Thackley now have a defibrillator as part of their first-aid equipment and, although they hope they will never need it, the club feel it is money well spent with the amount of activity the ground sees.

Following a number of incidents - like the high-profile Fabrice Muamba case - happening the length and breadth of the country, the Dennyboys made a concerted effort to raise the necessary funds.

Club spokesman Mick Lodge said: “We made an application and we were awarded the unit and some of us have been trained to use it.

"It is the British Heart Foundation who have been trying to make this kind of equipment more accessible.

“The units cost more than £1,000 each but the BHF and the FA put some towards it and we had to make up the other third.”

A total of 900 defibrillators were made available by the BHF to football clubs on the non-league pyramid and the Women’s Super League.

The equipment can be quite literally life-saving in incidents of cardiac arrest.

Lodge added: “The unit resides at our club now and is available for our first team, reserves, under-19s and Bradford City ladies fixtures', as long as someone who has had the training to use it is present.

“It is also a community resource because other events are held at the ground. The bonfire we hold annually is always well attended, as was the recent charity event we did for Immanuel College.

“We obviously hope there will be no health issues at these events or any future games at the ground but it’s reassuring to know that if there are, we have this vital piece of clever kit.”