{"id":853606,"date":"2026-03-27T10:17:24","date_gmt":"2026-03-27T10:17:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/853606\/"},"modified":"2026-03-27T10:17:24","modified_gmt":"2026-03-27T10:17:24","slug":"paul-pikes-family-issue-heartfelt-plea-in-search-for-birmingham-city-fan-last-seen-outside-pride-park","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/853606\/","title":{"rendered":"Paul Pike’s family issue heartfelt plea in search for Birmingham City fan last seen outside Pride Park"},"content":{"rendered":"

The 18-year-old Blues supporter is thought to have entered the ground but left shortly after. He hasn’t been seen since and fans of both sides have been working with the police to find him<\/p>\n

Sophie Fagone Buscimese<\/strong> Trainee Reporter<\/p>\n

07:57, 27 Mar 2026Updated 08:02, 27 Mar 2026<\/p>\n

\"Paul<\/p>\n

Paul Pike has not been seen since Saturday, March 21<\/p>\n

The family of Birmingham City fan Paul Pike – who was last seen before the recent Championship clash against Derby County at Pride Park – have issued a heartfelt plea in the search to find him.<\/p>\n

The 18-year-old Blues supporter was last seen outside the stadium at around 12.40pm on Saturday, March 21. The young man is thought to have entered the ground, but left shortly after.<\/p>\n

Supporters of both clubs came together in a volunteer-led search of the land surrounding the stadium on Thursday (March 26)<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Fans joined police in the search for Paul(Image: Oscar Fisher)<\/p>\n

Police have also asked neighbouring businesses to supply any CCTV footage that might assist the investigation<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Mr Pike’s family say they’re desperate for the young man to return home safe.<\/p>\n

A family statement read: “Paul, you are not in trouble at all, we just want you home.<\/p>\n

“Come home so we can look forward to the cricket season at Warwickshire and the rest of the season for the Blues. “I will also sort out the away tickets for Hull.”<\/p>\n

Mr Pike has been described as being white, around 6ft 1ins tall and of a slim build with short, dark brown hair and a beard. He was last seen wearing a Sergio Tacchino tracksuit top, grey on the top and black on the bottom, a Burberry patterned baseball cap, navy blue polo shirt and blue jeans.<\/p>\n

Businesses with CCTV footage covering the path along the River Derwent between 12.30pm and 2.30pm on March 21 have been asked to contact the police.<\/p>\n

Anyone who may have seen Mr Pike or drivers with dashcam footage have also been urged to contact police via their website<\/a>, the Derbyshire Constabulary Facebook page or by calling 101, quoting reference 1095 of March 24.<\/p>\n

The independent charity CrimeStoppers can also be contacted on 0800 555 111 or by visiting the CrimeStoppers website<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The 18-year-old Blues supporter is thought to have entered the ground but left shortly after. He hasn’t been…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":853607,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[7820],"tags":[855,748,17303,225234,393,4884,163514,16,15],"class_list":["post-853606","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-birmingham","tag-birmingham","tag-britain","tag-derby-county","tag-derbyshire-police","tag-england","tag-great-britain","tag-pride-park","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/116300627975598282","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/853606","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=853606"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/853606\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/853607"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=853606"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=853606"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=853606"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}