An ex-Cardiff City player hit his head and died after falling down stairs at a pub in a pretend fight with friends, an inquest heard.
Midfielder Peter Whittingham, 35, who played for the club from 2007 to 2017, suffered a traumatic head injury at the Park Hotel, Barry, on 7 March 2020.
He did not regain consciousness and died in hospital 11 days later.
Coroner Graeme Hughes recorded a verdict of accidental death at the inquest at Pontypridd Coroner's Court.
The hearing was told how Mr Whittingham had been drinking for hours while watching Wales v England in the Six Nations.