Leyton Orient-Lincoln abandoned after medical emergency in the crowd

The League One match between Leyton Orient and Lincoln was abandoned after 82 minutes due to a medical emergency involving a member of the crowd.

A fan ran on the pitch towards referee Stephen Martin to draw attention to the fact that a member of the public needed medical attention in the East Stand.

The game then continued for less than a minute before around 20 fans sat down on the pitch at the home end to alert the referee to the continuing medical emergency and the game was halted.

This evening’s match will not be restarted due to the ongoing medical emergency in the East Stand.

All of our hopes are prayers are with the supporter and his loved ones at this incredibly distressing time.

— Leyton Orient FC (@leytonorientfc) October 3, 2023

With the paramedics appearing to give the individual CPR on the side of the pitch, the referee took the teams off the field.

The match was abandoned an hour after the initial stoppage occurred. and as the fans left the ground, the medical teams were still attending to the patient.

The home side were leading 1-0 when the game was stopped.

The goal came from an error by Sean Roughan after 10 minutes. Under pressure in his own penalty area from Ruel Sotiriou, the Imps defender miskicked the ball and Sotiriou squared across goal for Joe Pigott to net his second goal of the season with the simplest of chances.

The players are now going back into the changing rooms while the supporter receives treatment beside the pitch.

We will update supporters with further information when we have it.

🔴 1-0 🟢 | #LEYLIN

— Lincoln City FC 🇺🇦 (@LincolnCity_FC) October 3, 2023

Roughan had earlier produced a good save from Orient goalkeeper Sol Brynn who was at full stretch to turn the ball around the post for a corner.

Both sides produced some neat football, with Hakeeb Adelakun going close for the visitors whilst former Lincoln midfielder Max Sanders was denied a goal against his former employers when Imps keeper Lukas Jensen flung himself to his left to avert the danger.

A lively and entertaining second period produced chances at both ends, with Ethan Hamilton going close for the visitors while Jensen clawed away a powerful header from Idris El Mizouni, before the medical emergency ended play.

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