Bruce left to rue Craig's bad break.Byline: JAMES HUNTER Dr James Hunter CBE (Born 1948) is currently Director for the UHI Centre for History, Chairman of the Isle of Eigg Heritage Trust and vice Chairman of Highland 2007 and formerly the Chairman of Highlands and Islands Enterprise, the Inverness-based development and training agency SUNDERLAND are waiting to find out how long Craig Gordon Craig Sinclair Gordon (born 31 December 1982 in Edinburgh, Scotland) is a Scottish footballer, currently a goalkeeper for both Sunderland and the Scotland national team. Club career Hearts will be out of action after fracturing his forearm in the defeat at Spurs. The Scotland goalkeeper picked up the injury when he dived to save at the feet of striker Jermain Defoe Jermain Colin Defoe (born 7 October 1982 in Beckton, London) is an English footballer of Saint Lucian and Dominican descent. He is a striker who plays club football for Tottenham Hotspur, in the English Premier League. just before the hour at White Hart Lane
White Hart Lane is the home of Tottenham Hotspur Football Club. It is situated in Tottenham, North London. . Gordon carried on playing for 10 minutes before being substituted and was taken to hospital, where the fracture showed up in an X-ray. Former Spurs man Marton Fulop took over in goal on Saturday, but Sunderland are short of cover with Northern Ireland Northern Ireland: see Ireland, Northern. Northern Ireland Part of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland occupying the northeastern portion of the island of Ireland. Area: 5,461 sq mi (14,144 sq km). Population (2001): 1,685,267. Under-21 man Trevor Carson the club's only other senior goalkeeper. Gordon has pulled out of the Scotland squad which will play a friendly against Wales Wales, Welsh Cymru, western peninsula and political division (principality) of Great Britain (1991 pop. 2,798,200), 8,016 sq mi (20,761 sq km), west of England; politically united with England since 1536. The capital is Cardiff. in Cardiff on Saturday. Sunderland were also dealt a second blow, with defender Michael Turner picking up his fifth yellow card of the season, meaning he will miss the Black Cats'' next game at home to Arsenal through suspension. Bruce is already without midfielder Lee Cattermole (knee ligaments) and defender John Mensah (back), while striker Kenwyne Jones still has two more games of a three-match ban to serve. Skipper Lorik Cana will be available, however, after serving a onematch suspension which ruled him out of the Spurs game. Meanwhile, Bruce was furious with TV pundit An expert or knowledgeable person. From "pandit" in Hindi. See guru. Garth Crooks after he accused Darren Bent of taking a dive to win a penalty at White Hart Lane. Bent's spot-kick was saved by Heurelho Gomes - who had been penalised for bringing down the England striker - but Crooks felt Bent went down too easily. Bruce said: "He is talking a load of rubbish. It was 10 penalties! There is a difference between diving and taking evasive action. "If someone is hurtling towards you and is going to smash into you, of course you are going to try and take evasive action. Benty was round the goalkeeper and, if he avoids contact, he gets on the ball and sticks it in the back of the net as far as I am concerned. "I am not going to go along with Garth on that one - that is ridiculous." |
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