Bashed up Owen set for surgery

26 November 2009 11:06
Owen went into the 2-2 draw with Torquay wearing a protective face mask having made a speedy recovery from the fracture he sustained in the Johnstone's Paint Trophy defeat at Bradford on November 10.[LNB]But he took another knock to the same area in midweek and will require a minor operation.[LNB]The influential centre-back will undergo surgery on Friday and is expected to be out for around 10 to 14 days.[LNB]Meanwhile, Geoff Horsfield got some valuable match fitness on his recent from a groin injury by playing 65 minutes for Vale's reserves on Wednesday night as they came from behind to rescue a 1-1 draw at Burton, Danny Glover scoring for Vale.[LNB][LNB]

Source: Team_Talk