Rafferty hand injury rocks Pools

Published : 06 Sep 2010 11:39:38

Hartlepool United will be without goalkeeper Andy Rafferty for a minimum of three months after he broke two bones in a finger last week.Rafferty, 22, will undergo surgery to correct the breaks, leaving stand-in boss Mick Wadsworth with one first-team goalkeeper in Scott Flinders. "It's a blow for us and for Andy," Mick Wadsworth told the club website. "With goalkeepers you have to take hand injuries very seriously so he'll have the operation quickly." Wadsworth added: "He'll then be given .... read more