Former AFL player turned podcaster Tommy Sheridan feared for his life during ‘horror’ trip to hospital

Former Fremantle and GWS winger Tommy Sheridan has revealed he feared for his life during a trip to the hospital after knocking himself out in his sleep.

The AFL player turned podcaster was sporting a black eye when he recorded his FAF Fridays show with former Giants teammate Dylan Buckley on Friday, and explained why straight away.

“So, this is what’s happened. I’ll keep it up and about because when I told a few people, they get a bit flat,” he told the Footy and Friends-Ausmerican Aces collaboration show.

“I’ve knocked myself out in my sleep, which is not great. Don’t know how.

“And then I’ve gone back to sleep and I’ve gone to the bathroom later on, then fainted, then hit my head on the tiles.

“I was in emergency all day Tuesday, it was actually quite serious.

“I was with my mum all day. I had to get brain tests; ECG, bloods — all good.

“Just don’t know what’s happened. Absolutely just made a meal of myself on Tuesday morning at all hours. Horror, horror.”

The 32-year-old, who played 81 games for the Dockers between 2012 and 2018, plus another two for the Giants in 2019 and 2020, said he has his carpet floor — not the tiles — to thank for the mark underneath his left eye.

“It’s actually carpet burn, so I must have just fell out of bed and just done ‘the worm’ (on the floor),” Sheridan said.

“And I live on my own. I’ve just got no idea what happened.”

Sheridan insisted he is OK now, but not before a couple of nervous moments on Tuesday.

“I’m all good, I’m fine. It’s just, it was quite scary Tuesday,” he said.

“Sitting in emergency, if you want really just that reality check, and then going to get your brain scanned, your heart done, your bloods, and then waiting for the doctor to come back five hours later — I was sitting there going, ‘F***, this could be it. This could be it’.”