Former Wycombe Wanderers defender and Aylesbury United manager, Glyn Creaser, has suffered a cardiac arrest.

The 62-year-old, who recently celebrated his birthday on September 1, collapsed just before the second-half started in the Martin Gittings Benefit Game on Sunday at the Lamex Stadium, the home of Stevenage FC.

The game was subsequently abandoned but the club has since confirmed that Creaser ‘is now in a stable condition in hospital.’

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In a statement, Stevenage said: “Stevenage Football Club is pleased to inform supporters that former Barnet player Glyn Creaser, who suffered a cardiac arrest at half-time during Sunday’s Martin Gittings Benefit Game, is now in a stable condition in hospital.

"The Club and the players family would like to thank the prompt action of Club Doctor Kevin Zammit and the onsite Pro-Medicus Staff, who saved his life with the aid of a defibrillator.

“The incident has once again highlighted the importance of defibrillators in sporting environments at all levels of the game.

“The Club’s wishes Glyn a safe recovery and would like to thank those who attended Sunday’s match for their understanding of the situation which arose.”

Creaser spent seven years with the Chairboys, where he played 181 league matches for the club and scored 14 league goals.

His only managerial job was at Aylesbury United between 2015 and 2017.

The former Chairboy was present at the Lamex as he has roots to Barnet FC – a club he spent four years at before joining Wanderers in the 1980s.

He was present in Hertfordshire on Sunday in support of the match, which was between a Paul Fairclough XI and Barry Fry’s Barnet, in order to raise funds for Stevenage’s all-time goal scorer, Martin Gittings, who was diagnosed with the incurable and irremediable condition of Multiple System Atrophy (MSA).

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The condition is closely associated with Parkinson’s disease but with rapid deterioration of nerve cells in the brain.

Gittings, who scored 217 goals for Boro between 1981 and 1994, currently receives 24-hour care at home, and any money raised from the benefit match will be split between specialist care and an MSA charity.

Overall, around 1,200 attended the match.