Top 10 most gruesome broken legs

Mark Cockroft | March 5, 2010

Aaron Ramsey’s recent broken leg at the hands, or should I say feet, of Ryan Shawcross has sparked the famous pub debate: what is the worst (we mean best) football leg-break injury ever? OTP has offered up some splendid contenders.
1. David Busst - Manchester United vs Coventry City, 1996

Sadly for him, the poster boy of [...]

Video: Axel Witsel inflicts horrific leg break on Marcin Wasilewski

Rob Parker | September 1, 2009

Bad breaks from Belgium

Standard Liege’s Axel Witsel dealt out the ultimate footballing humiliation to Anderlecht’s Marcin Wasilewski over the weekend by breaking his leg so badly that he inadvertently kicked himself in the balls. This is one of those sickening leg breaks that we get every so often in football.
Hopefully Witsel and his team-mates will [...]

Real Sociedad’s Diaz de Cerio suffers horrific leg break

Rob Parker | November 9, 2008

That’s gotta hurt

Horrific incident from La Liga this weekend. Real Sociedad player Diaz de Cerio broke his leg as he chased down the Eibar goalkeeper. It was one of those leg-dangling, vomit-in-your-mouth kind of leg breaks.
Picture after the jump…