FORMER ARMAGH STAR Ronan Clarke’s father, Adrian, has delivered an update on his son’s progress in hospital.
Ronan Clarke has been in hospital since colliding with a goalpost in a club match on Saturday.
Clarke, a 2002 All-Ireland senior medallist with Armagh, suffered a serious head injury while playing for his club Pearse Og against Maghery.
“We are quite happy to date with his progress, and as far as we can ascertain at the present time, he is making gradual progress,” Adrian Clarke told the Belfast Telegraph newspaper.
“With this situation, it is going to take time, but the signs are good at the present time.
“We are happy in that respect.
“If you were to put a time-frame on it, we just don’t know. It’s day by day, hour by hour.”
Ronan Clarke was taken to the intensive care unit at Craigavon Area Hospital.
He was placed in an induced coma and remains in a serious but stable condition.
“The ball was coming into the square and he was watching the ball,” his father added.
“He was looking for the ball and went into the post.
“When I was bringing him to hospital, he was lapsing in and out of consciousness. I was talking to him to keep him awake.
“When we got to the hospital, they took over completely and carried out their task professionally, did what they had to do and, thankfully, it has proven the correct course of action, no doubt about it.”
Mr. Clarke revealed that Ronan wanted to play on after the incident.
“He had no intention of leaving the field,” he said.
“There was only about five minutes left in the game, but he wanted to continue and he said he was all right.
“Even afterwards, in the course of conversation with the paramedics after the game, he said he was all right.”
He’s not a playmaker they’re relying on him too much
Refreshing to see an actual African managing an African team and not some old white guy with floppy hair.
@Kris Ertz: that’s very racist of you
@Alana: Not racist. It is refreshing to see African managers reaching their potential. They are nearly invisible in the game. And like he said, in their place, European hasbeens.
@Alana: you really are a sad sad little boy
@Kris Ertz: Tunisian manager is African also
Another Liverpool player under performing
@Crpytoalchol: what about kingpog ? He’s the world leader in underperforming, but at least his hair looks cool
Another bitter man utd fan
@Alana: king Pog
@Just a buiscuit: what’s there to be bitter about? Hahaha
@Crpytoalchol:
Where do I start?
A horrible hasbeen manager implementing horrible football backed up by dabber pogs and mr mercenary senor Sanchez is a good start to be bitter I suppose!! Mouring the fact that yer not even the best in yer own City would bring on even more bitterness.So your only medicine for your bitterness is to bring Liverpool players into a discussion and have a cut off them .All of this screams bitter to me .
@Crpytoalchol: #pog$h1t
@Just a buiscuit: ye haven’t won anything in 6 years……. I could never be bitter to a club like that. Just feel sorry for the supporters of that club
How could mane play well with that donkey beside him,he would push the danish guy close for the worst forward at the tournament