Sheffield United fitness coach Michael Watts has spoken of his fear after being caught up in the China earthquake disaster.

Watts was in the Sichuan province on a visit to United's sister club, Chengdu Blades, when a massive earthquake rocked the region, killing an estimated 15,000 people, with more than 25,000 still trapped in the rubble.

Watts said: "I knew straight away that it was an earthquake and we did the normal thing of standing under the door for protection.

"But the tremors carried on and got progressively worse, so we decided to make a run for it and get out of the building as soon as we could. It felt like the whole place would fall down at any moment."

He added: "Monday and Tuesday were absolutely crazy as we were still feeling aftershocks. It's been pretty scary to experience.

"But we haven't had an aftershock since Wednesday morning so everything seems to be settling down now."