REPUBLIC OF IRELAND U21 international Andy Lyons faces a long spell on the sidelines having sustained an ACL injury in Blackpool’s League One clash with Leyton Orient.
The 23-year-old defender – who excelled for Bohemians and Shamrock Rovers before moving across to the UK – came on against Orient as a second-half substitute, but went down injured when chasing after the ball.
Lyons had to be stretchered off, and Blackpool boss Neil Critchley confirmed the severity of the injury.
“We’ve had some bad news on Andy (Lyons), unfortunately he has suffered an ACL injury”, revealed Critchley.
Advertisement
Critchley did not put a timescale on Lyons’ return, but he is likely to miss at least nine months of action.
To embed this post, copy the code below on your site
Close
Comments
This is YOUR comments community. Stay civil, stay constructive, stay on topic.
Please familiarise yourself with our comments policy
here
before taking part.
Blackpool's Andy Lyons suffers major blow with ACL injury
REPUBLIC OF IRELAND U21 international Andy Lyons faces a long spell on the sidelines having sustained an ACL injury in Blackpool’s League One clash with Leyton Orient.
The 23-year-old defender – who excelled for Bohemians and Shamrock Rovers before moving across to the UK – came on against Orient as a second-half substitute, but went down injured when chasing after the ball.
Lyons had to be stretchered off, and Blackpool boss Neil Critchley confirmed the severity of the injury.
“We’ve had some bad news on Andy (Lyons), unfortunately he has suffered an ACL injury”, revealed Critchley.
Critchley did not put a timescale on Lyons’ return, but he is likely to miss at least nine months of action.
To embed this post, copy the code below on your site
Andy Lyons Blackpool Sidelined