{"id":329762,"date":"2025-08-09T05:32:20","date_gmt":"2025-08-09T05:32:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/329762\/"},"modified":"2025-08-09T05:32:20","modified_gmt":"2025-08-09T05:32:20","slug":"birmingham-fan-hauled-to-ground-in-player-bust-up-as-fans-say-football-is-back","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/329762\/","title":{"rendered":"Birmingham fan hauled to ground in player bust-up as fans say &#8216;football is back&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Birmingham City hosted Ipswich Town on Friday night as the Championship returned &#8211; a brawl kicked off between the players injury time and one fan felt the need to get involved<\/p>\n<p>22:43, 08 Aug 2025Updated 22:45, 08 Aug 2025<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/0_Birmingham-fan-hauled-to-ground-in-player-bust-up-as-fans-say-football-is-back.jpg\" alt=\"screenshot of Birmingham vs Ipswich game \" loading=\"eager\"  \/>The fan can be seen jumping over the barrier (Image: X)<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">The Championship <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailystar.co.uk\/sport\/football\/breaking-championship-202526-fixtures-wrexham-35455366\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"returned this eveningLink opens in a new tab.\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">returned this evening<\/a> in some style as Birmingham City took on Ipswich Town.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Honours were split as the game at the St. Andrew&#8217;s @ Knighthead Park stadium ended up 1-1. However, the match erupted in the 98th minute of injury time as <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailystar.co.uk\/sport\/football\/premier-league-legend-football-flight-35688425\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"a scrap broke outLink opens in a new tab.\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">a scrap broke out<\/a> between the players.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Not content with just watching from the stands, one eager Birmingham <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailystar.co.uk\/showbiz\/beyonc-fans-brawl-cowboy-fights-35354256\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"fan just had to get involved in itLink opens in a new tab.\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">fan just had to get involved in it<\/a> himself. The man, dressed in shorts and Nike t-shirt- climbed, over the barrier and started shoving one of the Ipswich players.<\/p>\n<p>Content cannot be displayed without consent<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">The sunglasses on his head clip down onto his face before he is the rammed by a security guard and fall to to the ground.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">One amused sports fan posted the clip on their X page, with the caption: &#8220;Opening night of the season and this Birmingham fan just can\u2019t f****** help himself.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">More than a dozen social media users weighed in with their thoughts on the incident, as one said: &#8220;Football is back&#8221; followed by a sunglasses emoji.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Another added: &#8220;Embarrassing needs to be banned for life,&#8221; as a third commented: &#8220;They\u2019re a different level of inbred that lot.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Some called for him to be banned for life and one wondered what exactly the man had been up to beforehand, saying: &#8220;He doesn\u2019t look drunk so I wonder what else could be in his system.&#8221; Elsewhere, another joked: &#8220;Ha ha tough guy flattened.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \"><strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35\">For the latest breaking news and stories from across the globe from the Daily Star, sign up for our<\/strong> <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailystar.co.uk\/newsletter-preference-centre\/\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"[object Object]Link opens in a new tab.\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35\">newsletters<\/strong><\/a><strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35\">.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Birmingham City hosted Ipswich Town on Friday night as the Championship returned &#8211; a brawl kicked off between&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":329763,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7820],"tags":[855,1205,748,393,4884,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-329762","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-birmingham","8":"tag-birmingham","9":"tag-birmingham-city-fc","10":"tag-britain","11":"tag-england","12":"tag-great-britain","13":"tag-uk","14":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114997175493294332","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/329762","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=329762"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/329762\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/329763"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=329762"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=329762"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=329762"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}