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[Alty_22]

, Anthony Griffith has been forced to retire from professional football see main site

[VofD]

Was he carrying this injury when we signed him,perhaps? None of this pre-signing medical in our league.

[ASMO]

Wtf did we sign him for , did we not know about this ?

[Ballers]

Altrincham FC confirms that "Due to an ongoing hip problem, Anthony Griffith has been forced to retire from professional football forthwith. Following advice from the PFA, an agreement has been reached on settling his contract".


, an agreement has been reached on settling his contract"

Jesus wept, if we've had to pay him anything at all it's scandalous. He clearly must've known about this before signing?

Farcical.

[Timperley The Best]

This should mean we get a new midfielder in ?

[bighairedmike]

This should mean we get a new midfielder in ?

I think we've got enough Midfielders to be honest. I'd rather we signed a right winger or could use whatever money is available to try and keep Parry long term.

[eightiesrobin]

Danny Higginbotham played more than he did!

[distancetraveller]

Danny Higginbotham played more than he did!

It's sad to read that Anthony has had to retire..  I would have thought this problem would have been picked up during initial discussions when he joined the club..

[Hamilton]

Danny Higginbotham played more than he did!

It's sad to read that Anthony has had to retire..  I would have thought this problem would have been picked up during initial discussions when he joined the club..

Maybe it was and maybe he was on a pay-as-you-play contract and maybe we were giving him a chance...

[Hemel Alty]

At least that maybe explains why everyone thought he was crap.

[Leon]

Danny Higginbotham played more than he did!

It's sad to read that Anthony has had to retire..  I would have thought this problem would have been picked up during initial discussions when he joined the club..

Maybe it was and maybe he was on a pay-as-you-play contract and maybe we were giving him a chance...

He evidently wasn't on a pay-as-you-play deal otherwise we wouldn't have had to settle up with him for the remainder of his contract.

[andrewflynn]

So we committed to someone with an 'ongoing hip problem' on contractual terms? Christ. Do we not perform medicals?

[MadFrankie]

So we committed to someone with an 'ongoing hip problem' on contractual terms? Christ. Do we not perform medicals?

Medicals aside, in this situation you'd expect him to do the decent thing and tear up his contract without expecting a penny in return.

[MarpleAlty]

What a disaster; the wording suggests we've had to pay out for this.

Higgy had an existing affinity to the club, therefore I'm certain he just walked away. Can't say that was the case here - I just hope it's not a huge amount.

[Alex]

shame that an injury has forced him to call time on his career hope he has some skills to fall back onto so he can find work.