However, he was unable to prove himself and sidelined from first-team action.

He did, however, get a brief run of first-team action during early 1986 when Bonner was out injured.

However, despite this appearance Lesueur found first-team action hard to come by.

He was unable to return to first-team action until April 2009.

McGinn is due to sit out first-team action for at least four weeks.

Lo suffered from hepatitis after the match and was kept out of first-team action for eight weeks.

Fußball-Bundesliga, for the end of the 1998-1999 season, and quickly received first-team action, playing in four games his first year.

He returned to first-team action as a substitute at the end of January 2002.

He was to enjoy his first taste of regular first-team action with the Blues, missing just two league games in 1995-96.

This gave him another chance at first-team action, and he made a further nine appearances in the 2.