Ranger's Kirk Broadfoot delighted to be back in action

Defender completed 45 minutes of closed-doors friendly...

2 Dec 2009 18:55:55

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By Alan McGuinness

Rangers defender Kirk Broadfoot is delighted to be back playing again after spending eight months on the sidelines.

The 25-year-old completed 45 minutes of a closed-doors game against Ayr United on Tuesday.
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It was his first appearance since the Scottish Cup final against Celtic back in March.

Shortly afterwards he had surgery to remove part of the bone in his left foot.

"Fitness-wise it's probably the best I've ever felt," he told Rangers' official website.

But while he is happy to be back in action, he isn't setting himself a target for a return to first team action just yet.

"I can't set a target for getting back in the first team because I might feel I'm ready but the manager doesn't,"

"So for now I'm happy with reserve games and when the coaches do decide I'm ready to be part of the first team, I'll be delighted.

"The last few weeks have been really hard and I've been doing probably the toughest training of my life.

"I've been running all day every day and I had a hard day training the day before the game and came in from that and was told I would be playing." 

The Scot was keen to play the entire game but had to be stopped by the Rangers physios.

"To be honest, the training has been harder than the game was and when I came off at half-time I really wanted to go back out.

"But the physios put their foot down and I'm just delighted to get 45 minutes under my belt.

"All the work has been about getting back to play and I hope now that I don't have any reaction after the game and I can go and train with the boys again.

He added: "There have been highs and lows along the way because it's a strange injury but, hopefully, this is the end of it now."


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