Former England winger Andros Townsend has taken to social media to joke about the incident in which he was run over by a pitch roller during a warm-up for his Thai League club PT Prachuap.
Ex-Premier League winger Andros Townsend has responded to being run over by a pitch roller during his warm-up for a Thai League game. On Saturday evening, clips of the incident emerged on social media.
Townsend plays for Thai side PT Prachuap, who were preparing for their away fixture against Pattani. During the warm-up for the game, a pitch roller seemingly went rogue, with a member of the ground staff losing control, crashing it into Townsend on the pitch.
The 35-year-old briefly had his leg stuck under the vehicle. But he miraculously escaped without any injuries and was able to come off the bench late in the second half in his side’s 3-0 win.
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Townsend has now taken to social media to poke fun at what happened. Resharing an earlier post of his on his Instagram story, which read: “WTF is Stoke away” with clips of him enjoying life in Thailand, he added: “Turns out Stoke away wasn’t so bad after all (laughing emoji) swipe to see why.”
The following slide shows footage of him being flattened by the roller. He has also shared other posts making light of the episode, including being dubbed “the king of memes in Thai League history. ” He added: “Trust me” with four laughing emojis.
Townsend signed for PT Prachuap last month on a contract running until next summer. He made his bow in the 1-0 defeat to Rayong FC earlier this month and has since featured twice more for the club, including as a late substitute against Pattani.
The winger spent the previous campaign with Thai outfit Kanchanaburi, where he clocked up 30 appearances, netting three goals and laying on six assists. He has also had a stint in Turkey with Antalyaspor.
Shedding light on his decision to head to Thailand in an interview with TalkSPORT, he said: “Towards the back end of last season, I was playing in Turkey, and I hadn’t been paid a few months’ salary.
“The club said to me ‘you can take your salary – but you’re never going to play for the club again’ so I took the salary.
“I hadn’t played since March, got a bit frustrated, so in the summer I said to Marlon [my agent] I don’t care where I go, just take me somewhere nice, interesting and tropical.
“He came back with one or two options in Europe but for some reason my gut was just really interested about the option in Thailand.”
During his time in England, Townsend turned out for a string of clubs on both loan and permanent arrangements. Roy Hodgson handed him his international bow in 2013, and he went on to earn a further 12 caps, with his final outing for the Three Lions coming in a 2-2 friendly against Spain in November 2016.
Over the summer, he took on punditry and co-commentary duties for ITV during the World Cup in North America, giving his Instagram followers a behind-the-scenes glimpse into the experience through daily video diaries.
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