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Serious head injury to Dover player stops match before Yeovil set club record 13th straight win

A serious head injury to a Dover Athletic player stops the match before opponents Yeovil Town set a club record 13th straight win.

There was a break in play on the 20th minute, with Peter Ojemen receiving treatment before being rushed to hospital.

After an 8 minute stoppage, the player was conscious and stretchered off, with Dover then taking to social media to provide an update.

The club tweeted: “Peter Ojemen is well and in hospital awaiting the relevant scans and tests. We’d like to thank the @YTFC staff and paramedics for their help and quick response during the game 🤝 Wishing you a speedy recovery Pete ❤️‍🩹”

Credit – Somerset Live

The game saw Yeovil go on to earn a club record 13th consecutive win thanks to a Sonny Cox brace, which leaves them 6 points clear at the top of the National League South.

Sonny Cox gets his first goal in Green and White on 58 minutes before having the ball in the net again 8 minutes later, but the flag went up for Jake Hyde in the buildup.

Sonny Cox tried his luck again on 70 minutes, almost making it 2-0, but curled an effort just wide.

He made no mistake however with around 15 minutes remaining, firing in his second.

Sonny Cox had two more efforts in the final 5 minutes kept out. Quite the man of the match performance from the Glovers man.

Sonny Cox said post-match: Yeah obviously it was tough first half they made it tough for us to get through but we kept on going and showed them what we can do in the second half.

We expected them to start fast which they did and then we kept the ball kept passing around kept tiring them out and then first half we didn’t quite get the final touch but second half was different so yeah. It’s great to score for this great club and hopefully I can score more.

It’s [on joining the club] felt different because like when I came in I didn’t know anyone here but the lads have made me feel really welcome and been getting on with them really well and then obviously playing and learning what what they can do and how they can help my game as well so it’s been really good

On playing and adjusting to various positions: It’s been a bit strange but I’ve I’m once again learning getting used to it and then hopefully that will help me in the future

When I first came here I was not expecting crowds this big at all and the fans are great every single week they follow us away home and yeah it’s great

A serious head injury to the Dover player stops the match before Yeovil set club record 13th straight win, this is how fans reacted to it all…

@JOEWILLS13: If Yeovil win on Tuesday against Farnborough, they will go onto 41 points, which is more points than the whole of last season, so I really hope they will win and get to 41 points after just 17 games.

@BryanPassmore2: Tremendous, well done Yeo and everyone connected with the Club 👊

@JohnWhi12670171: Perfect afternoon. Aveley lost too so if Yeovil win their game in hand, will be 9 points clear. Tremendous run of form. Well done Yeovil and Mark Cooper.

@RobManley4: Top stuff – different game to Tuesday night but this team always finds the way – Character and quality is out of this world. Happy for sonny cox – Dawes grew Into the game – Alex whittle doesn’t get enough plaudits, top notch going forward and back. Onto Tuesday 🟢⚪️

@Shinyma57107408: Well played. No panic at half time. We knew the first would come eventually. Some great passing today. Their goalie played a blinder. Wishing their injured player all the best. Let’s go for 14 next week.

@Chris_Fox82: The winning run continues! Some performance today!

@CleaveO: The green machine rolls on. 🧤🟢⚪️ 13 (thirteen) in a row at any level is an incredible achievement @bbcbristolsport. 6 point gap at the top with a game in hand. Us supporters deserve this as does everyone at the club after the years of struggles and stagnation. #YTFC

@DavidKennedy69: Fantastic effort, Well done coaching staff, team and the vocal supporters.

@CL_908: Amazing to watch 💚 what a team #ytfc

@MattCrivelli: Lucky* 13 for #ytfc 💚💥
*no luck was involved in the making of this run

@Jlawer17: 13 in a row 😍

@MarkLoveridge15: Yeah, 13 unbeaten what a team lol 💚💚💚

@lw_004: Fair play to all staff and medical they got on there straight away. looked like he landed awful hopefully he’ll be ok

@MrAnthonyCarter: @PeterOjemen3 Hope you recover quickly Peter and soon back playing. All the best from @YTFC fan. 👍

@ConnorJames___: Black and white army are with you @PeterOjemen3 ⚫️⚪️⚫️⚪️

@Jason_Cloke: Wishing you a speedy recovery Peter

@TheRealHughesy: Glad he’s ok. Couldn’t really see what happened from where we were but never like to see a player even from the opposition down like that. Hope he has a speedy recovery

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