Heartbreak as dad, 27, collapses & dies after football game with pals.. leaving behind ‘massive hole in family’s lives’

A YOUNG dada collapsed and died aft playing shot with his pals.

Jack Derbyshire, 27, from Tameside, Greater Manchester, was recovered unresponsive aft taking portion successful a six-a-side lucifer with pals connected Monday evening.

He had near the pitches astatine Curzon Ashton FC's crushed The Tameside Stadium to caput to his car.

But friends - who had stayed down to ticker different lucifer - recovered him collapsed by his car.

The dad-of-one was engaged to beryllium joined and had a three-year-old daughter.

His devastated mum Lianne said helium "loved life" and that she "still can't rather believe" what happened.

A tribute has been planned for the Manchester City instrumentality astatine Saturday's lucifer astatine the Etihad Stadium.

Jack had been diagnosed with a bosom contented - atrial fibrillation - earlier this twelvemonth and his Apple astute ticker would emblem if helium had an irregular heartbeat.

He was waiting to person an interior defibrillator fitted.

Leanne said her lad "absolutely loved football" and had told doctors helium wanted to support playing.

She told the Manchester Evening News: "They said helium didn't person to springiness it up completely.

"But they told him to halt erstwhile helium felt bushed and not to propulsion himself."

Jack had stopped playing 11-a-side connected Sunday but continued playing smaller sided games, having already acceptable up a team.

Leanne said helium would often lone play a fewer minutes "just to support himself involved".