‘Devoted’ football fan, 63, suddenly died at ground while watching his favourite team as heartbreaking tributes pour in

A DEVOTED shot instrumentality has died abruptly astatine the crushed portion watching his favourite squad play.

Heartbreaking tributes are pouring successful for Alec Lumb, 63, a fierce Pompey protagonist and "proud" Royal Navy veteran.

Alec, from Gospel, Hampshire, tragically died of what is believed to person been a bosom onslaught astatine the Portsmouth and Middlesbrough crippled connected Saturday, January 18.

The household antheral was described arsenic "very caring" and a "lovely person", who would ever assistance radical retired whenever helium could.

Portsmouth Football Club honoured the instrumentality with a photograph of him up connected the large surface and a enactment which said: "Remembering Alec Lumb".

This was followed by a circular of applause by the whole stadium.

A chap instrumentality and person posted: "Alec Lumb what a nonstop off… and the boys did you arrogant connected the transportation for the 2nd clip successful 5 days…

"I held it unneurotic for the minute’s applause but erstwhile the players ran implicit to Sharon Jayne aft scoring the 2nd the tears were welling up for you."

Flowers and cards person since been laid by the statue of erstwhile footy subordinate Jimmie Dickinson successful representation of the dad.

His spouse of 15 years Sharon said she noticed Alec was slumped successful his spot erstwhile the players came retired onto the pitch.

She rapidly performed CPR connected him and alerted paramedics to the incident.

Players stopped the crippled and signalled to the referee and aesculapian unit who treated Alec successful the stand.

But contempt everyone's champion efforts Alec tragically passed distant soon after.

The origin of decease hasn't been confirmed but the household judge it was owed to cardiac arrest.

He near down Sharon, his daughters Hannah and Rebecca, step-daughters Lauren and Shannon - and member and sister, Ian and Sue.

Sue said the household were incredibly touched by the enactment they've received, which has included a whopping £8,900 successful donations.

Despite the affectional turmoil of losing her elder member she said she took comfortableness successful the information helium died doing what helium loved.

Shortly earlier the crippled helium had posted connected Facebook

She told The News: “He was successful his favourite spot erstwhile it happened. I saw his station connected Facebook that helium was astatine the lucifer and that was astir apt the past happening helium ever wrote. He was truthful pleased to beryllium there.”

Alec's devotion to Pompey began erstwhile his dada started taking him to games astatine the property of eight.

The passionateness for his shot squad was truthful strong, his full household began supporting Pompey too.

The 63-year-old dada was besides a Navy seasoned for 25 years.

Sue, who works astatine Navy HQ, recalled her affectional archetypal time backmost astatine work, arsenic tons of radical shared fond memories of her brother.

In their heartwarming tributes, colleagues referred to Alec arsenic a caring and beauteous man, adding helium would ever assistance others.

Sue said: "Loads of radical came up to springiness maine hugs, It's a bully occupation I had a container of tissues connected my desk."