Former England Star Andros Townsend Avoids Serious Injury After Being Run Over by Pitch Roller in Thailand
The ex-Premier League player jokes about the incident after being run over by a pitch roller before a match for PT Prachuap in Thailand.
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First reported by Al Jazeera – Breaking News, World News and Video from Al Jazeera, 1h 12m ahead of the next publisher · who breaks stories first
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The story so far
6 publishers have covered this in 6 articles since 20 Sept 2026. Al Jazeera – Breaking News, World News and Video from Al Jazeera published first, on 20 September at 07:55 UTC; BBC Sport followed 1h 13m later. The most recent article, from CBS Sports Headlines, appeared on 20 September at 18:25 UTC.
Outlets reporting it: Al Jazeera – Breaking News, World News and Video from Al Jazeera (major outlet), The Guardian Sport (major outlet), BBC Sport, Sky News, SI Feed, CBS Sports Headlines.
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How it unfolded
Every source in the order it published.
- Al Jazeera – Breaking News, World News and Video from Al JazeeraFormer England and Tottenham star Andros Townsend run over by pitch roller
- BBC SportTownsend run over by pitch roller in Thailand
- Sky NewsEx-Premier League footballer run over by pitch roller
- The Guardian SportAndros Townsend avoids injury after bizarre pitch roller incident in Thailand
- SI Feed‘Stoke Away Wasn’t So Bad’—Ex-Premier League Star Jokes After Getting Run Over Pregame
- CBS Sports HeadlinesEx-England international Andros Townsend run over by pitch roller, avoids serious injury
Sources
Every article we clustered into this story. Headlines link to the publisher.
- Andros Townsend avoids injury after bizarre pitch roller incident in Thailand The Guardian Sport ·
- Former England and Tottenham star Andros Townsend run over by pitch roller Al Jazeera – Breaking News, World News and Video from Al Jazeera ·
- Ex-England international Andros Townsend run over by pitch roller, avoids serious injury CBS Sports Headlines
- ‘Stoke Away Wasn’t So Bad’—Ex-Premier League Star Jokes After Getting Run Over Pregame SI Feed
- Ex-Premier League footballer run over by pitch roller Sky News
- Townsend run over by pitch roller in Thailand BBC Sport
In this story
- Andros Townsend
- PT Prachuap
- Thailand