There is still considerable ignorance concerning injuries e.g., if you get a cork or a joint sprain don't have a hot bath and don't stand around on your feet drinking all night. You can drink sitting down instead with your leg elevated etc. but avoid alcohol that night.

Remember RICE (Rest, Ice, Compression, Elevation).

Hamstring injuries can result in a considerable loss of playing time so if you feel a hamstring twinge at training, tell me or the physio so we can avoid it becoming a hamstring tear.

Remember to warm up just as much for a social game of football as you would for a regular football match. There seems to be as many players injured in social football as there are in serious football matches.

Ice should be available at every football match so if someone sustains a joint injury, a pulled muscle or a cork, some ice in a towel can immediately be placed on the injured area.