Lee Desmond on his 'scary' blackout: 'I had no speech and my vision was gone'

What Desmond describes as a “scary” part was the slowness in the return of his speech and sight as he was being attended to

St Patrick's Athletic's Lee Desmond came around by the time he was stretchered into the awaiting ambulance. Picture: INPHO/Tommy Dickson

Lee Desmond says brain scans have cleared him of any major damage from Friday’s collision with his St Patrick’s Athletic goalkeeper Vitezslav Jaros at Richmond Park.

The defender was brought to nearby St James’s Hospital to be treated after the clash deep into stoppage time of the Saints’ 2-1 win over Waterford.