A MARATHON EFFORT, JOE!
The Non-League Football Paper|April 21, 2024
Robins ace runs London gauntlet after injury hell
Elliot Turner-Campbell
A MARATHON EFFORT, JOE!

WINGER Joe Grant was flying high for Bracknell Town when he ruptured his ACL in a game against Uxbridge in September 2021.

It meant more than a year out for the 27-year-old while he worked through the painful rehabilitation programme to set foot back on a football pitch.

Today, Grant will channel that resilience on the cobbles of the capital as he joins thousands of runners taking part in the London Marathon.

And as he passes the world famous landmarks like Cutty Sark, Tower Bridge and Buckingham Palace, it would be no surprise if Grant thought back to the horrific injury he’s fought so hard to return from.

“I was literally just running, the defender went to shield the ball out, I planted my foot, and it just, it just ruptured straight away,” Grant told The NLP.

“You could sort of hear it, sounding like 10 carrots snapping at one time. I just knew instantly I’d done something pretty bad and yeah, obviously it turned out to be my ACL.”

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