Lugar defender Adam Lowe admits he had to put his head in where it hurts again to convince himself he could bounce back from a fractured skull.
The 24-year-old suffered the potentially career-threatening injury after blocking a shot with his head in a league clash against Girvan last September.
He expected to miss most of the season but made a surprise return to action last weekend - playing the full 90 minutes as Lugar lost 1-0 away to Lesmahagow in a West of Scotland League Conference A clash.
And he revealed to Ayrshire Football News how four months of fretting over his playing future melted away in a matter of seconds. "About two minutes into Saturday's game, I could see this high ball heading straight towards me and I knew I had to meet it with my head," said Adam."I just felt this huge sigh of relief when I headed it.
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