Bohemians ace Jack Carroll details journey back from horror knee injury to make dream debut at Dailymount [Video]

FOR most League of Ireland footballers, the mid-season break was welcome, a chance to get away and enjoy a well-earned rest. Not for Jake Carroll.

Having endured almost a two-year gap between first-team matches, the last thing he needed was another weekend off.

Carroll, 32, had just made his Bohemians debut against Derry City, with the Candystripes’ winner coming after he had come off with 83 minutes under his belt.

It was his first outing since July 2022, when the defender played in Motherwell’s opening game of the Scottish Premiership season against St Mirren.

During a set-piece session in training the following week, he jumped for an unopposed header.

The pain was excruciating as his patella ruptured, not from landing awkwardly but from pushing off the ground in the first place.

He recalled: “It was a freak one. There was no warning sign, no pain beforehand.

“They can be …