Birmingham’s clash with Burton Albion halted by medical emergency in stands
Birmingham’s 2-0 Boxing Day win over Burton had to be temporarily suspended due to a medical emergency at St Andrew’s. The match was briefly halted for four minutes in the latter stages of the first half due to an incident in the stands. A medical emergency at St Andrew’s led to Birmingham’s clash with Burton briefly haltedGetty Taking to X, Birmingham said in a statement: “The game is paused for what appears to be a medical emergency. “Sending our best wishes to those involved.” Burton meanwhile posted: “Play is stopped due to a medical emergency in the crowd.” They added: “We send our best wishes to all involved.” The match had to be halted in the 38th minute, but play resumed four minutes later. Fortunately, it was seemingly confirmed on Birmingham-related Facebook fan pages later on that the person had recovered. One supporter posted in the group ‘Brumz Updates’: “Was a young lady in the Tilton road end, she was wheeled away, sitting up and conscious so hopefully she is ok. “Fair play to every supporter in the Tilton as they were on their feet waving whistling and shouting for help and the medical staff were there pretty quick.” It was only on Monday night that Birmingham involved in another match involving a medical emergency. That was away at Lincoln, with the incident taking place prior to kick-off, leading to the match being pushed back by 15 minutes. Birmingham are one of the favourites to win the League One title this termGetty Birmingham went on to win that fixture to ensure they would be top on Christmas Day. It was their seventh win in a row in all competitions – their fifth on the bounce in England’s third-tier. Jay Stanfield – who joined the club from Fulham on deadline day in a deal worth up to £20million – scored the only goal of the game at Broadfield Stadium. And he was on target yet again for the Blues against Burton – his 15th of the campaign in all competitions. The 22-year-old found the back of the net in the 26th minute from the penalty spot. His strike means he has now been on target in each of his last four League One fixtures. Birmingham smashed the League One transfer record to sign Jay Stansfield Stansfield will be looking to finish the campaign as the division’s top scorer with only Louie Barry scoring more than his 12 league goals. But Barry, who has scored 14 times, won’t be adding to his tally from January with Aston Villa exercising their recall option on his loan deal at Stockport. Birmingham sealed the victory in the 56th minute courtesy of Max Crocombe’s own goal to remain top of the table.
Birmingham’s 2-0 Boxing Day win over Burton had to be temporarily suspended due to a medical emergency at St Andrew’s.
The match was briefly halted for four minutes in the latter stages of the first half due to an incident in the stands.
Taking to X, Birmingham said in a statement: “The game is paused for what appears to be a medical emergency.
“Sending our best wishes to those involved.”
Burton meanwhile posted: “Play is stopped due to a medical emergency in the crowd.”
They added: “We send our best wishes to all involved.”
The match had to be halted in the 38th minute, but play resumed four minutes later.
Fortunately, it was seemingly confirmed on Birmingham-related Facebook fan pages later on that the person had recovered.
One supporter posted in the group ‘Brumz Updates’: “Was a young lady in the Tilton road end, she was wheeled away, sitting up and conscious so hopefully she is ok.
“Fair play to every supporter in the Tilton as they were on their feet waving whistling and shouting for help and the medical staff were there pretty quick.”
It was only on Monday night that Birmingham involved in another match involving a medical emergency.
That was away at Lincoln, with the incident taking place prior to kick-off, leading to the match being pushed back by 15 minutes.
Birmingham went on to win that fixture to ensure they would be top on Christmas Day.
It was their seventh win in a row in all competitions – their fifth on the bounce in England’s third-tier.
Jay Stanfield – who joined the club from Fulham on deadline day in a deal worth up to £20million – scored the only goal of the game at Broadfield Stadium.
And he was on target yet again for the Blues against Burton – his 15th of the campaign in all competitions.
The 22-year-old found the back of the net in the 26th minute from the penalty spot.
His strike means he has now been on target in each of his last four League One fixtures.
Stansfield will be looking to finish the campaign as the division’s top scorer with only Louie Barry scoring more than his 12 league goals.
But Barry, who has scored 14 times, won’t be adding to his tally from January with Aston Villa exercising their recall option on his loan deal at Stockport.
Birmingham sealed the victory in the 56th minute courtesy of Max Crocombe’s own goal to remain top of the table.
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