Greg Young's cruciate ligament injury was sustained playing for Halifax against Altrincham on New Year's Day 2007.John Laidlar's match report states:-
Five minutes into the half Thomson escaped censure when he held Young's shirt and as the big defender went down he appeared to twist his leg and had to be stretchered off, to be replaced by Jake Wright (51 mins).
Ironically it was Jake Wright who was stretchered off on New Year's Day 2008 playing for Vics.
Also a number of you will be interested to know that his girlfriend was a "Soccerette" on Soccer AM on the day that Halifax played Hereford in the 2005 Nationwide Conference Play-Off Final.
Brian,
Are you sure that the Jakes are the same ones? I thought that Jake Speight was stretchered off on New Years Day this year?
Yes Foz you are right.I always get these two mixed up but should have known better,particularly as I was discussing both players with the guy from the Northwich Guardian on New Years Day.