Helicopter Lands in Barnsley Stadium After Medical Emergency Disrupts Game

A Barnsley Football Club match between Barnsley and Burton Albion was cancelled on Saturday 22 after volunteer Stephen Croft went into cardiac arrest prior to the kick-off and a helicopter was called in to transport him to hospital. This footage shows the air ambulance landing on the pitch. Croft’s family issued a statement which was posted on the Barnsley FC websites, indicating that Croft was “stable but in a poorly condition in Hospital, at Sheffield Northern General.” Credit: Danny Stewart via Storyful