Jamie Close To Return

Last updated : 31 March 2004 By Brian Cartlidge

The Blues left-back played the full 120 minutes of the 4-2 defeat which went into extra-time after the scores were level at 2-2 on ninety minutes.

Now Clapham is hoping for a recall into Steve Bruce's first team squad after six weeks out with a bout of shingles.

He has said that he has been training for the last two weeks with no reaction to the hamstring injury which he had been suffering with before the bout of shingles and will leave it to the manager to decide as and when he should return to the first team squad.