Falmouth Town's Matt Drummond is set to miss the first three months of the Carlsberg South West Peninsula League season after fracturing his fibula in a match on Sunday.
The player picked up the injury in the second minute of the CSWPL Charity Bowl match against Bodmin Town on Sunday.
It came following a challenge from Bodmin Town's Shane Krac, but Falmouth Town's director of football Steve Kimberley told the Packet that Drummond did not believe the challenge was a bad one.
Kimberley also thanked the Bodmin Town medical staff for their help with Drummond's injury.
He was taken to Treliske hospital where he was diagnosed with a fractured fibula and a fragmented bone inside his left ankle.
The news of his injury will come as a big blow to Falmouth. The player was one of the club's star strikers. He netted them 35 goals last term.
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