Ryan Smith was living the dream. In the space of four months, he’d gone from the U17s side to training with the first team; rubbing shoulders day-to-day with his heroes. His trajectory was meteoric: making his first team debut in the same match as Fabregas in 2003 at the tender age of 16. Then, in a reserve team game, fate dealt him a career defining blow. After a bad tackle, Ryan ruptured his cruciate ligament and suffered a double micro fracture...
HamillTheAnimal · Dec 15, 2019
