There are fears Dover left-back Bailey Akehurst’s season is over. Akehurst sustained a nasty knee injury in the warm-up ahead of their 1-0 defeat at promotion-chasing National League South side Torquay last weekend.
While the 20-year-old’s injury diagnosis hasn’t been confirmed, the early signs are not good, with Akehurst previously damaging knee ligaments on loan at Hastings from Gillingham in August 2022.
Manager Jake Leberl said: “I would be shocked if he plays again this season, to be honest. “But, obviously, it needs to be assessed.
He feels it’s what he had done before so that’s a long-term one. “We will just have to wait.” Akehurst was replaced in basement boys Dover’s starting line-up by Peter Ojemen at Torquay.
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