Edinburgh City: Revitalised Callum Crane on why his mystery injury was a laughing matter

Diagnosed with an inflamed pubic bone in September, the jesters of the pack were only too keen to discover just how the former Hibs youth player had sustained such an injury.

“There were a lot of jokes going around about how I got the injury, I'm not going to lie," the 25-year-old told the Evening News. "But I genuinely still to this day have no idea how I managed to injure myself in that area.

“I just remember being in some discomfort at a training session and then it kept flaring up. Even just turning over in bed I was in a lot of pain so I knew then I was just going to have to bite the bullet and see what the problem was.

“I ended up going to the doctor to get all the checks done – I'll not go into what that involved though! But it was just the bone itself that was inflamed. The worst thing about it was it wasn't a knock or anything I'd done to cause it, it just sort of happened.

“I had to take my time because the physio warned me if I continued to play then I could be out long term. It was really just rest and recovery, a little bit of rehab, but that's all I could do. I just had to make sure I was strengthening the muscle around the bone.

“It was a long lay-off. And, just as I was about to step things up, I contracted Covid so that delayed the process even further."

Crane was handed his first start in a Citizens jersey in 19 weeks in Monday night's 3-2 impressive victory at play-off rivals Forfar, the game having been rescheduled after Storm Malik had wreaked havoc 48 hours prior. Gary Naysmith's side are currently fourth but have a game in hand on the teams around them.

The Capital men now turn their attentions to tomorrow's trip to Stranraer where another three points is high on the agenda.

“It was great to get a