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Saturday, November 09, 2002

Grant set for imminent return

The one remaining player on the Hereford United injury list could return within the next two weeks.

Attacker John Grant, who has a cracked fibula, has been out since the game at Kettering Town in late September but is recovering well.

He said: "Scott Goodwin was pretty fired up and tackled me from behind me after five minutes but I carried on even though it hurt like hell. I'd broken my fibula but I toughed it out because I wanted to show the manager I wasn't faking it. The assistant manager Richard O'Kelly had said `I'm not sure you fancy it because you haven't scored' so I played on just to prove I wasn't."

After missing the first three games of the season through suspension, and then a long lay-off with injury, Grant hasn't had the best start to his United career.

"For the first four games I hadn't felt my normal self but the two games prior to the injury I was just finding my sharpness so it's been frustrating to sit out the last six weeks. I won't be back for the Wigan FA Cup match but I'm hoping to come back for the match after that."