Hamilton Accies ace ready to leave two-year injury nightmare in the past

Marley Redfern is desperate to put a two-year injury nightmare behind him and help Hamilton Accies win the League One title.

The 21-year-old midfielder has torn his hamstring four times in that period and damaged ankle ligaments, so is hoping to get a period where he’s injury-free on the park and can help the team.

Redfern made only his third appearance of the season, replacing Euan Henderson in 81 minutes of their 1-1 draw with Kelty Hearts, and he’s just glad to be involved.

He said: “It was really good to get on against Kelty Hearts.

“It has been a tough two years on and off, but hopefully I can now try to get as many minutes in now as possible.

“It is two years this month when I first did my hamstring, and I tore that four times.

“Then I came back in the Championship play-off game against Alloa in the second leg, and in a tackle I had torn my ankle ligament.

“It has been a nightmare, really frustrating, and even more so with the ankle, probably, because I was just coming back from the hamstring.

“It’s a tackle, so there’s not much you can do about it, but it tore, so hopefully it’s all done now and I can move on from it.

“I’ll be hoping for a run of games without injuries, but I’ll need to work really closely with it, because it has been so long – taking it easy, that kind of thing, not rushing back too much.

“But we’ve been building it up with minutes in the reserves as well, so hopefully I can get a wee chance and get as many minutes as possible until the end of this season.”

Redfern had hit a bit of form ahead of the 1-0 SPFL Trust Trophy final win against Raith Rovers last season, but lasted just 21 minutes before injury struck again.

“That was gutting,” he said.

“It was brilliant that we won, but that was one of