A crowd funding campaign to provide two defibrillator units for local football pitches has reached its target in just seven days.
Doug King, aged 56, was playing for Bracknell Sunday League team SF7 in a Premier Division match against AFC Dukes on December 3.
Doug is a well-known face in local football circles, having played, managed and refereed in recent years.
He collapsed during the match, and was saved by the quick-thinking actions of both teams, who knew a lifesaving defibrillator unit was less and 300 metres away at a café in Braybrooke Park.
He was later flown to Royal Berkshire hospital by the Thames Valley air ambulance.
His SF7 team mates immediately launched an appeal to raise £4,250 to provide two defibrillator units for park pitches in Bracknell.
That target has now been reached with more than 180 individual donations.
As a result of this incident, the Bracknell Sunday League has now instructed its teams and officials to discuss the location of the closest unit prior to the start of every match.
