A SEARCH has been launched for the Spurs supporter involved in a Cup Final life-saving drama so he can be reunited with the Rovers fans who helped him.

Blackburn Rovers fan Dr Jonathan Dewhurst gave emergency aid to the man after he suffered a heart attack on a train heading for the Worthington Cup final on Sunday.

John Dewhurst, who works for Watsons Solicitors, Darwen, watched as his son stepped in to help the Spurs fan, who had collapsed with chest pains at Bristol's Parkway Station.

And today a spokesman for Spurs said they would do all they could to trace the man so he could thank Jonathan in person.

Dr Dewhurst, 24, a former pupil at Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School, Blackburn, helped the man, a 44-year-old from Southern Ireland, lie down, kept his airways clear and worked to keep him awake as he drifted in and out of consciousness.

He stayed with the man until an ambulance arrived to take him to hospital.

Jonathan and his family were allowed to stay on the Tottenham train for the journey to Cardiff and by the time they reached their destination the man's wife had phoned his friends to say he was in Frenchay hospital, where he was in a stable condition.

John said: "It sounds like he's going to be OK, which is good news. We heard he was stable in hospital and that he was going to be discharged so hopefully he is well on the way to a full recovery."

A spokesman for Tottenham Hotspur Football Club said they knew about the incident and were preparing to try to track the Irish supporter down through their website.

A message was due to be posted on to the official website asking anybody with information about the fan to get in touch with the club or the Lancashire Evening Telegraph.

The spokesman said: "We are aware of the incident but unfortunately don't have any further details about the fan. I'm sure we will do all we can to help track him down, though."

Efforts were also being made to trace the Spurs fan through the official Cork Spurs Supporters Association, of which he is thought to be a member.

Dr Dewhurst had travelled up from the Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital, where he works, to meet his dad, his twin sister Kate and other members of the family before Rovers' 2-1 victory.