Stanton out for two months

Last updated : 03 November 2003 By Luke Thornhill
Stanton suffered the injury while playing for the reserves against Grimsby midweek, and had the operation on Saturday.

The club are expecting him to be out for six to eight weeks, with manager Brian Laws considering bringing in a defender on loan - just days after allowing centre-back Jamie McCombe to join Conference club Halifax Town on loan.

Laws said: "When you lose a player of Stanton's quality it will obviously be a massive blow.

"He has had a difficult start to the season with injuries and hopefully after this he will be back to his commanding best."