A SERVICE will be held tomorrow for a father of two who collapsed and died of a heart attack while playing football two days before Christmas.

Titchfield Common resident Adrian "Adie" Green, 43, was playing for the club he helped foster for 20 years, Burridge AFC, when the tragedy occurred.

Best friend and fellow reserves player Peter Wilson said he had no idea Adie had a heart condition.

"I was playing with Adie and he actually mentioned that he had a problem with his chest and could I look out for him and about 40 minutes into the game he just fell down," he said.

Two players from the opposing Southampton Football League side, Priory Rovers, attempted to resuscitate Adie.

"Two ambulances arrived and took him to hospital but he never recovered.

"It was like it wasn't happening. This happens to other people - he was a very fit man. He cycled to work, he was a regular at a local gymnasium two, three days a week, he also played tennis."

He said Adie was an incredibly popular man and a genuine character.

"For most people Christmas has been cancelled this year."

Adie, who was the director of precision sheet metal company PSC Ltd, is survived by two children, Nicky, 20, and Russell, 21, his first wife Chris and his second wife, Margi, who he married in May.

Margi Green said doctors only discovered Adie had heart disease after he died.

"My whole world has slipped through my fingers," she said.

"So many friends feel the huge loss like he was part of their family.

A cremation service for family and friends was held last Friday and a service of thanksgiving will be held tomorrow at St Peter's in Titchfield from 11am. It is an open invite for those who knew Adie.

A spokesman for the Southamp-ton Football League said that in remembrance a minute's silence would be observed at all matches played this Saturday.

While not commenting on Mr Green's case, Dr John Heyworth, a consultant at the accident and emergency department of South-ampton General Hospital, said chest pain is the major sign of a heart attack.

"It's often described as a crushing pain in the middle of the chest and up into the left arm," Dr Heyworth said.

He said a person having a heart attack might also be breathless and have an "unwell" feeling.

"Lots of people get chest pain, it doesn't mean they're having a heart attack but you should emphasise that they should get it checked out without delay," he said.