Football club release heartbreaking statement after young star, 15, drowned in lake

A shot nine has released a connection pursuing the decease of their 15-year-old subordinate who drowned successful a water connected Friday afternoon.

Emergency crews were called to Beckenham Place Park successful south-east London soon aft 3pm connected Friday to hunt for Izaiah Smith, 15, who had gone missing successful the lake.

Crews recovered Izaiah's assemblage successful the h2o astir 8 hours aboriginal astatine 10:42pm, aft which the teen was taken to infirmary but aboriginal pronounced dead.

It is understood that Smith had been retired celebrating the commencement of the Easter holidays erstwhile helium got into trouble swimming, with fears that helium whitethorn person gone into acold h2o shock.

Taking to societal media connected Sunday afternoon, Dorking Wanderers posted a connection successful tribute to the youngster. 

It read: 'We are perfectly devastated to larn of the passing of 1 of our young footballers - Izaiah Smith. It is of people intolerable to find the words to explicate what a calamity this is. 

'Izaiah was a hugely fashionable and talented young antheral and volition beryllium sorely missed by each that knew him. 

'The nine volition supply enactment for each progressive successful immoderate mode we perchance can. 

'In the meantime each of our thoughts are with his family, friends and teammates astatine this incredibly hard time'. 

In effect to the post, different clubs near their ain tributes to the player. 

A station from Slough Town FC read: 'Our thoughts are with Izaiah’s family, friends and everyone astatine Dorking Wanderers'. 

Another reply from Woking FC stated: 'Everyone astatine Woking Football Club sends our thoughts and prayers to Izaiah’s friends and family'. 

A further tribute to Izaiah came successful from Horsham FC, reading: 'Our thoughts and prayers are with Izaiah's family, friends and everyone astatine Dorking Wanderers.'