Post by Deleted on Jul 7, 2016 11:12:52 GMT
I came across this guardian piece about Liam Lawrence getting injured tripping over his dog!!
At the bottom it has other footballer mishaps;
Football's most ridiculous injuries
• Lawrence is not alone in suffering at the paws of a mutt. Chic Brodie's career came to an abrupt end in October 1970 when the Brentford goalkeeper collided with a sheepdog that had run on to the pitch, shattering a kneecap. "The dog might have been a small one, but it just happened to be a solid one," he said. The former Barnsley midfielder Darren Barnard, however, was sidelined for five months with a torn knee ligament after he slipped in a puddle of his puppy's urine on the kitchen floor.
• The Everton goalkeeper Richard Wright was ruled out of an FA Cup fourth-round replay at Chelsea after twisting his ankle by falling over a sign warning him not to practice in the goalmouth during the pre-match warm-up. He also damaged his shoulder by falling through a loft as he was trying to pack away his suitcases. Wright's former Ipswich team-mate Kieron Dyer, then at Newcastle, damaged his left eye when he collided with a pole in training.
• During his spell at Leeds United, the England defender Rio Ferdinand picked up a tendon strain in his knee after leaving his leg propped on a coffee table for too long while watching television. Ferdinand's England colleague David James also suffered at the hands of the TV when he pulled a muscle in his back when reaching for the remote control. James also tweaked his shoulder while attempting to land a carp while fishing.
• The then Kidderminster captain Sean Flynn broke his nose, bust his lip and bruised his toes after tripping over his son's toy cars. But a real car accounted for the toy-sized Alan Wright, who strained his knee by stretching to reach the accelerator in his new Ferrari. He subsequently swapped the sports car for a Rover 416. The former Leeds and Blackburn midfielder David Batty injured his Achilles tendon when he was run over by his toddler on a tricycle.
• In 1993 the goalkeeper Dave Beasant dropped a bottle of salad cream on his foot, severing the tendon in his big toe and keeping him out of action for eight weeks. Similarly, the Spain goalkeeper Santiago Canizares missed the 2002 World Cup after accidentally shattering a bottle of aftershave in his hotel sink. A piece of glass fell on his foot, severing a tendon in his big toe.
• In 1975 the Manchester United goalkeeper Alex Stepney dislocated his jaw while shouting at his defenders during a match against Birmingham. Meanwhile England's Alan Mullery missed the 1964 tour of South America after injuring his back while brushing his teeth - not a problem for the American international Kasey Keller, who knocked out his front teeth while pulling his golf clubs out of the boot of his car.
• The Arsenal striker Charlie George cut off his toe with a lawnmower, but the then-Aston Villa forward Darius Vassell missed several games after he drilled through his toe nail with a home power drill thinking it would relieve the pressure on a swollen toe. It developed an infection that required medical attention.
• And finally, the Norway defender Svein Grondalen had to withdraw from an international during the 1970s after colliding with a moose while out jogging.
Just for some light relief anyone know of any others?
