Topsey the cat who invaded pitch at Hillsborough during Sheffield Wednesday match had been missing for months

The moggy which stopped Sheffield Wednesday’s match against Wigan Athletic is called Topsey, revealed its owner Alison Jubb, who said she had been searching for the feline since she escaped in june during a trip to a cattery.

Ms Jubb told the BBC that Topsey went missing near Worrall, around two-and-a-half-miles from Hillsborough Stadium.

She said her daughter-in-law rang her on the night of the match to tell her about the cat on the loose but it was only the next morning that she discovered it was Topsey, after receiving a call from Spire Vets, who had scanned the moggy’s microchip.

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Ms Jubb told Hallam FM that Topsey had since undergone an operation to treat injuries to her head and neck, which had gone well, and she was on a drip for pain relief and was being referred to a nerve damage specialist.

"She seemed so pleased to see me though and purred when I cuddled her,” she told the radio station.

Topsey had got onto the pitch at Hillsborough during the second half of Tuesday’s match, forcing play to be halted while Latics player Jason Kerr managed to retrieve the furball and hand her over to a Wednesday-supporting vet who took her away to care for her overnight.

Sheffield Wednesday said following the match that the pitch invader was taken to the vets and had been treated for a head injury and a bite to the neck.

“The cat has received pain relief, antibiotics and she is now eating food,” added the club.