‘I’ll be ready for a scrap’

Ipswich’s masked man on Cup challenge
By Chris Dunlavy

WHEN you’ve broken an eye socket and shattered a cheekbone, the last thing you need is a scrappy Non-League side hell-bent on a giant-killing.
But that’s exactly what Cameron Burgess will face when high-flying Ipswich Town visit seventh tier Bracknell Town in the FA Cup first round tomorrow.
The 27-year-old suffered the horror injury in mid-September, when he was caught in the face by an accidental knee from Bristol Rovers’ Harvey Saunders.
A quickfire bout of surgery and what he calls “30-something” metal screws later, the Sco...

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