Bradford City chairman Geoffrey Richmond was today in a Newcastle hospital after being taken ill at the end of the Worthington Cup match at St James's Park last night.

Mr Richmond, 58, complained of feeling unwell after the game which City lost 4-3 and was seen by the Newcastle club doctor before paramedics were called.

He was taken to the coronary care unit at the Royal Victoria Infirmary shortly before 11pm.

A Newcastle United spokesman said Mr Richmond had been taken to hospital after a 'bad turn.' It was thought his visit was precautionary.

A hospital spokesman confirmed that Mr Richmond had been admitted to the hospital for observation overnight and his condition was being reviewed today.

Today Bradford City managing director Sean Harvey said that Mr Richmond had not had a heart attack.

He said he believed he would be released from hospital today.

City were 3-0 down at one stage in last night's match but fought back in a nerve-jangling game. Only a minute after they had equalised Newcastle scored again.

The club has made unprecedented progress on and off the field since Mr Richmond took over as City chairman in January 1994.

He led the club to promotion to the First Division in 1996 and then to the Premiership three years later. At the same time, he began a major re-development of the Valley Parade ground with the building of a new Midland Road stand in 1996 and a new Kop stand three years later.

The main stand is being extended with the addition of 7,000 more seats which will increase the capacity of the ground to 25,000 when work is completed in February.