May 18 2009

Calvin Andrew

Crystal Palace striker Calvin Andrew faces a lengthy spell on the sidelines after injuring his knee.

The 22-year-old broke down in the last game of the season while on loan at Brighton and had to be substituted in the first half.

Now Andrew will miss the whole of Palace's pre-season campaign and the first half of next season much to the despair of Eagles boss Neil Warnock.

"It's quite a serious knee injury and he will be out for about six months," said Warnock. "I was going to call him back and use him against Sheffield United if he wasn't playing in their last game but they said he would.

"Then he wasn't in the starting line up which wasn't our agreement but came on anyway after 10 minutes."