Cheltenham Town Football Club News

• Nickname:The Robins
• Founded:1892
• Manager:Mark Yates

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• Capacity:7,407

Robins suffer Caines woe

26 Jul 2007 - 11:46:31

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Cheltenham Town have been rocked by the news that central defender Gavin Caines will miss the start of the season after suffering a knee injury.

The 23-year-old slipped and twisted his knee during pre-season training and will require surgery.

"Gavin has seen a specialist and had some X-rays," club physiotherapist Ian Weston told the Robins' official website.

"The symptoms are pretty conclusive even without a scan, so he's been pencilled in for an arthroscopy next week.

"It appears that he has a slight tear to a lateral cartilage and he will be out of action for six weeks following the operation."