Premier League - Gordon suffers broken arm

Reuters - Sun, 08 Nov 14:38:00 2009

Scotland and Sunderland goalkeeper Craig Gordon broke his arm in Saturday's 2-0 Premier League defeat by Tottenham Hotspur.

Sunderland's Jordan Henderson (L) comforts teammate Craig Gordon following his injury during their English Premier League soccer match against Tottenham Hotspurs at White Hart Lane, REUTERS - 0

The 26-year-old, who was substituted in the second half at White Hart Lane after colliding with Jermain Defoe, was taken to hospital where X-rays confirmed the fracture of his left forearm.

"Craig's in a lot of pain," manager Steve Bruce told the club website.

The club, who have Hungarian international Marton Fulop and youngster Trevor Carson as reserve goalkeepers and are eighth in the league, said they did not know how long Gordon would be out of action.

Gordon, who moved to Sunderland from Hearts in 2007, had been due to join the Scotland squad in the next few days for a friendly against Wales.

Reuters

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  1. The allegation of defoe deliberately hurting Gordon­ needs to be looked into by the FA and if there is any­ proof, he needs to be daelt with seveely by the FA.
    ­ His deliberate stamp a few weeks ago shows that he does­ have this nasty streak to his character???

    From MALCOLM D, on Wed 11 Nov 5:37PM

  2. That was a deliberate assault by Defoe. That lad­ really is a scumbag.

    From brebner-hughes, on Mon 9 Nov 5:54PM

  3. lizirindle = scum!! if he broke his arm!!

    From uncle_al_safc, on Mon 9 Nov 9:51AM

  4. lizibrindle He was holding his arm when he went down­ and then trying to wave to the ref to stop the game.­ The ref should have blown his whistle straight away. If­ he did clutch his head it was probably to get the ref­ to stop the game.

    From Mike, on Mon 9 Nov 9:02AM
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    If he broke his arm why was he clutching his face when­ he was on the floor? Oh yeah, the cheating scumbag was­ trying to get Defoe sent off!!

    From lizibrindle, on Mon 9 Nov 8:14AM

  6. I am a Spurs fan and thought he has been playing really­ well. Its a real a shame what happened to him and i­ hope he gets better soon.
    Some people just have peanuts­ for brains, going on about aiming higher. I am sure­ they would not have said the same about the Modric­ tackle that broke his leg, but this great game does­ attract @#$%s unfortunately

    From Peter, on Sun 8 Nov 11:41PM

  7. Defoe the dirty player. What a scumbag

    From The M, on Sun 8 Nov 7:49PM

  8. whose the tw*ts who are sayin - "aim higher"­ or "Scottish guy, drop him"???...

    the guy­ has just broken his arm. regardless of wat his quality­ or club he is playin for it is extremely unfortunate...­ i hope he gets better! to add to it, if u want him­ droped ur gettin ur wish, till he is better... if u hit­ his head, he might of died... and that isnt somethin u­ want on ur mind do u..?

    From dodger, on Sun 8 Nov 7:29PM
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    pleased hope this scotish git never gets another game­ for sunderland /fulop is much better.9 million more­ like 9 hundred

    From derek w, on Sun 8 Nov 6:35PM

  10. I liked Gorodn as a keeper before he was dropped for a­ while. So how long will this lay off be? 3 months? 2?

    From galloway380, on Sun 8 Nov 6:24PM

  11. For Dawson3, read HEAD

    From JojO, on Sun 8 Nov 5:19PM

  12. Are you stupid marc? A break is a fracture, they are­ the same thing you numpty. Stop trying to pick flaws­ when you have no knowledge on the subject.

    From adam.oxberry, on Sun 8 Nov 3:55PM
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    I see. So his arm isn't actually broken at all,­ it's fractured.

    By the way, is sufffering more­ intense than suffering?

    Maybe it causes fractures to­ turn into breaks.

    From Marc, on Sun 8 Nov 3:36PM
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