Exeter City have been dealt a blow after defender Danny Coles fractured a bone in his spine during training.
Coles, who arrived at St James' Park from Bristol Rovers in the summer, suffered the injury following a collision with goalkeeper Artur Krysiak at the club's Cat and Fiddle training ground.
He was taken to the Royal and Devon Exeter Hospital and is now set to miss the rest of the season, although more tests are due to be carried out to assess the full extent of his injury.
Exeter's Director of Football Steve Perryman said: "It was an accidental collision, it was just one of those things that happens.
"Normally people get a scrape or a bruise in training, but this was a bit more serious."
