WORLD CUP WINNER Ossie Ardiles has been involved in a car accident in the Falkand Islands.
According to the BBC, the 61-year-old Argentine was hospitalised and received over 20 stitches after the vehicle that he was driving crashed with former team-mate Ricky Villa also an unharmed passenger in the car.
He has since been released, however.
“My understanding is he is fine,” Ardiles’ son Pablo told the BBC.
“I don’t know the exact details but I understand my dad was driving and that he lost control somehow. I’ve heard reports he swerved to avoid a sheep but I can’t confirm that.
The main thing is he is fine, they are all OK.”
It is believed the two ex-Spurs players are in the country making a documentary. Earlier this month, it was announced that ESPN’s 30for30 series would make a film about the pair’s time in English football entitled ‘White, Blue and White’.
The BBC reported that local emergency services and the British military attended the scene of the accident. Ardiles was flown to King Edward Memorial hospital in Stanley.
Ardiles and Villa both joined Tottenham in 1978, shortly after they had been members of Argentina’s World Cup-winning squad.
The pair quickly became firm favourites at the north London club, helping Spurs win the FA Cup in 1981 when Villa scored a superb solo goal against Manchester City in a replayed final at Wembley Stadium.
Ardiles spent 10 years at White Hart Lane and also won the UEFA Cup during his time with Spurs.
As the Falklands conflict ended, Ardiles was briefly loaned to Paris St Germain before returning to Tottehham.
He later went on to manage several clubs in England, notably Newcastle United, West Bromwich Albion and Spurs.
Britain has held the Falklands, situated in the South Atlantic, since 1833 but Buenos Aires maintains that the islands are occupied Argentinian territory.
- Additional reporting from © AFP, 2014
Unbelievable how they are unable to transfer any of their incredible success at Minor Level to Senior level, their record at Minor level is off the wall. This is a county that had never won a Minor Championship until 1983, now I think that is their 14th title, where do all these players disappear to?
@The Firestarter: Beertown
@The Firestarter: straight into all Ireland semi final for majority of those years. Not battle hardened?
@The Firestarter: The seniors have been in 6 all Ireland finals since the turn of the millennium so the players haven’t disappeared. Mayo footballers have zero all Irelands in that time but no one would argue that they haven’t been one of the best football teams in the country over the last 20 years.
Well done to our young lads . Making history again .
@Finnster:Just wondering how ye made history again with minors?
@Declan Lacey: Well 3 in a row was history previously for Galway Minor hurling when they became only one of two counties in Ireland the other being Cork back in the 70′s to achieve it.
Also on a side note as the new U20 All Ireland football championship is not that old I think Galway are also the only county to hold it and the minor Hurling Championship at the same time as they defeated Dublin in the final.
@Declan Lacey: read the article , the clues are there
@Declan Lacey:
Probably the most successful minor hurling team of each decade by number of All-Ireland Minor Hurling titles
2000s: 4 for Galway (2000-04-05-09)
2010s: 5 for Galway (2011-15-17-18-19)
Jesus the ref did his best for kilkenny to win it. Great win tonight
Congrats to a fine young Galway team. A lot of senior teams would want take note of that game today. All skills of game on show and no diving or pussyfooting about.
@Mervyn Queally: none of that Limerick Bish bash bosh stuff
@Mervyn Queally: have to agree, he gave a penalty to Kilkenny rightly so , shortly afterwards a Galway forward was taken down in the same fashion, nothing given. With a couple of minutes left a Galway forward was taken out, if the tackle was made in rugby it would be yellow or red card. The referee threw in the ball.
Great achievement! well done to the the tribesmen braves.
1 senior all Ireland since 88, what goes wrong in the west. Serious talent.
@Kevin Shortall: is that a congratulations you were trying to say there in a Kilkenny kind of way
@Kevin Shortall: 3 since 86 though and lost 6 all-ireland finals since then. Not bad for a traditionally football county.