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07th Aug 2016

GRAPHIC: Blood was streaming from Steven Fletcher’s head after clash with Tommy Elphick

Like a horror movie

Darragh Murphy

Steven Fletcher left a lot of blood on the pitch on Sunday.

Sheffield Wednesday’s new striker had his competitive club debut cut short after a clash of heads with Aston Villa’s Tommy Elphick in the first half of their Championship opener this weekend.

Cameras picked up the significant gash left by the collision as Fletcher’s head began leaking blood when he attempted to stand up.

But after sustaining one of the worst cuts we’ve seen in football, the Scotland international was taken off and replaced by Gary Hooper up front for Wednesday.

Elphick, who was cut open too, came back on after being bandaged up and supporters couldn’t help but notice a resemblance between the injured players and England legend Terry Butcher.

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