The fan who required medical assistance during the Newcastle United and Tottenham match is awake and responsive in a nearby hospital.
Sunday’s Premier League game came to a halt in the 40th minute, with Spurs leading 2-1, after referee Andre Marriner was alerted to the incident by players and supporters.
Both sets of players walked to the sidelines as emergency crews attended the person in the East Stand, with Newcastle’s club doctor Paul Catterson seen carrying a defibrillator.
After consulting police, the referee took the players off the field with play having been suspended for around six minutes.
Some 12 minutes after the game had stopped, an announcement was made that the teams would be returning to complete the first half, for which seven minutes of stoppage time had earlier been signalled.
Newcastle had earlier confirmed that the person had been stabilised and was on the way to hospital as the players reemerged to warm up.
After the resumption in play, Tottenham increased their lead in first-half added time through Heung-Min Son.
The match finished in a 3-2 win for Spurs after they scored an own goal through Eric Dier in the 89th minute, with Newcastle, who saw Jonjo Shelvey sent off in the second half for two yellow cards, still winless after their opening eight league games.
Speaking to Sky Sports after the game, Tottenham’s Harry Kane said: “First and foremost we want to say best wishes to the guy in the stands. It wasn’t a good sight to see, and we hear he might be stable now, so we’re thankful to the medical team and the fans. Hopefully he is OK, and we wish him all the best from Spurs and the players.”
Tottenham left-back Sergio Reguilon, who helped get referee Marriner’s attention to the incident, added: “I saw the fan lying down, and one man [giving him CPR], I was very nervous, I went to the referee and said we cannot play, stop the match. The fans say: ‘Stop, stop!'”
