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Killie suffer fresh Ford blow

22 Oct 2008 - 11:02:28

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Kilmarnock have been hit by the news that defender Simon Ford faces around six weeks out of action with a hamstring injury.

The 26-year-old lasted just 16 minutes of the 1-0 weekend win over Motherwell and scans have confirmed a serious blow for Killie boss Jim Jefferies.

He told the Daily Record: "Simon's got a grade two tear and will be out for six weeks. It's a huge blow, especially on top of Ryan O'Leary being ruled out long term.

"Hopefully we don't get a spate of injuries now, although there are options we didn't have last year.

"The specialist was hopeful it wasn't torn on Saturday, but by Monday there was a lot of swelling."