Luton Town pay tribute to Tom Lockyer after cardiac arrest shock as players wear ‘Locks 4’ T-shirts & fans make banners
LUTON TOWN paid tribute to Tom Lockyer this afternoon following the defender’s shock cardiac arrest.
Lockyer, 29, suffered a cardiac arrest on the pitch during Luton’s Premier League match against Bournemouth last weekend.
He received immediate medical attention in the 59th minute before being stretchered off and taken to hospital.
The match was subsequently abandoned and is now set to be replayed in full at a later date.
Lockyer was discharged from hospital on Wednesday after having an ICD fitted.
And his Luton team-mates paid tribute to him ahead of the Hatters’ Premier League match against Newcastle this afternoon.
Players wore ‘Locks 4’ shirts during their pre-match warm-up while some fans held up banners and flags.
One banner read: “Lets do it for Locks,” while another had “Get well soon Tom Lockyer” written below an image of the defender.
Travelling Newcastle fans also showed their support with a large banner that read: “Get well soon Tom, NUFC”.
Kenilworth Road broke into a round of applause in the fourth minute in another tribute to Lockyer, who wears the number four for Luton.
And Andros Townsend held up the captain’s shirt after breaking the deadlock in the first half.
Luton boss Rob Edwards opened up about Lockyer’s horrific collapse earlier this week, admitting that it was the “scariest moment” he has ever experienced.
The 40-year-old said: “It was a really scary moment, I think the scariest moment I’ve ever had, never mind in football.
“It was different to at Wembley. I knew it then, and we certainly know it now with the tests and everything that’s gone on this week.
“We get on with it and the main focus is Tom and his family. We’ll all probably be affected in slightly different ways, deal with it in different ways as well. We’re all individuals, we’re all different so we’ll cope and deal with it differently as well.
“I feel good, I’ve had loads of support. Everyone has been asking how I am as well, which I find difficult as well because I’m not the one going through it. I’m fine. I was emotional on Saturday, it scared me.
“But everyone rallied, the medical guys were incredible in such a scary and pressurised situation with the world watching them. They got every decision bang on. I’m so proud of them, they saved him.
“Our medical guys, Bournemouth’s, the paramedics that were there, they’re real heroes.”