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Tributes to 'enormously talented' teenage goalkeeper who died after collapsing on pitch

BBC News·@Bbc·2 months ago
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Tributes have been paid to a 15-year-old footballer who died after collapsing during a match. Oxford United academy goalkeeper Amelia Aplin had been playing in a Junior Premier League (JPL) game against Fulham at the club's training centre in Horspath when she collapsed on Saturday afternoon. Oxford United's statement on social media following her death prompted messages expressing shock and sympathy for the teenager's family from numerous football clubs. The JPL said Amelia was "an enormously talented goalkeeper". Aylesbury High School headmistress Marieke Forster said the school was "devastated" by Amelia's death. "Amelia was a remarkable young woman who brought joy to everyone who knew her," she said.…

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