Phil O'Donnell,35-year-old Motherwell captain and father of four collapsed to the ground 12 minutes before the end of a Scottish Premier League match against Dundee United on Saturday.

His wife, Eileen, was watching from the stand at Motherwell's Fir Park ground and accompanied him to Wishaw General Hospital where he was pronounced dead a short time later

John Collins, a former colleague of Phil O’Donnell whilst at Celtic, appealed last night for full health screening to be mandatory for all footballers after the death of the Motherwell captain on Saturday.

Collins believes that the Scottish FA and the Scottish Premier League (SPL) must spend money to set up a system that will prevent fatalities among players.
“In France, where I played, it is mandatory for every club, but in Scotland it is left up to individual clubs and very few can afford it,”

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