Archive for category: Injury

/ January 27, 2012 11:19 pm

Injury blow for St.Mirren as Kenny McLean ruled out for six weeks

St.Mirren have been dealt a blow with the news that highly-rated midfielder Kenny McLean has been ruled out for up to six weeks after breaking his collarbone in training.Previewing the clash against Inverness in the league tomorrow, manager Danny Lennon admitted that it is major blow to lose the Scotland Under-21 international. Lennon said: “Kenny McLean broke his collar bone

/ January 6, 2012 2:25 pm

Injury blow for Kayal as Celtic welcome back Izaguirre

Celtic have been dealt a major injury blow with the news that influential midfielder Beram Kayal has been ruled out for at least four months. The Israeli midfielder is set to have surgery on an ankle injury, picked up in a challenge with Rangers midfielder Lee McCulloch during the 1-0 Old Firm derby win at Celtic Park on the 28th

/ January 5, 2012 8:38 pm

Double injury blow for Rangers

Rangers have been dealt a double injury blow as Kyle Lafferty and Steven Whittaker have been ruled out of action up until the end of February. Kyle Lafferty tore his right hamstring eight minutes in the Ibrox side’s 3-0 win over Motherwell on Monday and he is joined on the injury list by Steven Whittaker, who will see a specialist

/ December 24, 2011 11:23 pm

Hamill major doubt for Edinburgh derby

Heart of Midlothian right-back Jamie Hamill could miss the Edinburgh derby at Easter Road on January 2nd

/ December 14, 2011 4:32 pm

Inverness defender Chris Hogg out for the season

Inverness defender Chris Hogg has been ruled out for the rest of the season with a serious knee injury after tangling with Gary Mackay-Stevens during Saturday's defeat to Dundee United.The former Hibs captain has suffered a cruciate ligament damage among other problems following the challenge. He told the official Inverness website: “It’s not great news on the medical front. I’ve

/ December 14, 2011 2:10 am

Get Well Soon Fletch

The football world was rocked today with the news that Darren Fletcher announced that he is taking an extended break from football for health reasons.A statement on the Manchester United website read: “Over the past year he has had several absence periods which we have attributed to a viral illness in order to respect his right to medical confidentiality. Darren

/ November 1, 2011 1:24 pm

Rangers forward Steven Naismith out for up to nine months

Steven Naismith will miss the rest of the season with an anterior cruciate ligament injury according to Rangers Football Club. Naismith was taken off injured during Ranger’s 2-1 win over Aberdeen on Saturday following a late challenge on Rob Milsom. Rangers have confirmed that the Scotland international is out for the rest of the season with an anterior cruciate ligament

/ September 4, 2011 8:18 pm

Scotland lacking striking options ahead of Lithuania clash

Brighton striker Craig Mackail-Smith has returned to the Championship leaders after suffering a back injury. With that pull out, Craig Levein will have just two strikers to choose from the squad that he called up for the EURO 2012 double headers against the Czech Republic and Lithuania. Kenny Miller picked up a booking in Saturday’s game against the Czech Republic

/ April 26, 2011 4:47 pm

Celtic’s Welsh midfielder Joe Ledley’s season is over

[singlepic id=1065 w=320 h=240 float=left]Celtic have reported that midfielder Joe Ledley will not play any part in the title run-in due to a hamstring injury. The Welshman passed a late fitness test to face rivals Rangers in the season’s final Old Firm derby match on Sunday, which finished 0-0. But Ledley had to be replaced in the second half through

/ April 13, 2011 8:16 pm

Hearts striker Kevin Kyle out for the season

Hearts have been dealt a blow with the news that striker Kevin Kyle has been ruled out for the rest of the season. The former Killie striker has not played since January when he went off injured in the Hearts Scottish Cup defeat to St.Johnstone. Despite numerous injections to treat a groin problem and a double hernia operation, he was

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