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Two Liverpool fans told how they delivered a baby on the Kop when a woman who went into labour at a packed Pink concert.

Medics John Matthews and Dani Berg were both on duty as crowd doctors at the Anfield stadium concert last night when the drama unfolded.

They were at the opposite end of the stadium when the call came that the 32-year-old woman, Denise Jones, had gone into labour just as Pink launched into her first number - Get the Party Started.

Accompanied by stewards, the medical team had to negotiate a quick path through thousands of people to reach the woman, who was in the Main Stand.

Dr Matthews, who works as a consultant at Whiston hospital's emergency department, said: "When we reached her, it was quite clear the patient was heavily pregnant and showing signs of being in labour.

"We took the decision to move her as quickly as possible to the First Aid Room underneath the Kop stand.

"We continued to assess her and established she was going to have to deliver the baby in the stadium as there was not enough time to get her to hospital.

"So that's what Dani and I did. It took less than five minutes. We didn't have time to get concerned or worried, we just had to crack on and get on with it.

"There was no equipment in the first aid room, just a couple of beds.

"This doesn't happen very often and I'd never delivered a baby in Anfield before. When things go well, it's always a good feeling."

Dr Berg, a GP, took up the story: "The initial reaction was disbelief. Often we get calls to things that aren't what they seem at first, but this was one was.

"It was very different compared with what we're used to dealing with at the matches.

"We had to take a loop around the stadium but people were very good about letting us pass.

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"We didn't have time to be surprised as it all happened so quickly."

Dr Matthews added: "The mum was incredible, despite the unusual circumstances

"She placed a lot of trust in the people who were delivering her baby, and she was really calm about it.

"She did it all naturally, there was no time for pain relief."

The doctors praised the action of the stewards who carried the mum-to-be out of the main stand and to the first aid room.

"If it hadn't been for them, we would have had to deliver the baby in the main stand with 4,600 people watching us," said Dr Berg.

"It brought a whole new meaning to the Pink song, 'I'm coming out so you better get the party started!'"

Mum Denise, from Huyton , has given the new addition to the family the most fitting name - Dolly Pink.

She weighed 6lb 4.5oz at the time of the surprising birth inside Anfield but thankfully both mum and baby are healthy and happy and being well looked after.

Speaking to the ECHO from a bed at the Women's Hospital , Denise jokingly said: "I'm still massively in shock, just a bit gutted I missed the concert.

"But I couldn't be any happier right now!

"The plan was to call her Dolly Louise but since she was born in the concert we've changed it to Dolly Pink.

"It all went very fast but the paramedics were amazing and were so happy themselves that both of them were healthy."