{"id":527343,"date":"2026-03-08T19:35:10","date_gmt":"2026-03-08T19:35:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/527343\/"},"modified":"2026-03-08T19:35:10","modified_gmt":"2026-03-08T19:35:10","slug":"oxford-united-player-dies-aged-15-after-collapsing-during-academy-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/527343\/","title":{"rendered":"Oxford United player dies aged 15 after collapsing during academy game"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A 15-year-old Oxford player has died after collapsing during a girls&#8217; academy game.<\/p>\n<p>The Championship club said on Saturday that a serious medical incident had occurred during the match between Oxford and <a data-clubhouse-guid=\"60518789-aefb-3ca4-a694-58e60e5c14ab\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com.au\/football\/team?id=21252\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Fulham<\/a> at United&#8217;s training centre.<\/p>\n<p>And on Sunday they announced the news that Amelia Aplin had died.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It is with immense sadness that we announce the passing of 15-year-old Academy player Amelia Aplin,&#8221; read a statement on X.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The thoughts and sincere condolences from everyone at <a data-clubhouse-guid=\"ccb4aa15-1334-3ca3-a9bc-dace8af6900b\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com.au\/football\/team?id=21043\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Oxford United<\/a> are with Amelia&#8217;s family, friends, teammates and coaches.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We would like to place on record our appreciation for the efforts of the medical staff at both Oxford United and Fulham Football Club, along with the emergency services.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The club will offer support to Amelia&#8217;s family, players, coaches and staff impacted by this tragic event. We would ask that the family&#8217;s privacy is respected at this incredibly difficult time.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Oxford Women&#8217;s match against Real Bedford on Sunday was postponed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A 15-year-old Oxford player has died after collapsing during a girls&#8217; academy game. The Championship club said on&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":527344,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[563],"tags":[64,63,596,85],"class_list":["post-527343","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-football","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-football","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/527343","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=527343"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/527343\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/527344"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=527343"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=527343"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=527343"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}