Health and safety investigators have been called in over the wall collapse that injured three teenagers at a football ground.

The trio were hurt when a 45ft-long stretch of the 1m-high wall collapsed as 14 players from North Oxford Youth were holding on to it doing stretches before their Oxford Mail Boys League under-15 final against Abingdon-based St Edmunds on Sunday.

As reported in yesterday's Oxford Mail, the three players were taken to hospital and paramedics believed two of the boys had suffered broken legs.

Yesterday, however, it emerged only one of them was seriously hurt, suffering a broken foot.

The other two escaped with just cuts and bruises.

Tom Larman, chairman of hosts Abingdon Town FC, told the Oxford Mail: "We have reported the incident to the Health and Safety Executive, and we will work with the HSE to ensure that everything is A OK, so that we can put the wall back up.

"I have been running boys' football teams for the past 12 years.

"It is so sad that this has happened, but the good news is that only one of the boys has been seriously injured.

"He has a broken foot, while the other two have escaped with cuts and bruises.

"All we want is to do is provide a venue where teams can come and play on a pitch where there is a bit of atmosphere, instead of the local park.

"We will work with the HSE to ensure that the ground is safe following what happened, and one of their inspectors is being sent out."

Mr Larman added that the incident would be discussed in detail by the club's committee.

Kevin Jones, the manager of North Oxford Youth, was not available for comment.

The manager of St Edmunds declined to comment on the incident.

Following the collapse, which happened shortly after midday on Sunday, the Vale of White Horse District Council's building control officer, Terry Atkinson, visited the ground and told staff that it would be safe to play another final that afternoon, although the game between North Oxford Youth and St Edmunds was abandoned.

Nikki Malin, a spokeswoman for the Vale of White Horse District Council, said it was 'up to Abingdon Town' to report the matter to the HSE.