The
term
Injury
Time
was so
called
because in the
1890
'
s
any
player
injured
during an
Association
Football
match
had to
stay
where they
fell
until the
end
of the
match
. The
famous
match
between
Milton
Keynes
Wanderers
and the
Royal
Navy
in
1897
had to be
abandoned
when all
22
players
became
injured
, and
lay
down for over
six
hours
.
Dave T, Yukka
[undated]