Acrington Stanley game abandoned due to injury

[Fatboyyid]

Game called off after 39 mins due to a serious injury. I believe the injury was to Thomas Bender and sounds pretty bad. He's on his way to hospital as I type. Hope it's not as bad as first feared.

[Luke0405]

Must have been bad for the whole game to be called off.

[Marky-Plant]

Oh shit sounds pretty bad

Just checked on the score centre

You have any what the injury was

[Fatboyyid]

Oh shit sounds pretty badJust checked on the score centreYou have any what the injury was

All I know is that it was a collision with another player and he didn't move for a long time. The players instantly knew it was serious.

[willk9]

I read on twitter that he was treated on the pitch for 25 minutes with a suspected broken neck! Hope he manages to recover, best wishes go out to him.

[Marky-Plant]

Ah broken neck!

Holy Christ

Please no

[Luke0405]

Accrington cup tie abandoned after player suffers serious head injury

Page last updated at 20:33 GMT, Tuesday, 4 October 2011 21:33 UK

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A serious head injury to Tom Bender has forced the abandonment of the Accrington Stanley and Tranmere cup tie in the Johnstone's Paint Trophy.
The 18-year-old Accrington defender was unconscious as he was treated on the pitch for 25 minutes.
He went down in the 38th minute after colliding with Accrington goalkeeper Ian Dunbavin and Tranmere's Lucas Akin.
Bender was on a drip as he left in an ambulance, but officials said he was "showing signs of coming around".
The Wales under-21 international, who had made just four first-team club appearances in his career prior to Tuesday's game, is on a season-long loan deal from Colchester.
Assistant manager Jimmy Bell told BBC Sport: "He's been taken to hospital for observation.
Tom Bender Factfile

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• Full name: Thomas Joseph Bender
• Date of birth: 19 January 1993
• Place of birth: Harlow, England
• Playing position: Defender
• Clubs: Colchester, Accrington (loan)
• Debut: He made his senior debut on 19 September 2009 for Colchester in a 2-0 win against Hartlepool
• National club: Wales under-21s - four appearances

"Three players went for the ball and they collided - no one on either side was at fault but our players and the Rovers players are really shook up.
"It is a head injury and we are worried about him. We're waiting to hear from the hospital as he wasn't responding at the time."
Stanley had taken the lead in the ninth minute when Kevin McIntyre's cross was turned into his own goal by Zoumana Bakayogo but Tranmere came back with goals from Ash Taylor and Mustafa Tirkyaka, before play was halted.
The match was in the second round northern section.
Chief executive Rob Heys told BBC Sport: "It's difficult at this time to say what the injury is but our club doctor and physio ran immediately to his assistance.
"Both sets of players were shaken up by the incident hence why we took the decision to call the game off. It's only a natural reaction when you see a player stay down for so long.
"He was starting to show signs of coming around as he left the ground."
Accrington Stanley said on the club's official Twitter account that the game had been abandoned due to a "serious injury" to Bender.
Also writing on Twitter on Twitter, former Wales international Robbie Savage said: "Hope young Tom Bender is going to be ok. My thoughts are with him and family."

[S.L.R]

Well that's put my stressed out day into perspective. Thoughts are with him.

[Yidington]

18 years old. bloody hell. wish the lad all the best & hope he pulls through.

[Luke0405]

I found a video of the collision now.

BBC Sport - Bender head injury forces Accrington v Tranmere abandonment

Doesn't look very bad at all from this camera angle but he was out before he hit the deck.

[THFCWill]

Thank fook that he's "ok". Didn't look like much of a collision but i'm just glad it's not a broken neck.