Two Years Between Goals For Elder

No wonder Nathan Elder was pleased to have scored a goal last Saturday for the Bulls as it was two years since he last scored and that was for Shrewsbury Town.

Football Hack Jeff Taplin spoke to Elder after the game.

"I suffered a bad injury to my face close to the eye and needed surgery," said Elder.

"Then when I came back from that, I had a cruciate ligament injury that kept me out even longer. If you include the summer break when I was doing rehab, I was out for about 21 months.

"There was a point when I really didn't think I'd play again and that goal was for all the people who have stuck by me and kept me going. My family, friends and mates in the game like Craig Disley (Bristol Rovers and Grimsby midfielder), the Shrewsbury physio and Dodge, the physio here at Hereford.

"At Shrewsbury I'd find myself in the physio's room before everyone had arrived and then the last to leave, but eveyone tried to keep my spirits up.

"It has been so long since I'd scored that I didn't even know how to celebrate and so just ran towards my 15 month son Kayden in the stands to give him a little wave. It was his first football game and so he's my lucky mascot now. Whether he likes it or not he'll be at every game from now on!"

The whole article can be read here.

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