1) Dave Beasant, then with Southampton, stuck out a foot to try and trap a
bottle of salad cream that fell from a cupboard and was out for a couple of
months while the damaged hoof healed.

2) In 1975, Manchester United goalkeeper Alex Stepney dislocated his jaw
shouting at his defence. Beat that Mr Schmeichel!

3) Leeds defender Rio Ferdinand tweaked a knee tendon while watching TV with
his feet up on a coffee table in January 2001.

4) Darren Barnard, of Barnsley and Wales, was on the sidelines for several
months with knee ligament damage after slipping in a pool of puppy pee.

5) Kevin Keegan missed several matches for Liverpool in the early Seventies
with a damaged toe - he'd somehow got it stuck in a bath tap.

6) Alan Mullery missed England's 1964 tour of South Africa after cricking
his back while shaving.

7) Chic Brodie was run into by a dog while playing in goal for Brentford in
1970 and was so badly injured that his league career was virtually finished.


8) Alan McLoughlin of Portsmouth tore tendons in his arm picking up his baby
daughter in 1994 and was out for a month.

9) Michael Stensgaard, then a Liverpool reserve goalkeeper, dislocated his
shoulder trying to stop an ironing board from falling over. He was out for
six months.

10) Celestine Babayaro of Chelsea broke his leg somersaulting to celebrate a
goal (scored by someone else!) in a pre-season match at Stevenage and
therefore didn't make his debut for the Blues until the October.

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