Aston Villa’s Jack Grealish attacked by spectator in derby at Birmingham City

• Birmingham vow to ban the supporter from St Andrew’s for life
• Man arrested after throwing punch at midfielder early in game

Birmingham City have said a supporter will be banned from St Andrew’s for life after he attacked Aston Villa midfielder Jack Grealish during the Birmingham derby.

The incident occurred less than 10 minutes into the game when Grealish was in the Birmingham penalty area and a spectator in a flat cap ran on to the field and threw a punch from behind the visiting captain, striking him on the side of the head.

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