Matt Murray, the Wolves goalkeeper who suffered a career ending injury whilst on loan with Hereford, has spoken to Sky about his decision to quit football.
"It's been difficult," Murray said.
"When you finally make a decision that you're not going to play again it's always hard. It's never something you want to hear.
"The specialists and all the medical team have been brilliant, but they finally said: 'Matt, you need to call it a day.'
"When I broke down the last few times I was getting close to that decision, so in one way it was a little bit of a relief. But still, when you finally hear it...
"I've been at Wolves since I was nine years of age, it's all I've known, so to go in and clear out your locker and say goodbye to all the ladies upstairs and your team-mates was emotional and hard.
"I'm only 29 and I've had 17 operations - some big, some small.
"The final one was a ruptured tendon to my right knee. There's a tendon that runs through your quads and it snapped. The knee-cap comes half-way up your thigh and it's very uncomfortable.
"It was so innocuous. I just got a back-pass when I was on loan at Hereford, third game back after a cruciate injury, and I hit the ball alright for once!
"Next thing I was in a heap on the floor and it was a sharp feeling. Then the pain went and that was it."
Murray then explained how difficult it was to go the gym whilst he team mates went training.
"At the Wolves training round you walk out of the dressing room and the lads go straight ahead, get their boots and go out to train.
"I had to go right to go to the gym - and the gym overlooks the training ground. Watching all the lads doing their warm-up, crossing and finishing and all the stuff I loved to do - and stuff I took for granted when I was fit - was hard.
"It can be lonely at times doing CV work and stuff like that. You do have dark times, but quite often there's somebody else going through a serious injury with you.
"I went through it with George Elokobi. We worked really hard together, so to see him back playing is nice.
"The staff there are brilliant, Mick McCarthy was unbelievable and sometimes they'd say: 'Matt, you need a break, go away and come back when you feel ready to go again.'
"There were definitely times when you'd go home and find it hard."
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