Hamilton Accies star dreams of scoring cup-winning goal to end injury misery

Marley Redfern dreams of scoring Hamilton’s winner against Raith Rovers to win the SPFL Trust Trophy on Sunday, and says that would be a fitting end to more than a year of injury misery.

The 20-year-old winger admitted he feared having to live with a hamstring tear for the rest of his career, having been out of action for 13 months.

But, having made his way back to the first-team in recent weeks, Redfern intends to make the most of it, and hopes his first goal for the club lands silverware at the Falkirk Stadium.

The Wishaw man said: “I was fortunate enough to break through into the first team and every game is massively important, but I’ve not had much experience of trying to win things.

“It’s massive for myself and my family. They will all be there, and hopefully I can get some minutes on the park and we can win it.

“I’m still waiting for my first goal, it’s something that didn’t happen last season and then I had my injury.

“Sunday would be the perfect time.

“You allow yourself to dream about doing it. I think every footballer is like that, and in the preparation for the game you visualise what you are going to do, and you can’t help but visualise scoring the winning goal.”

Redfern was doing well when injury struck, and admits there were dark times as he broke down when attempting comebacks.

“I’m just buzzing to be back,” he said.

“For me, mentally as well as physically, it was really frustrating, as it was 13 months, but I’m just really excited to be back, with the games we’ve got coming up, and hopefully I will be involved in them.

“In January last year I tore my hamstring against Partick Thistle, but they initially thought it wasn’t as bad as what it was.

“I kept trying to come back, kept breaking down.

“Then I had