Cardiff player injured by falling advertising umbrella one day after ball boy incident

A Cardiff City player suffered a cut to his leg when an advertising umbrella fell on him under pressure from fans as the team celebrated a goal in the Welby derby at Swansea City in the EFL Championship on Sunday.

The incident came a day after two West Ham players were forced to pull a ball boy out from under a collapsed advertising screen during a goal celebration at a Premier League match at Crystal Palace. Cardiff assistant manager Omer Riza then questioned whether there would be sufficient security at Sunday's match.

Ollie Tanner had to receive treatment for a cut on his leg after assisting on the equaliser in a 1-1 draw, but he was injured during the celebrations that followed when Cardiff fans ran towards the players behind the goal and the advertising umbrellas collapsed.

“You look around and say, 'Maybe there should be more security around the field?' So that fans can't get close to the advertising signs,” Riza said.

“That's a heavy sign that fell down there and Ollie has a big cut on his leg. … He's OK, he kept going and going, but he had to go off for 30 seconds and that could have hurt us at that stage.”

Swansea manager Luke Williams said that following the weekend's events, every team must review their safety measures around the pitch.

“This is something that security officers at all clubs need to look into because there was an incident at the West Ham game as well,” said Williams.

“I guess the authorities and safety officials will now react to this and decide what is best.”