Championship match put on hold as mystery individual is spotted flying over stadium | Football

Haji Wright scrambled home a last-gasp winner as Mark Robins’ hosts came from two goals down to secure a thrilling 3-2 victory but a paragliding daredevil briefly took centre stage in the West Midlands.

Loud cheers and whistles were heard around the stadium as the person in question hovered over the pitch with around ten minutes remaining of normal time at the Coventry Building Society Arena.

The match had to be paused as the mystery individual drifted over the stands and out of the view from Sky Sports’ cameras, before referee Bobby Madley blew his whistle to signal for play to be resumed.

Coventry had picked up just two wins prior to their victory over Luton and the result ensured Robins’ men leapfrogged their visitors into 19th place in the table.

Luton, meanwhile, find themselves stranded down in 19th place following the defeat and could be sucked into the drop zone should results go against them this weekend.

Rob Edwards’ side have accumulated just 12 points in the division after suffering relegation from the Premier League last season.

‘I don’t really care how they come as long as they go in,’ Coventry forward Wright told Sky Sports when asked about his scruffy winning goal.

‘It was an important goal for us, we were working throughout the 90 minutes to get a goal like this and for it to happen this way is amazing.

‘I think our play in the first half gave us a bit of confidence.

‘We knew we were creating chances and it was just a matter of time before we took one.’

After a tough start to the 2024/25 campaign, Wright is confident Coventry are beginning to ‘gel’ and find their feet.

‘It’s frustrating. We still have loads of new players and our team is quite young so we’re still trying to find that gel and the perfect tempo to play with,’ he added.

‘We’re still finding our feet a bit but today was a great day for us.’

A downbeat Edwards criticised Luton’s poor defending in the match but took full responsibility for the manner of his team’s loss.

‘There were too many moments where we were open, gave them that glimmer from a set-piece. It’s on us, it’s on me,’ the Luton head coach said shortly after the final whistle.

‘It’s 2-1 and then the crowd really get behind them, more intensity. We tried to introduce changes early to have an impact but in the end we haven’t defended well enough.

‘I’ll completely own it. You can’t be 2-0 up and then lose the game 3-2.’

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