Andros Townsend avoids injury after bizarre pitch roller incident in Thailand

The former England winger Andros Townsend has joked Stoke away ā€œwasn’t so bad after allā€ following a bizarre incident in Thailand where he was run over by a pitch roller.

The former Tottenham and Crystal Palace attacker currently plays in Thai League 1 for PT Prachuap and made headlines on Saturday night when a clip emerged on social media which showed the 35-year-old being taken out before a fixture at Pattani.

Townsend was warming up when a member of staff at Pattani appeared to lose control of the pitch roller and it crashed into the 13-cap England international. The left leg of the Prachuap player briefly got stuck under the vehicle, but he did feature off the bench late on in the 3-0 win.

Regular ITV pundit Townsend later took to Instagram to make light of the incident, referencing one of his recent posts in which he contrasted a sun-drenched Thai away trip with previous visits to Stoke’s windswept stadium.

Townsend said on his Instagram story: ā€œIt turns out Stoke away wasn’t so bad after all. Swipe to see why.ā€

Another post described Townsend as ā€˜The King of Memes in Thai League history’ and he replied ā€œtrust meā€ with four laughing emojis.

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