Gordon so grateful after messages from fans
CRAIG GORDON doesn’t need any extra motivation to make another unlikely comeback from a cruel injury blow; after all he has done it before.
However, the Hearts keeper admits the thousands of messages of support – including some from rival fans of Rangers and Hibs – have helped spur him on in the early stages of his injury rehab.
Scotland international Gordon, 40, is just weeks into his rehab after a nasty double leg break suffered in the draw with Dundee United on Christmas Eve.
But he’s positive on his chances of returning to the pitch, especially after being bombarded with messages of support from all over the world.
“It has been absolutely incredible, I have tried to get back to some but there’s no way I could get back to them all,” the veteran stopper told BBC Sportsound.
“There have been hundreds, probably over a thousand messages on my phone, through Instagram, texts and Whatsapp; just to feel the warmth from everybody willing me to get better and to try and have a go at coming back.
“It has been really great from teams all over Scotland. Hibs fans, everything, Rangers fans, all the ones who have probably been against me at other points – to just feel the football community, the guys that respect what we go out and do every week - it has been phenomenal to feel that.
“I’m going to give this everything I’ve got. I’ve done it before, I can’t make any promises. I am going to try and do the best I can and hopefully that is good enough.”
Such is the drive and determination of Gordon’s comeback efforts that he is already walking unaided in short spells and has regained most of the movement in his leg.
“It’s just one step at a time,” he said of his rehab journey. “My next x- ray is at six weeks just to see how everything is settling down and how the metalwork is in place and everything is in alignment.
“That’s the next stage and all I can look forward to at the moment. In the meantime, it’s just working on the knee and ankle joints and making sure they are moving well and getting my range of movement back.
“So far that has went really well and I’ve got most of the movement back and I can take a few steps unaided without the crutches or the boot and can get around the house okay.”