NORWICH City legend Jeremy Goss has suffered serious injuries in a horror car crash.
The former Premier League star – who also played internationally for Wales – feels “lucky to be alive” after a car smashed into him while he was driving in Norfolk.
The 58-year-old told the Eastern Daily Press: “I was in the left-hand lane, glanced in my rearview mirror and saw this blue car heading straight towards me – going well over the speed limit.
“I spontaneously gripped the steering wheel as tight as I could – so much that I later found out I cracked a bone on my wedding ring finger – and dropped my chin into my chest expecting the worst.
“The car collided into the back of me like an explosion – the sound was frightening.”
Goss revealed he was then hit a second time before his car stopped 100m down the road.
Terrified that his car might burst into flames, Goss said he fought through intense pain to open his door.
He then collapsed on a grass verge nearby before emergency services arrived at the scene.
“I feel lucky to be alive honestly,” he said.
The smash on January 31 left him bed-bound for a week.
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Goss said he is now able to walk on his own but is using painkillers after suffering injuries to his ribs, kidneys, lower back and hip.
Goss is best-known for helping Norwich City beat German giants Bayern Munich 2-1 in the Uefa Cup in 1993 – a game in which he scored a stunning volley.
He opened up about his life after football to SunSport in 2019.
After a stint playing in Scotland for Hearts, followed by non-league football at King’s Lynn, he returned to the Norfolk club that’s close to his heart to work on his coaching badges in 1999.
However, at around the same time, his wife Margaret gave birth to their twin sons Jacob and Joseph three months premature.
Two hours after they were born, their weight plummeted to 2 pounds and their lives were in the balance.
Goss told SunSport: “I look back with dread, really.
“My sons were born three months premature. We were living in my in-laws’ house and at that time I had no job and no house.
“My wife and I were taking care of very sick new-born twins. It was like, ‘Welcome to life outside of football.'”
In 2010, Goss took on full-time work at the Norfolk and Norwich Association for the Blind (NNAB), when an ambassadorial role at Norwich City came to an end.
“I was very fortunate enough to meet people from the NNAB and I went in there as a charity fundraiser, which very soon became a job as head of fundraising,” he said.
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“My role was to build up a department to take the charity forward in terms of income generation, and I’d been in that role for eight years until Easter. Now I find myself back in that position when I’m unemployed.”
Drawing on his background and legendary status in East Anglia, Goss helped the NNAB generate generous donations, including sponsored bungee jumps.
Source: Soccer - thesun.co.uk
