St. Mirren Captain Sorry for Impaling Team-Mate John McGinn with Spike in Prank

St. Mirren club captain Steven Thompson has issued an apology to team-mate John McGinn after impaling him with a spike in a training prank gone wrong.

The 36-year-old's actions will see McGinn ruled out for three weeks with injury.

According to the Daily Record, the incident arose after McGinn, 20, robbed Thompson of the ball in training. The latter picked up a spiked pole and threw it McGinn's way. It buried itself into his thigh, and the cut was bleeding profusely. 

Thompson, as reported by the The Scottish Sun, said:

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I've been shocked by it, to be honest, really down about it. I like a laugh and a joke in training, but for something like this to happen is just unbelievable.

The pole went about a centimetre into his leg and he's obviously got quite a bad injury. The word seems to be he'll be out for around three weeks.

I think he's torn his muscle slightly and, while he needs to make sure it heals properly, there isn't going to be any long-term damage.

I'm just mortified by the whole thing. It was a daft prank. It wasn't like I threw the pole out of anger or anything like that. That's not what happened.

I threw it for a laugh, stupid me trying to be funny, and unfortunately it's anything but. It's a total disaster.

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The club named McGinn the Player of the Year in 2013/14, and he has earned caps for the Scotland U21 team.

[The Scottish Sun, Daily Record]