Speaking of the incident, Town Boss Joe Royle, confirmed the bad news of the Irishmans injury: "He will be out for five or six weeks so we will have to do without him for a while."
Jim Magilton was also substitued at half time due to injury, and without Magilton and Mahon in midfield for Town, the central department of the team looked a lot less fluent, although Tommy Miller did come on and offer an attacking midfield role, however Miller looked obviously short of match fitness.