Wayne Rooney Reacts To Birmingham City Star’s Incident VS Plymouth Argyle……
Former Exeter City man Jay Stansfield gave Birmingham City the lead at Home Park and celebrated in front of the Plymouth supporters.
Former Exeter City loanee Jay Stansfield celebrated in front of Plymouth supporters after scoring for Birmingham yesterday.
Wayne Rooney has said that he would discuss Jay Stansfield’s celebration with him.
Rooney understands that emotions got the better of Stansfield.
Birmingham City boss Wayne Rooney has said he will talk to striker Jay Stansfield about his celebration after scoring in the club’s 3-3 draw with Plymouth Argyle
Stansfield has a strong allegiance to Plymouth’s Devon rivals Exeter City thanks to his father, Adam Stansfield, who is an Exeter legend after spending four years at the club before tragically passing away from cancer in 2010.
The striker, on loan from Fulham, also spent last season on loan at the St James’ Park club last season and made sure to remind Plymouth supporters of his Exeter connections.
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After scoring in the 15th minute, Stansfield revealed a t-shirt which said, “Once a red, always a red”, in front of the Plymouth supporters, which as you’d expect, didn’t go down well.
It led to some home supporters trying to throw objects at the striker, and he was subsequently booked for the celebration.
Wayne Rooney’s reaction to Jay Stansfield’s celebration v Plymouth Argyle
Birmingham boss Wayne Rooney was clearly unimpressed with the striker’s celebrations, but admitted that emotions can sometimes get the better of you in football.
He told BBC Sport, “Sometimes you’re better focusing on your job on the pitch, but ultimately he’s a young player learning his trade in the game and he felt this game was very emotional for him and his family, and he’s reacted after his goal the way he did, and the referee rightly gave him a yellow card.
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“I knew he went behind the goal to the fans, I didn’t know he had a T-shirt. I’ll speak to Jay on it. When you get involved with fans you never know what the reaction is going to be.
“I’ve been there myself, I’ve made mistakes like that myself on the pitch and it’s something which I’m sure he’ll learn from.”
Birmingham City throw away a two-goal lead
Despite Stansfield giving Rooney’s side an early lead, the Blues could not hold on for all three points.
Birmingham were 2-0 up after just 39 minutes thanks to goals from Stansfield and Jordan James, before Joe Edwards halved the deficit for the hosts just before half-time.
Blues were reduced to ten men shortly after the break when Krystian Bielik was shown a red card, but they restored their two-goal lead with a goal from Juninho Bacuna. However, the shares were spoiled as Ben Waine and Morgan Whittaker rescued a point for the home side after a second-half comeback.
Stansfield was replaced in the 66th minute, with manager Rooney perhaps worried about being reduced to nine men with the striker on a booking and Bielik already being shown a red card.
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