Mitchelton Football Club would like to pay tribute to Andy Jones who lost his life in a tragic incident on Sunday 25th July at Teralba Park.
Andy, aged 37, was a respected member of the Mitchelton Football Community. He made his home in Australia after leaving the UK a number of years ago and leaves behind four children, his wife Rhianne Jones and close family who are understandably devastated by the suddenness of his passing.
Two of Andy’s children play at the club and will miss having Andy on the sidelines. Andy’s son who was playing on Sunday has communicated to his coach that football was their joint passion and he loved having his father there with him.
Andy also played in one of Mitchelton’s O35 teams and was held in high regard by his teammates and the wider O35 / O45 community. His teammates are also devastated and will miss his presence on the field and around the team. They will be paying their respects to Andy in their own way in the coming weeks.
We are offering counselling support in conjunction with Football Queensland. If there is anyone we have not contacted to date that requires support please reach out to the committee members and we will work with you over the coming days to provide this. We are looking at putting on some open sessions on Wednesday and Thursday this week
The club would also like to ask that everyone respect the privacy of the family and those impacted directly and support them in whatever way you can.
We will be communicating additional information relating to support for Andy’s family over coming days.
Our sincere condolences go to Andy’s family. We will continue to work to support everyone impacted as best we can over this difficult time.
Mitchelton Football Club Committee