I’ve been a football photographer for 25 years and that’s never happened before!

I had blood pouring out of my head thanks to Andros Townsend’s boot and opened my eyes to see him lying beneath me on the concrete floor.

What you don’t realise at Spurs is that the hoardings are very deceiving - it’s like a horse jumping over a fence at the Grand National.



Ouch! Graham Chadwick had blood pouring out of his head after he was clipped by Andros Townsend's boot



There is a huge drop behind them - almost like an extra dug out surrounding the pitch. I’m 6ft but if I was standing in the dip I would only just be able to see over the pitch.

I saw Andros Townsend flying towards me at a tremendous speed, battling it out for the ball with Hull City’s David Meyler.



I took a photo - which is the last thing I saw - before I went to put my camera down and take cover as he was flying at me. But by the time I did he was already on the floor beneath me.

Duck for cover! The last picture taken by our snapper before his collision with the oncoming Townsend

He came flying over the hoarding, did a full somersault and the stud of one of his boots caught me in the head on the way down.

I had blood spattered all over my press pass and all down my waterproof trousers. I was aware my head was suddenly wet but adrenaline kicks in.

As he was lying underneath me I was asking him if he was OK, but then the paramedics and the Tottenham physio all came over and asked me if I was OK.



Looked after: Three people took care of Graham Chadwick after he was escorted to a St John Ambulance

I was bandaged up on the spot to try to stem the bleeding but then escorted to a St John Ambulance where three people looked after me and cleaned up the wound.

At the moment they’ve used a plaster to try to stop the bleeding, but if it doesn’t stop then they’ve told me I will have to have stitches.

The Sportsmail photographer's bloodied press pass following Townsend's fall at White Hart Lane on Sunday