Premier Division champions Dandy Town have been hit by an early-season injury crisis.

Damon Ming, the midfielder, Jahtino Richardson-Martin, the centre back, and striker Fabian Frankson all suffered injuries during Town’s shocking 3-2 loss to promoted St George’s Colts at Wellington Oval on Sunday.

Richardson-Martin injured his hip, Ming fractured his right wrist and Frankson, who had made a promising goalscoring start to the season, limped off with a groin injury.

Jomar Wilkinson, the Town coach, confirmed yesterday that the trio are now listed among the wounded.

“Unfortunately, Jahtino injured his hip kicking the ball with no pressure on him,” he said. “I think it was the manner in which he shaped up that actually caused him to injure his hip.

“Damon actually fractured his right wrist while Fabian was brought off prematurely because of a knock he received to the groin, which is another concern.”

Martin is expected to be sidelined for at least a month while Ming and Frankson are doubtful for Town’s league clash with PHC Zebras at Southampton Oval this weekend.

Despite being hit by the injury bug, Wilkinson reckons that he has the numbers to cover for any loss of personnel.

“We have the players to fill the voids,” he said. “I believe in the players that we have and I am confident that they can step up to the plate and deliver for us.

“These injuries are definitely a concern, but we have other youngsters coming through and someone else will get an opportunity to prove themselves.

“We have suffered these injuries early in the season. But these things happen and are all part of the different challenges that occur throughout the season. That’s why I always tell my players that every last one of them will be used. We usually end up using about 30 players during a season.”

Town bossed most of the game against St George’s only to come up empty-handed after Mackie Crane’s late winner earned the home side the points.

“It was definitely not the start we were looking for,” Wilkinson said. “When I got the chance to analyse the game, I thought we created enough chances to win but unfortunately we didn’t convert more of them. But we will definitely learn and grow from it.”

Wilkinson took issue with some of the officiating during the match, questioning referee Anthony Francis’s decision to award St George’s a first-half penalty and ignore his team’s own appeals for a spot-kick in the second half.

Wilkinson was also at odds with the build-up to Crane’s goal, which came six minutes into second-half stoppage time.

“It was unfortunate that the referee saw the game one way and the majority of us saw it another,” Wilkinson said. “I didn’t feel that he was consistent at all. But he is there to officiate the game and his decision stands.”