Rotherham vs Sheffield Wednesday delayed as players forced off pitch with DRONE flying over New York Stadium

ROTHERHAM’S derby win over Sheffield Wednesday was dramatically stopped after a suspicious drone was spotted flying overhead.

The Millers beat their South Yorkshire rivals 3-0 at the New York Stadium on Tuesday – Jamie Lindsay scoring twice and Daniel Barlaser scoring a penalty against the ten men.

Rotherham and Sheffield Wednesday’s clash was temporarily stopped after a mysterious drone was spotted flying overheadCredit: Getty

But just five minutes into the game, the referee was forced to blow his whistle and instructed both sets of players and his assistants to leave the field.

Rotherham quickly used their Twitter account to inform viewers and fans following the game of what was going on.

They wrote: “The players have been brought off the pitch due to safety concerns.

“We’ll update you on the situation when we know more.

“We understand there is an unauthorised drone in the air space over the AESSEAL New York Stadium.”

The Owls followed suit, first tweeting: “It seems there is an issue in the game… Play has been suspended and both teams have retreated to their dugouts.

“We’re hearing reports that there is a drone over the stadium and, as a safety concern, the players have gone back to the changing rooms.”

Thankfully, after only a short delay and following the all-clear from safety officials and police, the game was restarted.

Wednesday tweeted: “The players are back out on the pitch, all very strange! Both going through some mini warm-ups.

“The game will resume in a few moments at 4:15 – the time when play was suspended.”

And it did not take long for the contest to explode into life.

Garry Monks’ visitors were all over the place at the back as Rotherham’s Jamie Lindsay sent a looping header over goalkeeper Cameron Dawson’s head to break the deadlock less than two minutes after play restarted.

The Owls suffered further blows before the break when defender Aden Flint was forced off through injury before Tom Lees was red carded and Daniel Barlaser converted a penalty as Lindsay grabbed a second to put the Millers 3-0 up.

Source: Soccer - thesun.co.uk