I must remember to speel chick this one or face further criticism from Editor Dade. I wonder how well he would assess a knee?

The game against Grafton Strollers gives me a chance to hark back and pay tribute to two players that were named joint man of the match the last time we played them.  That game was the penultimate game of last year and we won fairly comfortably with goals from Keith and Tremayne.

Two players that have come back from serious injury were the star performers.  Luis sustained a nasty radial head fracture (come on Stuart, where is this bone and what other bones does it articulate with?) after coming off his bike in February 2008.  He had to have two operations on it, one to fix it and one to remove adhesions that had developed, which stiffened up the joint (negligent rehabilitation Luis?).  He didn't play for nine months and had only been back in the team for two games before he rose to the fore and put in a terrific performance against the Strollers.  Not only did he pass the ball around and break up play he seemed to have a bit more stamina and zip.  Considering his lay off this was testament to his desire to get back to playing football.

The other star man was Greame Werewolf.  Amazingly Graeme has never before attracted the nickname Werewolf.  I can't wait for the first game under a full moon.  Graeme's serious injury is not as well documented as Luis' and I won't elaborate here as he may not want the details to be posted.  But the circumstances were shocking (twice) and again to return to football is a fantastic achievement.  Graeme looked assured in his performance against Grafton and for the first time for the Accies really looked the part.  I think that this game cemented his vote for entry to the club (as well as attempting to chat up Bouncy the bar maid the week before after the awards dinner!).