Town midfielder Luciano Civelli missed the first day of pre-season training at Playford Road yesterday because he was trapped at home in Argentina by a volcano. Ash from Chile's Puyehue volcano has caused the cancellation of all flights out of Buenos Aires.

Boss Paul Jewell said: “Luca’s stuck in Argentina because of the Chilean volcano. He can’t get his flight out of Argentina, so he’ll be here Monday.”

It’s not the first time a Town player has had volcano-related travel problems, former goalkeeper Brian Murphy having been stranded in Ireland by the Icelandic ash cloud a year ago.

Jewell also revealed that central defender Damien Delaney missed yesterday’s first session but is expected back soon: “Damien Delaney played so many games for us and for Ireland last season, we’ve been very generous and given him until Tuesday off.”

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BotesdaleBlue added 06:09 - Jul 2 No doubt he would have been fined heavily under Keane!!
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truckertractorboy added 06:32 - Jul 2 If keane was here that would have been a public floggging offence
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DiamondGezzer added 06:41 - Jul 2 Best I could think up was, an upset stomache !
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InterBlue added 07:00 - Jul 2 Lava out loud
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bluepeter added 07:04 - Jul 2 If Keano had been here it would not have been just the volcano that blew it's top!
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JoshTheLad added 07:16 - Jul 2 Most Jewely will do is sit on him... or get Scotland to eat him
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broomfield123 added 07:16 - Jul 2 What level of the chilian league do puyehue volcano play in and would it be an undisclosed fee
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itfcjc added 07:23 - Jul 2 When he gets free sell him
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Normandyblue added 07:24 - Jul 2 Nice to see PJ being so magmanimous about it.
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Wickets added 07:30 - Jul 2 No Excuse is it Whoppittttttt
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joshberry94 added 08:27 - Jul 2 dont rush back, you might pull a muscle and be out for yet another 5 months!!
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Hermann_eats_puffin added 08:46 - Jul 2 Luciano never has much luck does he. I'd love to see him back and showing the kind of promise of his first few games for us but I'm not sure if that will ever happen though. Hope that his luck changes soon though and he can prove us all wrong and be a useful squad player for us in the season ahead. Good luck Luca and hope that you manage to get a flight back here soon & get into training.

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pottyblue added 08:49 - Jul 2 Not very lucky is our luca cant sell him as noone has seen him play would love to see him come good
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Tractorog added 08:53 - Jul 2 Didn't he used to play in defence for his last club?
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redacted added 08:55 - Jul 2 No excuse - should have got a train/coach up into central or north America and then flown from there.
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ITFC4daprem added 09:18 - Jul 2 least not Keane Martin, White, O'Connor, Civelli, Peters will he play next season hope he will do well
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jas0999 added 10:02 - Jul 2 Civelli's time at ITFC has not been the best - more for the player than anyone else. As someone else said, he's had little luck! I wonder if we will try to sell him on.
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bluetoba added 10:04 - Jul 2 Would Keane of blown his top and vented his anger?
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petermorris added 10:20 - Jul 2 Has he sent PJ a photo of it?
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leroy2488 added 10:27 - Jul 2 I think that if Mr. Keane was still here, Luca would have preferred to stay near the Chilean volcano, rather than be roasted by an Irish Pyroclastic flow, lol!!
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Basil_Smallpiece added 10:29 - Jul 2 Where's Buenos Aries? Anywhere near Rio de Sagittarius? The volcano is trying to tell us something.
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WeWereZombies added 10:59 - Jul 2 Yeah, good suggestion GBPhillip - six days on chicken buses and twelve hours questioning by US immigration before a transatlantic flight is just what we need our players to go through before they start the season - surprised you didn't suggest he should swim here!
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algarvefan added 11:15 - Jul 2 Honestly think he will come good for us this season...he has quality, just needs to find his mo-jo
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Guthrum added 11:19 - Jul 2 Any excuse, eh? First his knee, now some volcanic eruption ... (Just kidding, Luciano - look forward to seeing you get back in the team)
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bobble added 11:20 - Jul 2 i didn't know they had volcanoes in sunderland
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