A Fan At Stoke Dies.

[Lighthouse]

God In Heaven whats the point -

A man who was injured during a Premier League football match at Stoke City has died in hospital.

Police were alerted to an incident in a concourse of the Britannia Stadium's south stand which housed Blackburn fans just after 1600 GMT on Saturday.

The 30-year-old fan, who was thought to have been hit on the head with a bin, was found unconscious. He was taken to hospital where he later died.

A 25-year-old man from Preston has been arrested over the incident.

Police inquiries

Staffordshire Police said the injured man was initially treated at the scene for a head injury and cardiac arrest by staff from West Midlands Ambulance Service and St John Ambulance.

The fan was resuscitated at the scene and then taken to hospital.

A police spokesman said: "A 30-year-old man was pronounced dead at 1.55am this morning at University Hospital North Staffordshire.

"The circumstances are being fully investigated and a 25-year-old man remains in custody and is helping police with their inquiries."

Ch Insp Adrian Roberts, match commander at the game which saw Stoke beat Blackburn Rovers 3-0, said there were just over 1,300 Blackburn fans at the game, and no Stoke fans were involved in the incident.

[FatFreddysCat]

I'd heard it was a Blackurn fan that died and it was anouther blackburn fan who done it.

[RidgeRider]

That's what this article implies as well. What a shame.

[Peabody]

Definately a Blackburn fan and it would appear that it was an incident involving Blackburn fans. Very sad.

[finnster01]

It always sad to read about fans losing their life, but it is absolutely unbelievable when it happens between travelling fans from the same club. What is this world coming to?

[bigalffc]

Terribly sad for his family. I'm just surprised that Stoke fans weren't involved they are a bunch of morons