"All 36 matches across the Championship, League One and League Two are scheduled to start one minute late. This quirk of the fixture list begins with Accrington Stanley's 8.01pm kick off against Salford City in League Two on Thursday, and ends when Sheffield United host Championship promotion hopefuls Middlesbrough at the same time on Monday."
"According to the BHF, when someone suffers a cardiac arrest, every minute without CPR and defibrillation decreases their chance of survival by 10 per cent. The issue was brought into sharp focus for English football fans in 2023, when Luton Town captain Tom Lockyer collapsed on the pitch twice in seven months. The first incident occurred during his side's Championship play-off final victory against Coventry City, when the defender suffered an atrial flutter - an irregular heartbeat - early in the game, causing him to collapse. He received medical attention on the pitch and was then taken to hospital. Lockyer recovered to captain Luton in the Premier League, but suffered a cardiac arrest which caused his heart to stop for almost three minutes during a game against Bournemouth that December."
All 36 EFL fixtures across the Championship, League One and League Two are scheduled to start one minute late this weekend, beginning with Accrington Stanley versus Salford City and concluding with Sheffield United versus Middlesbrough. The one-minute change supports the Every Minute Matters campaign, a partnership between Sky Bet and the British Heart Foundation, to underline the importance of rapid CPR and defibrillation. The British Heart Foundation states each minute without CPR and defibrillation reduces a cardiac arrest victim's chance of survival by about 10%. Tom Lockyer's on-field collapses in 2023, including a cardiac arrest that stopped his heart for nearly three minutes, illustrate the campaign's urgency.
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