Trotters suffered from swine flu

27 October 2009 10:49
// A bit of a hack but it works// The article snippet is wrapped onto a second line, even when #article-sub is emptyif( $("div#article-sub").children().length == 0 ) {$("div#article-sub").remove();} Bolton manager Gary Megson admits that his squad had also been hit by the swine flu virus.[LNB] The virus has already affected Blackburn with Chris Samba and David Dunn thought to be just two players who are currently suffering, which prompted that Rovers' Carling Cup game with Peterborough on Tuesday could have been called off as a precaution.[LNB]The highly contagious illness has already resulted in a cancellation of a fixture in France between PSG and Marseille with the PSG players immediately quarantined as a result.[LNB]The Trotters travel to Chelsea on Wednesday for their League Cup clash and Megson admitted some of his squad had already contracted the virus but had all now fully recovered.[LNB]"From our point of view you are not going to be a business with quite a few employers where it totally escapes you that you are going to get one or two people with swine flu," he told Sky Sports News.[LNB]"I think we have had five, four players and one member of staff. But you try to do your best to avoid it but I would assume that it is nearly impossible. [LNB]"When it was first mooted that there was going to be a problem the doctor that we have got and the medical people we have made sure every door you go through we have things where you have to wash your hands.[LNB]"We have tried to take on every precaution we can but like I said it is impossible for it not to affect somebody in your organisation but there is nothing you can do."[LNB]

Source: SKY_Sports