Jack is glad to be back after injury nightmare
JACK REDSHAW has got some lost time to make up for.
The 28-year-old striker made his first appearance since April 21, 2018 when he came off the bench in Halifax’s 4-2 defeat to Torquay at The Shay on Saturday.
“It was unbelievable,” he said of his return to action. “A bit strange getting ready for a game actually!
”I was saying to the boys it felt unusual getting ready to go and play a game.
”It was a great feeling to get on. I got about half-an-hour, which was a bit of a bonus.
”I just want to crack on and play games now.”
Prior to his Town debut, Redshaw had been plagued by injury set-backs that deprived him of a whole season of his career.
“My injury at Salford was misdiagnosed for a while,” he said, “They thought it was a groin tear at first and then I ended up having a knee operation, and then I found out I needed hip surgery.
“It was a nightmare that it got left for so long, but I got there in the end, and I’m finally coming back from it now.
“It got left untreated for a long time. I only had the surgery in April.
“It’s not nice being injured. Mentally it is tough, you feel like you’re not part of the team, you’re just stuck in the gym, stuck in the treatment room.
“I felt more like a bodybuilder than a footballer to be honest!
“When you come out of the other side, like I have now, you feel mentally so much stronger.
“You’ve just got to take the positives and forget about it.”
Redshaw started at Manchester City, signing as a professional, before dropping down the leagues with Rochdale.
He spent three-and-a-half seasons at Morecambe before joining Blackpool, where he stayed for two seasons, including a loan spell back at Rochdale.
He then joined Salford, staying there for two seasons, the first of which saw him score 17 league goals as The Ammies won the National League North.
But Redshaw is optimistic he is coming back as the same player he was before his injury nightmare.
”I’m confident I’ll get back to being the same player,” he added. “I’m still not 100 per cent match-fit because I’ve not played the games to get that fitness. That will come and then hopefully you’ll see the best of me.
”I’m looking forward to getting back playing, and hopefully scoring goals.
”When you’re not playing you don’t feel like a footballer. You just want to be part of it.
“When you know you’re going to be out for a long time, it’s difficult.
“Hopefully I’ll be playing games every Saturday now.”