West Ham United midfielder Jack Wilshere has recalled being rushed to the hospital on the eve of his England debut.

Then with Arsenal, an 18-year-old Wilshere made his debut for the Three Lions in a 2-1 win over Hungary, after only leaving the hospital at 5am on the same day.

"I had never suffered with any sort of stomach problems," Wilshere told Robert Snodgrass' The Lockdown Tactics Podcast. "I'm in the hotel the night before the game and all the sudden I started getting belly ache, it was getting worse and worse and I rang the Doc and just said, 'I'm in a bad way here'.

"He gave me something to help cramps and said to call him if it gets any worse. I was sat in the room, it was getting worse and I said: 'Doc, you've got to come now'.

"He came and said: 'I can't do anything for you, if it is that bad I am going to have to call an ambulance.' By this point I was on the floor crawling to the door to get the Doc, I opened the door and [Frank] Lampard was walking past. I am there crawling on the floor and he has gone: 'Jack are you alright mate?'

"I just said: 'Frank, please get the Doc'.

"Anyway, the Doc came and called the ambulance. I was in hospital until about 5am... turned out I had trapped wind. But if anyone has had trapped wind, they will know how bad it is, it was awful. Honestly, I thought I was dying! It was so bad.

"My mum and dad came into the hospital, then we got let go and Stuart Pearce was the assistant and came to my room the next day. I just kept saying I was alright to play. He said he'd have to speak to the manager.

"I didn't start but I came on for about 15 minutes."