Father, 37, dies in front of girlfriend and five-month-old daughter after collapsing on football pitch during game

.Mike Rodman collapsed and died ten minutes into the Kingswood and Charfield derby in front of his girlfriend and daughter 

.He received CPR for more than one hour but could not be saved

By Emily Davies
PUBLISHED: 14:13 GMT, 28 January 2013 | UPDATED: 14:29 GMT, 28 January 2013

Mike Rodman collapsed just days after this picture with five-month-old daughter Eva

A 37-year-old footballer collapsed and died on the pitch - just days after posing for a picture with his five-month-old daughter.
Mike Rodman, from Wootton-under-Edge, Gloucestershire, collapsed ten minutes into the game on Saturday as his girlfriend Lauren Workman, 23, looked on in horror with baby Eva.
Despite extensive CPR Mike, who was player-manager of Bristol-based Kingswood AFC reserves, died shortly afterwards.
Club chairman Rob Bateman, who watched the tragedy unfold, said: 'I saw him just fall to the floor face first, there wasn't another player near him.
'We all rushed onto the pitch. It was such an awful thing to witness - really, really horrible.
'Someone started CPR on him straight away, and the ambulance turned up about 15 minutes afterwards and took over.
'They were working for 50 minutes. Everyone in the teams knew everyone else because it was a local derby, Charfield are our great rivals.
'There was no response. It was dreadful. It is a terrible loss. Mike has given ten years' unbroken service to the club and has helped us drive into the great success we have had over the past decade.
'When we got into the Gloucestershire County League we won a cup final in our first year, and Mike scored a 35-yarder. His death is a total shock

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