Football match abandoned after player ‘stabbed’ in the neck

By The Newsroom

Published 26th Oct 2015, 11:21 BST

The man's injuries are said to be serious but not life-threatening

A man suffered a neck wound during a football game.

South East Coast Ambulance Service was called to an assault during the Mile Oak Reserves and Alliance game in Crawley at 2.40pm on Saturday (October 24).

Mile Oak FC tweeted the game was called off at half time after thieves broke into changing rooms and an Alliance player was stabbed in Langley Green playing fields.