Last night Ray, of Wednesbury, West Midlands, said: “It was always my aim to play football again and it’s kept me going.
Ray had suffered the first attack while taking part in a ‘walking football’ match in DecemberNews Group Newspapers LtdLess than four months after the ordeal, Ray has now returned to action with his club, Hartshill StrollersNews Group Newspapers Ltd
“I was a bit nervous walking on to the pitch for the first time but everyone at the club’s been great.
“My cardiologist and the rehab have team have told me they’re fine with me playing again as long as I take it easy.
“Although in some games that’s easier said than done!”
Ray, of Wednesbury, West Midlands, said: ‘It was always my aim to play football again and it’s kept me going’News Group Newspapers Ltd
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The Sun revealed in February how an amazing team of NHS medics, pictured above, helped dad-of-three Ray pull throughThe Sun Video
Ray’s survival shocked medics at Worcestershire Royal Hospital last December.
His repeated cardiac arrests left doctors telling his partner, Jo Stokes, 50 and his family they feared the worst.
But when he finally came round for a 27th time Ray found a nurse apologising to him.
Ray’s survival shocked medics at Worcestershire Royal HospitalNews Group Newspapers Ltd‘I was a bit nervous walking on to the pitch for the first time’ admits Ray, ‘but everyone at the club’s been great’News Group Newspapers Ltd
Ray added: “I said, ‘Why are you saying sorry?’ “She said, ‘Because I’ve been punching your chest for the last few minutes really quite hard’.
“I said, ‘Don’t apologise. You’ve just saved my life again’.”
Since his ordeal Ray has been undergoing intensive cardiology rehab and physio with a team of experts and walking several miles a day.
Ray revealed the ‘cardiologist and the rehab have team have told me they’re fine with me playing again as long as I take it easy’News Group Newspapers Ltd
Mark Grazier, chairman of Hartshill Strollers, said: “It is great to have Ray back.
“He is a very popular member of the club and we were all shocked by his initial heart attack – and by the hospital drama which followed in the next 24 hours.”
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