West Midlands Police say they are “reviewing CCTV footage” as they look into the incident in which Town midfielder Jack Taylor appeared to be assaulted by a Birmingham City fan during Friday’s 1-1 draw at St Andrew’s.

Yesterday, the newly promoted Midlands club issued a statement regarding the incident which took place as Town celebrated George Hirst’s late, late penalty and during a melee with a number of home players, the fan appearing to try to drag Taylor over a barrier.

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

Town have reported the incident to the FA, while the EFL and referee Andrew Kitchen were also aware on the night.

West Midlands Police say they are working with Birmingham to look into what went on.

“We're aware of the incident and are liaising with the club and reviewing CCTV footage to establish the full circumstances,” the force said in a statement.

Friday wasn’t the first time Town players 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 and confronted Blues players with referee Jeff Winter at one stage threatening to take the teams 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.

Photo: Matchday Images

Bazza8564 added 16:15 - Aug 10 Third incident of player assault at that end. time for the FA and The Police to stamp on it. The fan will get a ban, a fine etc but the Club need to be paying a price too. Clear the first three rows and net those off, all the way around the stadium. That will stop it, and birmingam City will lose capacity and revenue
2

Monkey_Blue added 16:15 - Aug 10 The only sanction for this sort of thing from the football authorities has to be points deductions otherwise we will see worse. This will make the clubs control their fans tighter but will dissuade fans. Imagine if that idiots mates blame him for a 4 point deduction? Obviously let’s hope the Police dish out the right charges but this isn’t the first time brum fans have attacked players.

2

AYACCA added 16:30 - Aug 10 Fans take the game too seriously, they see it as a front on them if things don't go their way and react stupidly and people get hurt and sometimes killed because of a sport.
0

KBsSocks added 16:43 - Aug 10 It was completely inappropriate. But the stewards were onto the guy pretty quickly, and downed him. Hope they escorted him from the ground and got his seat if not his name.
2

MickMillsTash added 17:02 - Aug 10 Never ever felt safe going to St Andrews and that League cup Semi Final was a definite candidate for getting your head kicked in. I recall there was an FA Cup game at Portman road - 86 maybe - when they tried to take the North stand from Portman Terrace. West Midlands police used to be very strong handed - these idiots should be stuck in the back of the van for 5 minutes and be dealt some immediate 'learning ' before some sort of community service, public humiliation and banning order - one of those should act as deterrent for others.

0

MickMillsTash added 17:02 - Aug 10 Never ever felt safe going to St Andrews and that League cup Semi Final was a definite candidate for getting your head kicked in. I recall there was an FA Cup game at Portman road - 86 maybe - when they tried to take the North stand from Portman Terrace. West Midlands police used to be very strong handed - these idiots should be stuck in the back of the van for 5 minutes and be dealt some immediate 'learning ' before some sort of community service, public humiliation and banning order - one of those should act as deterrent for others.

0

runningout added 17:14 - Aug 10 will take 5 seconds to review and work out that the plonker involved should be fined banned and then give the steward involved some credit
1

warwickblue added 18:12 - Aug 10 Points deduction is the only significant sanction that the club will understand. 10 year ban for the imbecile in the sunglasses, plus whatever West Midlands Police deem appropriate in terms of public order offences.
0

Blogs 298 bloggers

Ipswich Town Polls