A year ago, Adam Wharton played in the biggest game of his career to date: that FA Cup final, beating Manchester City by a goal to nil at Wembley. But he doesn't remember much of it.
“I’ve watched a million clips back and I sort of know what happened, but there’s no memory or recollection of the game. I vaguely remember Ebs [Eze] scoring and Dean [Henderson] saving the penalty, but everything else is missing," he told SCOUTED.
"It’s weird, because apparently I answered all the questions they asked me initially. I knew who I was, where I was, what the score was, but the concussion must’ve kicked in after because when I came back onto the pitch, I kept asking Chris [Richards] what the score was. He’s trying to concentrate, and I’m asking stupid questions. I don’t know how I played on for ten minutes after that."
Read more about that extraordinary day – and so much more – in our exclusive interview with the Crystal Palace passer, only in Volume II: https://t.co/LRXXY2cKx0
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