Sheppey United analysis assistant, coaching support and social media man Tyler Ross replaced injured keeper Aiden Prall before back-up goalie Hadley Glock dashed to Holm Park to play in the second half against Faversham

Sheppey United are hoping first-choice keeper Aiden Prall hasn’t done too much damage after coming off injured on Saturday.

Prall’s early exit from the pre-season game at Faversham Town led to a headache for the club’s management team as they had no back-up keeper on hand - leading to some frantic calls and an appearance in goal for their analysis assistant.

Second-choice stopper Hadley Glock wasn’t available for the match due to personal issues but answered the call for assistance to play in the second half of the game that Faversham won 4-1. In between that, Tyler Ross gave an admirable performance between the sticks as emergency cover.

Prall was awaiting a scan on his shoulder this week. His loss would be a big blow for the Ites.

Assistant boss Darren Blackburn said: “In pre-season all you want is to get your players through 90 minutes, get their minutes up, it’s the same for every manager.

“Nobody cares about results at this stage, it is nice to win games and get in a habit, but we lost Aiden after 10 minutes and that’s a big loss - not just in the game but he is such a big part of our back line.

“We lost Aiden not long after conceding what was a pretty sloppy goal. A cross shouldn’t have been allowed to come in and there was a free header at the back post.

“Maybe it’s down to a bit of rustiness, a lack of sharpness in pre-season, but you would be disappointed to lose a goal like that in the season.

“After that I think mentally it was an uphill battle. Aiden tried to carry on after a heavy fall but felt he couldn’t and it was the right thing to do for him to come off, we didn’t want to make it any worse. It was sensible to take him off.

“Unfortunately on the morning of the game we’d lost our no.2 goalkeeper (Glock),