ANDREW Teague will return to the scene of the horror injury which threatened to end his football career tomorrow.

It was at Stockport County where a tackle, while playing for Macclesfield, resulted in a broken leg and later compartment syndrome - a limb and life-threatening condition which required him to learn to walk and run again.

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He was able to resurrect his career at semi-professional level.

Now, 10 years after that incident, he will return to Edgeley Park as captain of play-off chasing Chorley tomorrow.

“It’s clear in my mind, that moment,” said Teague.

“I know exactly where I did it. On the edge of the D.

“I might go to that spot and say a little prayer before the game.

“I’ve been back to the ground since but not to play there.

“This is the first time.

“But you can’t let things like that bother you.

“I’ve done well to play again so I’m looking forward to going back.

“It’s just another game for me.”

Chorley need a win to boost their hopes of a play-off place and back-to-back promotions, after a run of just one win from their last eight league games.

It has already been a good week for the Conference North club, as Teague scored the first goal in a 3-0 win over Evo-Stik First Division North side Clitheroe to lift the Lancashire FA Challenge Trophy at Bolton Wanderers’ Macron Stadium on Monday night.

“It was nice to forget about the league for a game,” said the centre half.

“We’ve got to a final of a cup competition and we’re still in with a chance of the play-offs.

“We would have taken that at the start of the season.

“We’ve got nine games left now and every one of them has got to be a final, like Monday was, and hopefully we will win as many as we can to get into the play-offs.

“We’ve got a lot of big teams to come to us, like Guiseley, Tamworth and Barrow.

“That suits us because we tend to play better against the better teams.

“I’m not saying we try harder, but it makes us raise our game more.”

Of the Trophy win - a 16th for Chorley, setting a new record - Teague added: “It was job done in the first half. Credit to Clitheroe in the second half, they gave it a good go.

“It was just a bit of experience in the end that told in the first half.

“Maybe the occasion got to them a bit.

“I said before the game not to give them a chance or anything to thrive off.

“We started well and the early goal helped us.”