{"id":189897,"date":"2023-12-17T16:59:00","date_gmt":"2023-12-17T16:59:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsneednews.com\/?p=189897"},"modified":"2023-12-17T16:59:00","modified_gmt":"2023-12-17T16:59:00","slug":"footballer-and-true-gent-killed-after-van-ploughed-into-team-on-christmas-do","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsneednews.com\/world-news\/footballer-and-true-gent-killed-after-van-ploughed-into-team-on-christmas-do\/","title":{"rendered":"Footballer and &#8216;true gent&#8217; killed after van ploughed into team on Christmas do"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> A talented Sunday league football player has been killed after being hit by a van which ploughed into his team during their Christmas night out. <\/p>\n<p>Named locally as Sam Wilson, 26, the man had just left the pub after 2am with part of his team AFC Curzon, when he was hit in the centre of Ilkeston, Derbyshire, early on Saturday morning. According to the Mail, a man has reportedly been arrested on suspicion of murder following the collision.<\/p>\n<p>AFC Curzon\u2019s club manager Wayne Riley, who had coached Mr Wilson for over 10 years, paid tribute in an emotional post on Facebook.<\/p>\n<p><b>READ MORE: <\/b><b>Alex Batty lands in UK six years after being &apos;kidnapped&apos; by mum and grandad<\/b><\/p>\n<p>He wrote: \u201cHe always played with a smile on his face, was never greedy, always wanting to set others up instead of having a go himself. I have lost a very good footballer, a great lad and a good mate.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i2-prod.dailystar.co.uk\/incoming\/article31693280.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s615b\/0_Sunday-league-footballer-killed-when-van-ploughed-into-team-at-end-of-Christmas-night-out-as-drive.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p>\u201cUntil I can be your football manager again Sam and we meet again on the heavenly pitch R.I.P &#8211; you will be truly missed.\u201d Speaking to the Mail, Mr Riley\u2019s wife, Carole, Curzon\u2019s club secretary, said Mr Wilson was a \u201ctrue gentlemen\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>She spoke of the shocking incident and said: \u201cNot all of the team were out together, but many of the lads were there and saw what happened.\u201d According to her, two of Mr Wilson\u2019s teammates were left with non-life-threatening injuries, one them reportedly \u201cstill dazed\u201d by the nightmare that had unfolded.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i2-prod.dailystar.co.uk\/incoming\/article31693282.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s615b\/2_Sunday-league-footballer-killed-when-van-ploughed-into-team-at-end-of-Christmas-night-out-as-drive.jpg\"><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<figure data-mod=\"image\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i2-prod.dailystar.co.uk\/incoming\/article31693255.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s458\/0_MAIL-Reason-Alex-Batty-set-off-on-mission-to-find-his-way-back-to-UK-revealed.jpg\"><\/figure>\n<p> Real reason kid missing for 6 years Alex Batty was trying to make his way back to UK uncovered<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/s2-prod.mirror.co.uk\/@trinitymirrordigital\/chameleon-branding\/publications\/dailystar\/img\/logo-schema-dailystar.png\"><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>She added: \u201cI know people often say when somebody has died that they were such a good person, but that is genuinely true in Sam&apos;s case. He was sweet natured and well-mannered and his death has shook everybody.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>According to the Mail, one of its sources said that the team were originally planning to go to Nottingham, but decided against it and went to Ilkeston because it was less busy.<\/p>\n<p><b><i>For the latest breaking news and stories from across the globe from the Daily Star, sign up for our newsletter by clicking <\/i><\/b><b><i>here<\/i><\/b><b><i>.<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailystar.co.uk\/news\/latest-news\/footballer-true-gent-killed-after-31693425\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A talented Sunday league football player has been killed after being hit by a van which ploughed into his team<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":189896,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Footballer and &#039;true gent&#039; 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