Stephen Croft-Update

I'm Stephens brother,I don't post on here very often but I do read it.First of all I would just like to say a big thankyou for all the kind messages we've received on here and for your understanding and respect, we have been really humbled by them all and it has given us some comfort at this difficult time.
I guess a lot of you have read the statement we asked the club to put out so I've nothing much more to add to that.just to say we could not have asked for anything more to be done for my brother pitchside,by the time I got to my brother from my seat in the East Stand lower ,the medical people had already revived him but he was very weak,the doctors had already decided that the Air Ambulance was the best option.
I would like to explain about the Ambulance situation as I was told,I know someone was saying about how long it took to get there,well apparantly when the Air Ambulance is called there always has to be a land Ambulance on standby in case anything happens to the helicopter.There was an Ambulance at Oakwell cos a game cannot take place unless an ambulance is on stanby at the time the air Ambulance was called the game hadn't been postponed so another ambulance had to be called in case one ambulance had to go and the game went ahead.every bit of medical equipment that was needed was already pitchside .i cannot praise everybody concerned enough.
As for Stephen he was put in an induced Coma pitchside by the air ambulance crew ,he is still sedated in the Northern General Hospital,He his poorly but stable,the doctors are happy with how things are at the moment,we are hopeful of a good recovery but we will know more in a few days.I hope you don't mind me giving this update and thankyou all again

 

Best wishes to you and all your family mate, thanks for the update.

 

I am sure that all at Oakwell wish your brother a speedy and complete recovery. Please pass on our best wishes to Stephen and all his family...hope to see him at Oakwell soon.

 

Best wishes and hoping Steve makes a full recovery

 

Very best wishes to you and your family and of course to Stephen. I hope he makes a quick and complete recovery and is back down to Oakwell soon. Please pass on love from the Barnsley family....

 

Thanks for the update M16. Thank goodness that people with the necessary expertise were on hand
to give Stephen the treatment he required. I'm sure all Red's fans will join me in
wishing that Stephen makes a full recovery and is able to get down to Oakwell as
soon as possible. Best wishes go to you and all your family. It's a difficult time for you
all, but please take comfort that our thoughts and prayers are with Stephen and yourselves.

 

Appreciate the update and further explanation of what happened. Hope he gets well soon.

 

Wishing Stephen and your family all the luck in the world.

 

Good luck to you all, l hope for a speedy and full recovery to Stephen and strength to all his family and friends.

 

Our thoughts are with you all I think everybody in attendance yesterday will have renewed faith in humanity and realise that good people far outweigh the bad

 

So hopeful for a positive outcom. Fingers crossed.

 

Thanks for the update. Please take my best wishes for a speedy and complete recovery to Steve and my regards to the whole family. It is difficult enough for this to happen in private, but for it to happen in the public eye must have made it even more difficult for you all.

 

Thank you for the update M16.

I first met Stephen many years ago, probably almost twenty, when he was involved in the 50-50 scheme for the junior supporters. The way he looked after my nephew and niece was second to none and I cannot thank him enough. He became a good friend.

Players and managers come and go but it is the people behind the scenes, the tea lady, the girls in the ticket office taking abuse day in day out and volunteer's such as Stephen that are the life and soul of our club.

Stephen is a true gentleman and great ambassador to our club and from all the Harrogate Reds, we wish him a speedy recovery.

 

Hi Mick,

Still shocked from the news yesterday. Hope Stephen is on his way to recovery. Please pass my best on to him and the family. Hope you and Steph are ok?

Dave

 

Best wishes to all and hopefully a speedy recovery... after having a heart attack myself 10 years ago I know it's not the end of the world

 

Thank you for the update much appreciated...healing thoughts sent..not only to your brother but the family too ... at such a traumatic time ...I wish Stephen a speedy recovery... May your God give you all ..the strength you need ....best wishes..

 

Thanks for the update mate, all the best to your brother and the rest of your family.

 

hi , thanks for update , all best wishes to Stephen , and well done to everyone involved .

 

I can’t imagine how you felt at the time, and I’m so so glad the excellent professionals on hand were able to give such rapid and effective help to your brother.

Here’s hoping Stephen makes a quick and full recovery, our thoughts are with him and your family.

Thank you for taking the time to make your post, there’s plenty of folk on here fall out over not a lot but I think, I know, we’re 100% united in wishing you and your family all the best luck in the world here on in.

 

Wishing Stephen a speedy recovery .....God bless you all!