Lee Desmond happy to be back on the field after concussion nightmare
St Patrick's Athletic’s Lee Desmond. Picture: INPHO/Brian Reilly-Troy
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Friday, August 13 delivered a dose of horror for the defender after he was hospitalised following an aerial collision with St Patrick’s Athletic colleague Vitezslav Jaros.
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