A Women’s National League game was abandoned this afternoon following a “nasty injury” to full-back Megan Tinsley.
The match between Derby County and Liverpool Feds was paused with just a few minutes left to play following the incident.
It was later confirmed that it had been abandoned entirely.
A tweet from Derby County read: “We can now confirm the match has been abandoned. We wish Megan a speedy recovery.”
Liverpool Feds also sent well wishes to Tinsley with a tweet reading: “The game has been abandoned. All our thoughts are with the @DCFCWomen player and we wish her a speedy recovery.”
Derby later confirmed that the full-back had dislocated her ankle.
Read More on Football
A statement read: “As an update we can confirm that Megan Tinsley dislocated her ankle in the closing minutes of the game. She is now on her way to the hospital for treatment and in good spirits.
“Thank you for your messages and joining us in wishing her a speedy recovery.”
Derby were leading 2-1 before the match was suspended.
Chantelle Thompson opened the scoring for Feds in the seventh minute.
Most read in Football
However, the Rams bounced back with two late goals in two minutes from Charlotte Steggles and Eleanor Ashton.
Derby currently sit sixth in the Women’s National League North Division, two points behind Liverpool Feds.
Fans took to X, formerly Twitter, to wish Tinsley well following her injury.
One person wrote: “Best wishes to Megan, I hope she makes a full recovery.”
Another said: “Sending all my love and wishing Meg a speedy recovery!”
A third commented: “Our very best wishes for Megan to recover quickly and fully from this injury. Such rotten luck.”
Tinsley celebrated her 26th birthday on Wednesday.
Last January she opened up about how a heart condition put her playing career on pause.
Speaking to BBC Radio Derby, the full-back bravely revealed that she had surgery to fix a hole in her heart as a child.
She said: “I went to the doctor about it because you are hearing about all the footballers who have collapsed on the pitch.
“With different sports people having trouble with their heart, and because I had that surgery, I was thinking ‘am I a bit of a higher risk? Could the worst happen?’
Read more on The Sun
“It got to a point where my heart was beating really, really fast, I was getting a few chest pains.
“The fact I could feel my heartbeat through my ears wasn’t the best thing. That’s when you put health before anything else.”
Source: Soccer - thesun.co.uk
