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Liam Gordon: Walsall wing-back on nearly losing a foot to walking out at Wembley

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Liam Gordon is grateful just to be walking at all at Walsall .

The wing-back suffered a freak injury in training three years ago .

Gordon needed three surgeries in five days to save the lower part of his leg.

He was back on the pitch within three months , with the help of then assistant coach Mat Sadler .

The 26-year-old has been a virtual ever-present for the club since September 2022 .

Jamille Matt and Albert Adomah have both won play-off finals there but lost them too.

Walsall have only played there once in their 137-year history, losing the 2015 EFL Trophy final to Bristol City .

Boss Sadler , meanwhile, is seeking Wembley redemption as Shrewsbury Town captain in 2018 .

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63

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