{"id":650691,"date":"2026-05-05T07:34:10","date_gmt":"2026-05-05T07:34:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/650691\/"},"modified":"2026-05-05T07:34:10","modified_gmt":"2026-05-05T07:34:10","slug":"football-news-2026-ex-manchester-city-star-stephen-ireland-rushed-to-hospital-with-fractured-leg-wythenshawe-fc-vets-statement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/650691\/","title":{"rendered":"Football news 2026 | Ex-Manchester City star Stephen Ireland rushed to hospital with fractured leg, Wythenshawe FC Vets statement"},"content":{"rendered":"

Former Manchester City<\/a> midfielder Stephen Ireland was rushed to hospital in an ambulance over the weekend after he fractured his leg in the premier division cup final.<\/p>\n

The 39-year-old was representing the Wythenshawe FC Vets when a sickening studs up challenge from a South Liverpool player forced Ireland to the ground.<\/p>\n

A snapping noise could be heard as Ireland fell to the turf, with nearby players immediately grimacing and placing their head in their hands. <\/p>\n

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The match came to a halt with less than 30 minutes of football played as medics attended to Ireland. An ambulance was later called to transport him off the field.<\/p>\n

\"Image<\/p>\n

Image of the ambulance arriving at the field for Stephen Ireland.\u00a0Twitter<\/p>\n

Players from both sides were seen gathered around nearby Ireland as ambulance officers assisted him into their vehicle, where he was taken to Warrington Hospital.<\/p>\n

Match officials declared the game had been abandoned after the ambulance arrived. <\/p>\n

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Ireland’s wife Jess admitted that the moment was “really upsetting and shocking” to watch, but she was grateful for the care that he received after the incident.<\/p>\n

“We are so grateful not only to the Wythenshawe FC fans but also to South Liverpool Vets and everyone at Warrington Rylands – you were all outstanding,” she said in a statement released by the club on Instagram.<\/p>\n

“A special thank you to the paramedics and ambulance team from Warrington Hospital for their swift and professional care.<\/p>\n

\"Stephen<\/p>\n

Stephen Ireland in action for Manchester City.\u00a0PA Images via Getty Images<\/p>\n

” In true Stephen spirit: “Superman will return.”<\/p>\n

The Wythenshawe FC Vets added: “We’re all behind you, Stephen. Wishing you a full and speedy recovery.”<\/p>\n

Ireland’s team has been gaining attraction in recent weeks on social media due to the sensational line-up of the over-35s Sunday League squad.<\/p>\n

Ireland has teamed up with his former Manchester City teammate Joleon Lescott, with the pair recording 330 caps between them for the club. Ex-Liverpool striker Emile Heskey and former Manchester United gun Antonio Valencia are also on the team.<\/p>\n

Other members of the squad have a background in the English championship.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Former Manchester City midfielder Stephen Ireland was rushed to hospital in an ambulance over the weekend after he…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":650692,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[563],"tags":[64,63,596,85],"class_list":["post-650691","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-football","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-football","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/650691","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=650691"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/650691\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/650692"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=650691"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=650691"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=650691"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}