FRIENDS of Newton Abbot man Rob Breslan have raised almost £4,000 in his memory after the 35-year-old died while playing football on Saturday.

The father-of-five was in goal for Ipplepen Athletic Reserves when he became unwell.

He left the pitch and shortly afterwards collapsed in the dugout having suffered a cardiac arrest.

Fellow players and those from the neighbouring cricket club went to his aid and paramedics were called.

Mr Breslan, a worker at The Junction Youth Centre, Newton Abbot, since 2008, was taken by air ambulance to the Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital, Wonford, but never recovered.

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