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Davis' stroke stuns Hatters

29 Oct 2006 - 18:09:58

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Luton Town have been rocked by the news that defender Sol Davis has suffered a stroke.

The 27-year-old was taken ill on Saturday as the Hatters travelled to Ipswich, and is now in a specialist unit at the Addenbrookes Hospital in Cambridgeshire.

Speaking after Sunday's 5-0 loss at Ipswich, Luton manager Mike Newell said: "We kept quiet about it until after the match but it puts everything into perspective.

"It happened 25 minutes after leaving Luton and I am told that it might take six months before he makes a complete recovery.

"He has had an MRI scan but I am not qualified to talk about that.

"I am not going to use it as an excuse for our performance but we will never know what effect it had on the lads.

"Sol has made a bit of an improvement but he lost feeling in his left side and it has affected his speech."