Whats the worst sporting injury you've had

[Kerry Mike]

bunch of moaning women the lot of ye....

[Donagh]

Dislocated thumb and broken/staved fingers dunno how many times
Broken nose at least half a dozen times with the boxing
Collapsed disk in lower back
Worst pain was trying to run a 10k cross country final with torn back muscles -  fell over after about 5 or 6k of pure agony thinking my lungs had collapsed.   

[Midman]

A few broken fingers was all i had until I tore my anterior cruciate ligament- should be back fkicking a ball in the next couple of weeks if the doctor gives the ok. to say Im busting for football is an understaatement!

[Lothos]

Dislocated thumb and broken/staved fingers dunno how many times
Broken nose at least half a dozen times with the boxing
Collapsed disk in lower back
Worst pain was trying to run a 10k cross country final with torn back muscles -  fell over after about 5 or 6k of pure agony thinking my lungs had collapsed.   

I got a collapsed disc when i was 16, my back has been f&*kd ever since.  A few years ago I got a dislocated shoulder but the worst thing I have which is continuous during a game is them oul shin splints!!!! usually they don't show up til about 3 weeks into pre season, but then they're there for the year.   

[stpauls]

both thumbs broken
hernia
back/neck trouble when i was younger
broken foot and arm from playing basketball - who did you play for stpauls?

i played for Newry when i was in my teens laceer, and then Bangor for a while a couple of years ago!!

[stpauls]

Christ, I have been lucky.  I just wonder are some people more predisposed to getting injured than others.  Also people's perception of "injured" may also vary.  I don't count things like twisted ankles/knees/dead legs as injuries unless they put me out for more than a few games. What do others think?

If you wouldn't miss a championship game for it it's not an injury.

On the other hand BC if one of the 'few games' you miss is a championship game then it's a 'bone fide' injury.

I think I only missed one championship game through injury.  I missed others but that's another story.  Have you the boots on the nail yet passedit or are ye still giving it a lash?

has he hell, sure he was running up Barnetts with me in the snow last sunday morning, though as he said, god help him when he tells the wife he is giving it another year!! 

[laceer]

both thumbs broken
hernia
back/neck trouble when i was younger
broken foot and arm from playing basketball - who did you play for stpauls?

i played for Newry when i was in my teens laceer, and then Bangor for a while a couple of years ago!!

You'd know big Sherman Hall then? Think he played a bit of Gaelic in his day as well??

[Farrandeelin]

Been told that you're not to play any sport at all when you've a massive interest in sport...

[Canalman]

Over the  (many)years I have broken both my thumbs and 4 of my fingers....... all hurling injuries. 2 years ago I got 6 staples put into my scalp after a belt through my Coopers helmet.

The worst injury I got was a trapped nerve in my shoulder some 10 years ago and I still have a slight pain there. Was agony at the time getting it "eased" out.......was given this piece of plastic to bite down on while it was done over 6 sessions. Agony.


All in all I reckon I had a good run with no knee or leg  injuries to note .

[under the bar]

Catching my willy in the bicyle chain has been the worst to date.............

[jodyb]

Did no one tell you that shaggin a bike was actually referrin to a woman of loose virtue

[moysider]

Ribs broken. the worst time was when this thug dug his fingers under the floating ribs and pulled out. Thought I d die.Was nt right for a long time. I was only a kid at the time and skinny. Fingers dislocated, broken foot bone but lucky never broke the larger bones. The usual head stitching. By far the worst was dislocating my jaw. Took full force of the ball while attempting a block. The ball had soaked a lot of water and the full back meant to kick it 70 yards. I still get earache.

[J70]

Ripped my quad once. Training on an appalling surface in the middle of winter - went to shoot, but instead of hitting the ball, I caught a divot. My toe stuck in the ground, but the rest of my leg continued the follow through, yanking the quad and tearing it across above the knee. Serious, serious pain! Couldn't straighten my leg for a couple of weeks (I had to push the back of my calf to straighten it). Took about three months before I could kick a ball again, and I still feel it from time to time years later.

That's about as bad as it got for me - had the usual sprains and haematomas, but nothing that kept me out for more than a couple of weeks.

[fer fox ache]

Torn ankle, ligaments, cracked ribs, broken dislocated a finger - it looked like a quaver at the time, curly - but the worst was getting the two front teeth knocked out. Was playing full-forward and useless hooer of a centre half-forward hit a shot that went straight up in the air. I went up to try and field, the full-back went up in front of me one of our half-forwards came charging in to try and punch the ball over the bar. The defnder seen him coming and ducked out he missed the ball and followed through straight into my mouth with his fist took one of me front teeth clean out broke the other in half and me bottom teeth came clean through me lip. Never felt pain like it luckily the game was in Derry City and so it was only a five minute run to the hospital. No Dentist on duty so the doctor had to drill the nerve out of the broken tooth with a handrill.

[milltown row]

have dislocated my shoulders on numerous occasions. mainly my left shoulder. A championship match years ago against Glenarrife at Loughgiels pitch Andy McLean came up for a ball and landed on my head, i fell and popped my shoulder. usually can put it back in again, the Doc gave me one in the Arse (pain killer ) and i had the worst drive to the Royal. in fu*king agony the whole way.

a too many scars on my gub from flesh wounds. they don't really count as injuries as your always ready for the next game