Keith Ward holds off Bohemians’ Derek Pender in one of his outings earlier this season
Dundalk’s promising season has been dealt a major blow with the news that midfielder Keith Ward faces the rest of the campaign on the sidelines with injury.
The 22-year-old, who has been in fine form during his second spell at Oriel Park, was stretchered off late on having come off the bench in Dundalk’s 2-1 win over St Patrick’s Athletic last Friday night.
Ward revealed on Twitter last night that he has suffered a cruciate ligament injury and admitted that the “season (is) over for me” – something he said was a “nightmare, especially with (the) team doing well.”
Ward’s injury comes at a time when Stephen Kenny’s side were in fine form, having closed the gap on leaders St Pat’s to six points with a game in hand to put themselves firmly in the title race.
