Herve King Tribute

Tributes have poured in for a 27-year-old amateur footballer who died after collapsing on the pitch.

Herve King, a former Croydon Athletics player from Wellesley Road, collapsed on the pitch 17 minutes into a game in Crawley on Saturday.

The data analyst had been playing for Ringmer FC against Three Bridges.

He was treated on the pitch and taken to the Royal Sussex County Hospital in Brighton, where doctors continued CPR. He was pronounced dead at about 4.45pm.

The incident has stunned supporters and people at the football ground where the mood was sombre even before the death was announced. Many left the ground in floods of tears.