Cobblers striker Alex Nicholls has tweeted from his hospital bed to say thank you to fans for goodwill messages in the wake of Saturday’s injury horror.
The 24-year-old frontman has undergone an operation to insert a pin in his tibia after suffering a double compound fracture of his left leg.
He was on the receiving end of a desperate late lunge from Port Vale skipper John McCombe as he scored the Cobblers’ opening goal in Saturday’s 2-0 win over high-flying Port Vale.
The operation was a success and he also underwent a delicate skin graft procedure at Northampton General Hospital on Monday afternoon.
Just hours after the skin graft he tweeted to say: “Just recovering from my second operation. I am overwhelmed with the calls, messages and tweets and I can’t thank you all enough. I am feeling very tired at the minute but will speak to you all soon.”
Nicholls was joined at the hospital on Saturday afternoon by his parents, partner and young daughter, who had all been at Sixfields to watch the game, only to see him lay motionless in the penalty area for 12 minutes and receive treatment from medical teams before leaving the ground in an ambulance.
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