Former 首相 League boss Iain Dowie, 59, 収容する／認めるs he is 'very lucky' to be alive after 苦しむing a cardiac 逮捕（する） during a spin class as he opens up on 'terrifying' scenes in 前線 of his wife

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Former 首相 League boss Iain Dowie has 明らかにする／漏らすd he 苦しむd a 'terrifying' cardiac 逮捕（する） during a spinning class and is 'very lucky' to be alive.?

Dowie, 59, managed 水晶 Palace between 2003 and 2006 and has also been known for （一定の）期間s with Charlton, QPR and 船体 City, but has not coached a team since that ill-運命／宿命d （一定の）期間 with the Tigers in 2010 that saw them relegated.

In 最近の years the former Northern Ireland striker has worked as a pundit and was speaking pitchside for the BBC for Larne's game against Coleraine in the NIFL 首相の職 when he opened up on his horror episode.

'I went to a spin class and don't remember too much more. I had a big cardiac 逮捕（する）, unfortunately.

'Lots of people looked after me and did some 広大な／多数の／重要な things in the gym, then the 救急車 looked after me and I ended up in hospital for a good few days.'

Former 首相 League boss Iain Dowie has 明らかにする／漏らすd he 苦しむd a 'terrifying' cardiac 逮捕（する）?

Dowie 明らかにする／漏らすd he has since been fitted with a defibrillator in his heart - as he spoke of the 'terrifying' scenes that played out with his wife watching and 認める he was fortunate to 生き残る.?

'I've been brilliant since and the heart is in good 形態／調整. I've got a little thing, an ICD [implantable cardioverter defibrillator] fitted that I hope will keep me going for another 20 years.

'It was probably more terrifying for my wife watching, but my 見解（をとる） is I'm one of those lads who looks 今後 and I've been very, very lucky.

'I was in the 権利 place to have it and perhaps it just wasn't my time.'

Dowie had been speaking at the Larne game as he 作品 as football 関係s director at the club - 存在 現在の as his 味方する 保持するd the Irish 首相の職 肩書を与える.

Dowie - whose last 管理の stint （機の）カム with 船体 City in 2010 - 認める he was 'lucky' to be alive after the episode

Dowie is known for his three year stint with 水晶 Palace and an ill-運命／宿命d time as assistant 経営者／支配人 to Newcastle when they were relegated in 2009

As a player, Dowie netted 172 times from 573 外見s, turning out for Luton, West Ham, Southampton, 水晶 Palace and Queens Park 特別奇襲隊員s.

His first 役割 in 管理／経営 （機の）カム in a 簡潔な／要約する stint as 管理人 of his old club QPR before he was 指名するd assistant 経営者／支配人 for Oldham 運動競技の - before he too k over as first team coach in 2002 after the 解雇（する）ing of Mick Wadsworth.

He later enjoyed his best （一定の）期間 as a manger for 水晶 Palace for three years - where he 安全な・保証するd 昇進／宣伝 to the 首相 League in the 2003-04 season. But after relegation followed and the club failed to go up again 経由で the play-offs, he left by 相互の 同意.

Dowie then had stints with Charlton, Coventry, QPR and then becoming assistant 経営者／支配人 to Alan Shearer at Newcastle in 2009, but 存在 unable to 妨げる the club from 存在 relegated.

He then 苦しむd another relegation after 取って代わるing Phil Brown as 船体 City boss the に引き続いて season.