Armstrong on the mend after op

New Mills have sent assistant manager Paul Armstrong their best wishes for a speedy recovery after he suffered a double leg break in their Manchester Premier Cup win against Irlam FC.

The 27-year-old, pictured, was hurt eight minutes into the second half of the quarter final clash with the North West Counties League outfit on Monday night and taken to Stepping Hill Hospital in Stockport by ambulance midway through the 2-1 win.

Play at the First Division North club's Church Lane was stopped for more than half an hour with New Mills leading 2-0 while Armstrong was treated on the pitch by medics. On Tuesday he underwent a successful operation on the double compound fracture to his right leg, requiring more than five hours of surgery to insert pins and plates.

In a medical update published on the club’s official website, the Millers said: "Everybody connected to The Millers will be pleased to hear that Paul Armstrong successfully underwent an operation. The procedure has been deemed to have been a success though and it is hoped that Paul will be leaving hospital in the next twenty four hours.

"'Army' has once again expressed his thanks for all the messages of support he has received since the incident, not only from within the club but the local Non-League community in general."