{"id":849225,"date":"2025-05-18T16:12:50","date_gmt":"2025-05-18T21:12:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/05\/18\/i-had-flashbacks-former-newcastle-united-goalkeeper-empathises-with-awoniyi-following-bowel-predicament\/"},"modified":"2025-05-18T16:12:50","modified_gmt":"2025-05-18T21:12:50","slug":"i-had-flashbacks-former-newcastle-united-goalkeeper-empathises-with-awoniyi-following-bowel-predicament","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/05\/18\/i-had-flashbacks-former-newcastle-united-goalkeeper-empathises-with-awoniyi-following-bowel-predicament\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cI had flashbacks\u201d \u2013 Former Newcastle United goalkeeper empathises with Awoniyi following bowel predicament"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Soccer <\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p><strong>Former Newcastle United and Ireland goalkeeper, Shay Given, has sent his best wishes to Super Eagles and Nottingham Forest striker, Taiwo Awoniyi, after a bowel operation,<a href=\"https:\/\/soccernet.ng\/\"> Soccernet.ng<\/a> reports.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The 27-year-old collided with the woodwork in Forest&#8217;s 2-2 clash against Leicester City and tried to continue. Upon further checks, it was discovered that the situation was critical and he was required to undergo an emergency surgical operation on a ruptured intestine.<\/p>\n<p>Awoniyi was then placed into an induced coma, which he&#8217;s thankfully now out of, and he&#8217;s on his way to full recovery, although it&#8217;s highly unlikely he&#8217;ll still play this season.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_160391\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-160391\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/soccernet.ng\/app\/uploads\/2025\/05\/imago1061759390-1024x683.jpg\" alt width=\"1024\" height=\"683\"  ><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-160391\">Taiwo Awoniyi arrives ahead of the Premier League match, Crystal Palace vs Nottingham Forest at Selhurst Park, London. [Photo Credit\/ Imago].<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3><strong>Get Our Sports News First \u2013\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.whatsapp.com\/channel\/0029VagMHLcA89MZvw0Btc21\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Join Our WhatsApp Channel Now!<\/a><\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><strong>YOU MIGHT ALSO LIKE;<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/soccernet.ng\/2025\/05\/epl-referees-awoniyi-forest.html\">EPL referees plan bold response after Awoniyi incident<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/soccernet.ng\/2025\/05\/super-eagles-awoniyi-aina.html\">\u201cIt\u2019s horrible\u201d \u2013 Super Eagles star faults EPL officials for Taiwo Awoniyi\u2019s nasty injury<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/soccernet.ng\/2025\/05\/nottingham-forests-awoniyi-coma.html\"><strong>Nottingham Forest\u2019s Awoniyi in coma following abdominal surgery<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<figure id=\"attachment_160812\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-160812\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/soccernet.ng\/app\/uploads\/2025\/05\/imago1022829791-1024x797.jpg\" alt width=\"1024\" height=\"797\"  ><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-160812\">Shay Given is seen while presenting for Sky Sports during the Carabao Cup match at St Mary&#8217;s Stadium, Southampton. [Photo Credit\/ Imago].<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Given had a similar issue in 2006 when he collided with ex-West Ham striker, Marlon Harewood, and the doctor who treated him revealed the effect of the collision was as though he&#8217;d been involved in a car crash.<\/p>\n<p>As someone who&#8217;s had his intestines go under the knife, the 42-year-old pundit sent his message of sympathy to Awoniyi and wished him a speedy recovery.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cWhen I heard how Awoniyi\u2019s condition deteriorated, I started having flashbacks because it sounds like a very similar injury to the one I suffered. I just want to reach out because there is nothing more painful than what he&#8217;s going through,\u201d Given said in quotes revealed by the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/sport\/football\/news\/nottm-forest-taiwo-awoniyi-given-35224243\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mirror<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<figure id=\"attachment_160811\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-160811\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/soccernet.ng\/app\/uploads\/2025\/05\/imago1011652812-1024x673.jpg\" alt width=\"1024\" height=\"673\"  ><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-160811\">BT pundits Jake Humphrey, Rio Ferdinand, Shay Given and Peter Crouch with Newcastle United manager Eddie Howe,\u00a0 before the Premier League match at St. James Park, Newcastle upon Tyne. [Photo Credit\/ Imago].<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cThe specialist who operated on me said the only time he had seen an injury like it was after a car crash. He said it happens when you smash into something at high speed and your ribs hit the steering wheel.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOf course, I don\u2019t know the full details of Taiwo&#8217;s injury, but it sounds very similar in terms of it being a result of a heavy impact. I\u2019d just like to send my best wishes to him. I just hope he gets the same outcome that I did. It took me three or four months to recover, although I still have a big scar on my stomach as a permanent reminder, it could have been a lot, lot worse.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was a 50-50 challenge, and Harewood came smashing into me. The ball was there to be won. There was absolutely no blame attached to him. I just thought I had been badly winded, but, unlike Taiwo, I couldn\u2019t carry on,\u201d the one-time English Premier League winner concluded.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<figure id=\"attachment_160434\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-160434\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/soccernet.ng\/app\/uploads\/2025\/05\/20250514_083658-819x1024.jpg\" alt width=\"819\" height=\"1024\"  ><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-160434\">Taiwo Awoniy, after colliding with the woodwork. [Photo Credit\/ X].<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Nottingham Forest are currently 7th on the English Premier League table, three points behind Manchester City. 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The 27-year-old collided with the woodwork in Forest&#8217;s 2-2 clash against Leicester City and tried to continue. 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