart Foundation and Sky Bet which is aiming to promote much than a 4th of a cardinal radical to larn CPR.

More than 30,000 radical endure bosom attacks extracurricular of infirmary each year, with less than 1 successful 10 surviving.