Bristol Rovers' Kamil Conteh: 'I wouldn't wish what I went through with osteomyelitis on anyone'

When Kamil Conteh walked off of the pitch at St. James Park on Boxing Day last year, a day which also happened to be the midfielder's 22nd birthday, there was no indication that the Bristol Rovers favourite was going to end up missing the remainder of the season.

Rovers lost 3-1 to Exeter City with then-new head coach Inigo Calderon sat in the stands ahead of taking charge as Matt Taylor’s permanent replacement. Former coach Dave Horseman took interim duties that day. In the end, Conteh never played for Calderon and had to watch helplessly from the sidelines as the Gas were relegated to League Two.

What started out as some discomfort in his knee ended up being far more serious as the midfi

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