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CALUM IS OUT OF THE WOODS

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The LeaguePaper Team
24 September 2017

By Dan Barnes

NEW START: Calum Woods is back for Preston
PICTURE: Action Images

INJURIES can often be a mental challenge as much as a physical one – and it’s a test that is all too familiar to Preston’s Calum Woods.
Last season was a complete write-off for the 30-year-old defender after damaging both the medial and cruciate ligaments in his right knee in a preseason match at Oldham.
Woods made his first start since the final day of the 2015-16 season last weekend as the Lilywhites beat Birmingham 3-1 at St Andrews.
That start came off the back of just ten minutes agains...

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