Players and backroom staff at a South Oxhey football club were left shocked after a popular player was rushed to hospital with a suspected stroke on Friday night.

Greg Usher, 23, was rushed to hospital and treated for, what was believed to be have been a stroke while driving home from work at Southfield Primary School, Chiswick.

But tests are now indicating the PE teacher was suffering from a complex migraine and he has since been released from hospital.

The Oxhey Jets FC tweeted after the scare: "We wish our young player Greg Usher a full and speedy recovery after being rushed to ITU with a suspected stroke while driving."

Mr Usher told the Watford Observer: "It was a bit of a shock. I have had no medical issues in the past.

"I was coming home from work and I was on the phone to my boss and I knew what I wanted to say, but I could not say it. That was quite scary.

"I called an ambulance but they could not really hear where I was so they told me to spell it out.

"I got up on the Saturday morning, my speech and vision had come back and the doctors told me they think it is a Complex Migraine."

The footballer, who also had a spell with Championship side Leeds United FC, underwent further tests on Monday to determine exactly what happened.

John Elliot, general manager and founder of the football club, revealed club officals were shocked by the incident, especially as Mr Usher is just 23 years old.

He said: "On Saturday in the changing room, there was an eerie and quiet atmosphere.

"There was a lot of reflection.

"It is one of their mates, it did shake them up."

Symptoms of complex migraines can include impaired speech, weakness and nausea.

Mr Elliott: "This is a family club, we will do whatever we can for him. If he is off work for a long time, we will make sure there is support there for him.

"We do a lot of charity work anyway, so if there is anything we can do for one of our own, of course we will.

"The last text I sent was ‘you are such a lovely lad and you are the sort of person we want here at the club, do everything the medical boys say and we hope to see you back and well soon’."