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Inquest opens for West Bromwich Albion fan who collapsed during Sheffield Wednesday match

The inquest for a West Bromwich Albion fan who collapsed at Hillsborough has been opened. 

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Mark Townsend,  aged 57, from Farm Road, in Oldbury, passed away after taking ill at the away game against Sheffield Wednesday on September 28 last year.

At the short hearing held in Sheffield on Tuesday, South Yorkshire Senior Coroner Mrs Tanyka Rawden said the matter was subject to a case management review.

No cause of death was given.

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