Football: Andrews lifts City; FOOTBALL: Good news for Adams in the countdown to the new season.Byline: By Andy Turner For other persons of the same name, see Andrew Turner (disambiguation). Andy Turner (born 23 March 1975 in Woolwich).He is an English footballer who is currently a Player Coach with Chasetown who play in the Southern League Division One Midlands. THE Sky Blues have had some surprise news regarding Wayne Andrews' ankle injury which threatened to keep him out for up to three months. The free transfer from Crystal Palace was initially told he had fractured his left ankle following a tackle in the Boa-vista game, but a more detailed scan has now revealed that, in actual fact, it is no more than a nasty sprain sprain, stretching or wrenching of the ligaments and tendons of a joint, often with rupture of the tissues but without dislocation. Sprains occur most commonly at the ankle, knee, or wrist joints, causing pain, swelling, and difficulty in moving the involved joint. . "The good news is that what showed up initially turned out to be an old fracture," said a delighted Micky Adams Michael Richard "Micky" Adams (born 8 November 1961 in Sheffield) is a professional football manager in England and former player. Playing career Adams began his playing career at Gillingham and also had spells at Coventry City, Leeds United and Southampton. . "So it is now being treated as a severe sprain rather than a fracture which means he should be back with us a lot sooner than we first thought." And there is further encouraging news on the injury front where influential centre-back Robert Page Robert Page may refer to:
"He is not 100 per cent but he has still got a couple of days and I am hopeful that he will be there or thereabouts," said the City boss whose only other available option is using Matt Heath alongside summer signing Ward. "Matty Heath has never let me down and he is fit and raring to go if selected." Meanwhile, City's hopes of securing Geoff Horsfield from Sheffield United were ended when he joined Leeds United on loan. CAPTION(S): FIT... Matt Heath' SOMETHING TO SMILE ABOUT... Wayne Andrews whose injury is not as bad as was first feared when he was carried off last Saturday |
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