Accies kid wants to cap recovery

HAMILTON defender Ciaran McKenna will return to Ibrox tonight in better fettle than when he faced Rangers last October.

The 21-year-old thought he had recovered from a knee cartilage injury when Accies suffered a 5-0 drubbing in Govan. However, it was the last match McKenna played before he underwent surgery to get to the root of the problem.

And after a long period of rehab and a place on the bench against Motherwell in Accies’ previous outing, he is looking to get back into Brian Rice’s side for the Ladbrokes Premiership match versus the Govan side.

McKenna said: “I came back pretty quickly. It was the adrenaline of the whole experience that got me through it fine. But knowing that I needed an operation, maybe I wasn’t at 100 per cent.

“It was quite a frustrating injury because when it happened we weren’t quite sure how long it was going to be, it looked quite positive at the beginning.

“We were trying to avoid an operation and I missed out for five or six weeks and tried to come back around October time. “I was back for four weeks and I felt something wasn’t quite right and kept getting set back and finally had an operation in November. “I was unsure whether that was going to solve it but it did and I am feeling great so I am delighted the injury is behind me and I’m back in training.

“Obviously the last time at Ibrox it went a little bit differently than recent games against the Old Firm here but hopefully we can hold them out and maybe take them all the way instead of falling at the last step.”