{"id":12901,"date":"2026-04-13T13:51:22","date_gmt":"2026-04-13T12:51:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/outdoorthrill.cfd\/?p=12901"},"modified":"2026-04-13T13:51:22","modified_gmt":"2026-04-13T12:51:22","slug":"blackpool-supporter-dies-following-medical-emergency-on-saturday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/outdoorthrill.cfd\/?p=12901","title":{"rendered":"Blackpool supporter dies following medical emergency on Saturday"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\"><b class=\"ssrcss-1xjjfut-BoldText e5tfeyi3\">Blackpool have paid tribute to a supporter who died following a medical emergency at Bloomfield Road on Saturday. <\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The League One game between the Tangerines and Peterborough United was halted for 30 minutes during the second half after the fan was taken ill in the stands.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Emergency staff were on the scene during the break in play, but despite their best efforts, the club announced on Sunday that the supporter, named as Graham Sharman, had passed away.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">A club statement read: &#8220;Blackpool Football Club is deeply saddened to report the news of the passing of supporter Graham Sharman.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;Graham suffered a medical emergency in the second half of Saturday&#8217;s match at Bloomfield Road. Despite the best efforts of medical professionals, Graham sadly passed away.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">It continued: &#8220;The club have been in contact with his family and will remain in close communication to offer any support that is needed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;The thoughts and condolences of everyone go out to Graham&#8217;s family and all of those connected at this time.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;Rest in peace, Graham.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Blackpool have paid tribute to a supporter who died following a medical emergency at Bloomfield Road on Saturday. The League One game between the Tangerines and Peterborough United was halted for 30 minutes during the second half after the fan was taken ill in the stands. Emergency staff were on the scene during the break<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":12902,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12901","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-football"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/outdoorthrill.cfd\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12901","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/outdoorthrill.cfd\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/outdoorthrill.cfd\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/outdoorthrill.cfd\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/outdoorthrill.cfd\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=12901"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/outdoorthrill.cfd\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12901\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/outdoorthrill.cfd\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/12902"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/outdoorthrill.cfd\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=12901"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/outdoorthrill.cfd\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=12901"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/outdoorthrill.cfd\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=12901"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}