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Paramedics treated the fan for 40 minutes at the Stadium of Light before he was taken to hospital.

Emergency services treated the man for 40 minutes in the stand before he was taken to hospital, with play restarting after a 10-minute warm-up for the players. Northumbria Police said the man was taken to hospital in a life-threatening condition but was now "stable". The match was resumed after an hour. Just a few minutes after kick-off, the game was halted to allow paramedics to get to the supporter.

Everyone is just fed up at the minute, and who can blame them? Last night's bore draw with Burton was yet another disappointing episode in what has been a ...

Sold all our cover, brought in a manager who looks to be providing no boost to the team and the team conspired just to completely self-destruct. It should never have come to this and the board should be ashamed of the decisions that they have made. It’s just a sad state of affairs, considering there was a lot of progress between club and fans recently. They were resulted to hoof ball and crosses into a box where more than often, it was an isolated Ross Stewart. In the second half, they didn’t even look like threatening whatsoever. There just feels to be a sense of resignation and deflation. I feel sorry for Callum Doyle. The lad has played a lot of football for a teenager and he does look vulnerable to balls in behind. With no cover and no help from senior players around them there isn’t an end in sight for the purgatory they must be in. It wasn’t a pretty night but at least we stopped the rot and can look ahead to Saturday in a slightly more positive manner. The form of Doyle and Cirkin. Now at an all time low its becoming painful to see these two players, who are good footballers at their core, be shelled every week until their final sinews of confidence are stripped from them. After Saturday’s pathetic showing, the least people expected was some kind of change as well as a reaction - neither were forthcoming. You either get the new manager bounce or you don’t. If we had been fighting relegation I’d have understood the decision to remove Lee Johnson, but when you’re third in the league, a new manager will need time to replace one relatively successful formula with another. This could also be interpreted as a desperate act by Alex Neil to turn around our fortunes but despite his age, Defoe’s quality is undoubted and even lacking fitness, the former England man made a tidy contribution with limited service.

31-year-old Corry Evans has assured fans the Sunderland players are working hard to arrest their slump in form.

As I mentioned we just have to keep going and keep trying to rectify it. “Obviously at this club there’s a lot more pressure and you feel every defeat, even today a draw feels like a defeat but we need to pick ourselves up and go again. However, faint hopes of promotion for League One this season are not out of reach having climbed back into the play-off places with Tuesday night’s 1-1 draw against Burton Albion.

"I have never been more proud to be a fan of Sunderland Ladies, as despite the lack of support they receive from higher up in the club, they wear their ...

But from the outside looking in, it is hard not be disgruntled and frustrated with the silence. The comments made in the minutes don’t inspire any encouragement whatsoever, as we have heard it time and time again. But we also know that the returns in women’s football are to be found further down the line. We have discussed the topic of advertisement and engagement numerous times amongst ourselves and on recent Roker Report podcast, where we referred to it as a chicken and egg situation. If there is anything we know about this fanbase, it is that we are loyal, despite that being questioned at times by bigwigs in suits. Again it is difficult to not compare ourselves to others and should remain focused on what we do as a club and team. Whereas when you compare it to Sunderland, the atmosphere is just flat, information regarding the matchday is limited, there is barely any engagement with the fans both on social media or at the ground. It is safe to say that there has been a lot of negativity, frustration and questions being asked of Sunderland Association Football Club in the last few weeks. SD hopes to have a double header of a men’s & women’s game at the Stadium of Light in the future. When you arrive in the ground, there is loud music playing, a stall selling merchandise, food and drink vans, grassroots sister clubs representatives, players and families are always there in the ground and play at half-time (yes, despite the covid-protocols that seem to have prevented community engagement by Sunderland AFC), they have motivated volunteers, proper security, an announcer who gets the atmosphere going. The club are pleased with player progress and with the first year on the pitch. Seeing as it has been well documented this season in social media that the Lasses have had ball girls at their games, what is actually preventing them from doing more grassroots engagement?

A SUNDERLAND AFC fan remains in a 'critical but stable condition' after requiring urgent medical attention at last night's (February 22)…

The patient was transported to hospital for further treatment.” “At around 7.50pm, paramedics attended the scene, and the man was taken to hospital in a life-threatening condition where he remains in a critical but stable condition. Following the treatment in the ground, the supporter was transported to hospital – where he was reportedly in a ‘critical but stable condition, according to police officers who were in attendance.

The players were just four minutes into the League One fixture when referee Robert Lewis paused proceedings after a fan fell ill in the West Stand.

Sunderland's match with Burton Albion was suspended due to a medical emergency The players were just four minutes into the League One fixture when referee Robert Lewis paused proceedings after a fan fell ill in the West Stand. - The game was held up while stewards cleared a path for the emergency services