Former England star gets run over by vehicle during match

Bizarre!

The winger, who togged out for the likes of Spurs, Newcastle, Everton and Crystal Palace, was warming up when a pitch roller vehicle ran him over.

However, despite the seriousness of the situation, the 35-year-old still managed to play one minute off the bench for PT Prachuap in Thai League 1.

On his interesting career move to Asia, Townsend 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."