Championship clash stopped due to crowd emergency as club staff deployed

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Bristol City’s Championship clash against Coventry City was briefly stopped due to an emergency in the crowd.The referee brought play to a halt around the 70-minute mark after fans in the away end desperately called for assistance.Staff at Ashton Gate raced over to the away end to aid an unwell supporterGettyIt was not immediately clear why the game had been suspended and players were seen scuffling amid the confusion.However, stewards and medical staff at Ashton Gate then ran over to the area where the travelling Sky Blues supporters were situated behind the goal.The stoppage only lasted a matter of minutes before play resumed.At the time of the incident, Coventry led 2-0 thanks to goals from Tatsuhiro Sakamoto and Haji Wright.Sakamoto put Frank Lampard’s side ahead in the 37th minute as he rose to head home Jay Dasilva’s floated cross from six yards out.It was the Japanese ace’s fifth league goal of the 2025/26 campaign.Wright doubled the Sky Blues’ advantage in first-half stoppage time with a cool effort just inside the 18-yard box.It took the American striker’s goal tally for the season up to 16 as he remains well in the hunt to win the Championship’s Golden Boot award.Wright’s goal came just minutes after Coventry was reduced to ten men after defender Joel Latibeaudiere was shown a straight red card.Latibeaudiere was sent off after he brought down Robins striker Emil Riis just as he was through on goal.More to follow…Coventry’s clash against Bristol had plenty of in-game dramaGetty