MORE GOOD news on the playing front for Brighouse Town with the announcement that left fullback Michael Starkey is back in training after a 14 month absence and looking to some action in the new year.
Starkey, 25, formerly of AFC Emley and Huddersfield Town, suffered a very bad tear of the knee cartilage in the Emirates FA Cup tie with Marske at the start of last season and with having to take his turn in the NHS queue he wasn’t operated on in Dewsbury Hospital until early autumn this year.
“I had keyhole surgery and its been successful and I am now four to six weeks off playing and fully back into training and building up the knee,” said the Newsome-based workhorse defender.
“It is great to be back with the lads again and I can’t wait for a piece of the action.”
Town’s other long term injury worry, Mohammed `TJ’ Ibrahim, was back in action last Saturday after a similar length of time out with a cruciate injury that also needed an operation and he got 20 minutes on the pitch last Saturday for Thackley in Town’s 2-1 win in the warm up game. Striker Ibrahim will have a couple of games on dual registration for the NCEL club but looked well in his time on the pitch, nippy and clinical with his passes.
