Darlington Football Club News

• Nickname:The Quakers
• Founded:1883
• Manager:Dave Penney

• Ground:Darlington Football Stadium
• Capacity:25,000

Abbott setback riles Penney

11 Sep 2008 - 14:16:47

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Darlington striker Pawel Abbott faces a further three months on the sidelines with an ankle ligament problem.

The 30-year-old has not featured in the Quakers first team so far this term and his long list of injury problems were rumoured to be linked with the club's training regime.

However, manager Dave Penney told the Evening Gazette: "It's a huge blow for Pav and the club, but I want to stress that his run of injuries are nothing to do with our training methods.

"None of them has been the result of physical contact. He's had knee, hamstring, Achilles injuries, among other strains, and has now damaged his ankle when running with the ball.

"We ban tackling in training, and if we're playing matches in training, we stop them if the physical contact becomes a risk.

"We haven't rushed him back, and took him to Aldershot last weekend to integrate him back into the squad. Then this happens in training this week."