thought this was funny Old boy injured: Channon survives smash From the BBC, Thursday: Ex-England footballer turned racehorse trainer Mick Channon has been seriously injured in a fatal motorway accident. The 59-year-old was travelling from Doncaster Sales to his Berkshire stables when the accident happened on Wednesday on the M1 in Leicestershire. Bloodstock agent Tim Corby, 63, who was also in the car, was killed in the single-vehicle crash. Channon suffered broken ribs, jaw, arm and a punctured lung and will undergo surgery on Friday. His 15-year-old son Jack was also in the car but he was not seriously hurt. (Channon briefly appeared for United at the start of season 1982/83, when he followed Kevin Keegan to Tyneside, making 4 appearances and scoring once - at home to the smoggies) PS: not wishing to make light of this story at all, but the hospital bulletin on Channon described his condition as "stable".....
