Oxford United coach paralyzed by alcohol spray

The alcohol spray used on a soccer club coach to kill the coronavirus left its driver unable to take players and staff to an away game.

Oxford United had to change at their hotel and travel to their game at Accrington Stanley by car.

Some of the aerosol in the air is believed to have been picked up by a device that prevents the bus driver from starting the vehicle if he has drunk alcohol.

The club started play at the bottom of League One on Saturday.

Karl Robinson, the club’s head coach, told BBC Radio Oxford before the game: “Our coach just broke down so we had to change at the hotel and hit the road.”

“This week has certainly been sent to test us. We had four players testing Covid-19 on Thursday.” He added that they also have “circulating flu.”

Nathan Cooper of BBC Radio Oxford said: “[Oxford have] I have a fairly technical bus that not many of this level have.

“When you get on board, he sprays a kind of alcohol gel, a fine mist, which obviously helps with the current situation, so it sterilizes the bus. Somehow that ended up affecting the bus itself.”

He added: “It’s crazy that it happens, but first of all the club is to be congratulated for trying. Not all clubs at this level have done it.”

Testing players for coronavirus is not mandatory in the Football League.