Source: PA
Woodgate happy to disprove doubters
Jonathan Woodgate was delighted to have proved his doubters wrong after finally making his comeback from a 15-month injury lay-off in Tottenham's win over AC Milan on Tuesday night.
The former Real Madrid centre-back came off the bench to make a 35-minute appearance in Spurs' win at the San Siro after Vedran Corluka had to come off after being pole-axed by Matthieu Flamini's horrific two-footed lunge.
Woodgate picked up his groin problem in Tottenham's 9-1 win over Wigan in November 2009 and it was feared that the injury-plagued defender would never recover.
"It was a great feeling to get back," said Woodgate. "There is nothing worse than when you can't play football.
"Watching games is painful when you're injured but you try to spur the lads on and give them all the confidence they need.
"A lot of people doubted whether I'd be able to get back but you have to show determination to not let bad times get you down and you have to just keep going."
