Birmingham City have issued a statement regarding the incident in which Jack Taylor appeared to assaulted by a supporter as Town celebrated George Hirst’s 95th-minute penalty in last night’s 1-1 draw at St Andrew’s.

While bottles were being thrown from the stand towards the celebrating Town players, as they clashed with some of the Birmingham team, a supporter tried to drag Taylor over the barrier before being pushed away by skipper Dara O’Shea.

The statement reads: “Birmingham City has a zero-tolerance policy towards violent and anti-social behaviour inside or around our stadium.

“The club is aware of an incident which took place during last night’s Sky Bet Championship fixture.

“Club officials are now supporting West Midlands Police with its ongoing investigation. Once the authorities have completed the investigation, the club will take the appropriate action.”

After the match manager Kieran McKenna confirmed that the Blues have reported the incident to the authorities.

“Jack’s alright,” he said. “Someone just showed me it. It’s obviously not ideal, but I think it’s been reported, so the authorities will deal with it.”

It’s not the first time the Blues have had issues with the home support at St Andrew’s. In the Worthington Cup semi-final second leg in January 2001, Birmingham supporters repeatedly invaded the pitch with referee Jeff Winter at one stage threatening to take the players off.

Since then, there have been other similar incidents at St Andrew’s, most notably a fan, who was later jailed, running on the pitch to attack then-Aston Villa forward Jack Grealish in March 2019.

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Tommyc added 11:26 - Aug 10 I was at the 2001 game as well. Most intimidating (but scintillating!) atmosphere I have ever encountered at a game as well, though not to the extent of others experience by the sound of it. You have to come out down a fairly narrow walkway right out into the home fans after the game, so little chance of slipping off to find your car. As for Friday, not 100% sure Chaplin wasn't trying to smash the ball back into the net rather than halfway up the stand and call me a killjoy, but did think our players overdid the celebration a little right in front of their fans

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Steve_ITFC_Sweden added 11:30 - Aug 10 B'ham is a very big city with a population of well over 1 million, I'd guess. That means that the concentration of Neanderthals is inevitably going to be greater. Big city phenomenon!
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ibisblue added 14:54 - Aug 10 Must admit... shocked to hear Algarve's experience of being urinated on and the steward's reaction.... such things could put me off football altogether, but absolutely shouldnt be tolerated, so wont put me off! On the stream, didnt see what Chappers did to earn his yellow, (really just kicking the ball into the crowd?) but seems harsh - but agree that it shouldnt depend which ground you're at for such things (will it be rescinded I wonder? - it looked like he took it on the chin?). Was worth staying up to 3am here in India! Onwards and upwards!

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Bluewhiteboy added 15:28 - Aug 10 Thank God for1977 restoring faith in fellow town fans. Some nonsense on here or just out right lies (ie Birmingham fans p1ssing on town fans then steward ko or the lie about knocking out a brum hooligan with his daughter).
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