{"id":92668,"date":"2025-10-20T13:52:09","date_gmt":"2025-10-20T13:52:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/92668\/"},"modified":"2025-10-20T13:52:09","modified_gmt":"2025-10-20T13:52:09","slug":"son-of-ex-england-footballer-stuart-pearce-dies-in-tractor-crash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/92668\/","title":{"rendered":"Son of ex-England footballer Stuart Pearce dies in tractor crash"},"content":{"rendered":"

Dawn LimbuWest of England<\/p>\n

\"BBCBBC<\/p>\n

Harley Pearce was described as a “cherished son and devoted brother”<\/p>\n

The son of ex-England footballer Stuart Pearce has died in a tractor crash.<\/p>\n

Harley Pearce, 21, from Marlborough in Wiltshire, died in the crash in Gloucestershire last week, police said.<\/p>\n

Harley’s family have issued a tribute to him saying: “Our family is truly shocked and utterly heartbroken at the loss of our cherished son and devoted brother, Harley.”<\/p>\n

The crash happened on Old Birdlip Hill, A417<\/a>, in Witcombe, near Gloucester at 14:30 BST on Thursday.<\/p>\n

Harley’s family described him as “a golden boy with an infectious smile”.<\/p>\n

“A soul who left an unforgettable imprint on all who knew him,” continued the tribute.<\/p>\n

“This shocking tragedy will leave a huge hole in the hearts of those who were fortunate enough to have known him.<\/p>\n

“With a quiet, understated strength and deep kindness, we are so proud of the young man he had become, exhibiting a wonderful work ethic and entrepreneurial spirit in the farming industry.<\/p>\n

“He will always be our shining star. Rest in peace, our beautiful son and brother. You will never ever be forgotten.”<\/p>\n

\"GettyGetty<\/p>\n

Stuart Pearce is an English professional football manager and former player<\/p>\n

Harley ran his own farming company, Harley Pearce Agricultural Services. <\/p>\n

His father, Stuart Pearce, played more than 400 games for Nottingham Forest. He also played for Coventry, Newcastle, West Ham and Manchester City.<\/p>\n

The former electrician won 78 international caps and later managed Forest, Manchester City and the Great Britain team at the London 2012 Olympics.<\/p>\n

He also had a stint as England’s caretaker manager.<\/p>\n

The 62-year-old, who currently works as a pundit for Talksport, recently suffered a medical emergency<\/a> on a flight from Las Vegas to London.<\/p>\n

The flight had to be diverted to St John’s International Airport in Canada for him to have treatment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Dawn LimbuWest of England BBC Harley Pearce was described as a “cherished son and devoted brother” The son…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":92669,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[42,43,40,38,41,39],"class_list":["post-92668","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92668","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=92668"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92668\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/92669"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=92668"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=92668"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=92668"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}