WREXHAM star Andy Cannon was given oxygen and stretchered off during his side’s 2-1 victory over Mansfield in League One.
The midfielder, 28, appeared to seriously injure his leg after being tackled by Stag star Louis Reed inside 36 minutes at Field Mill.
Cannon looked in real discomfort after falling to the ground awkwardly and as Mansfield stars checked on him.
Wrexham medics immediately rushed onto the pitch to come to his aid and soon formed a protective huddle around him.
The Englishman subsequently received lengthy medical treatment and was given oxygen.
Cannon, who helped doctors hold the oxygen mask to his face, was eventually stretchered off with the score 1-1 at the time, as Mansfield left-back Calum Macdonald scored at both ends.
Ex-Mansfield manager Paul Cox said: “It looks like he got his studs caught in the ground and all his weight went the other way.
“It looked like a bad one straight away. You could just tell he was signalling to the bench straight away.”
A fan said: “It looked like an accident, Reed stood on his ankle as he turned.”
Cannon – who has scored twice this season – was given a round of applause from both sets of fans as he was stretchered off and 10 minutes of additional time was added to the first-half.
Matty James – who was dropped to the bench after starting in the midweek defeat to Leyton Orient – came on in his place.
Max Cleworth struck a fine winner for the away side just before the hour mark and lifted Wrexham to within three points of the automatic promotion places.
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“It’s not easy when a great lad like Andy is stretchered off. I said to the lads at half-time, ‘C’mon, let’s do this for Andy’ and they did that.”
A long-term injury to Cannon could spell trouble, as the midfielder has started 16 of the club’s 27 League One games this term, missing two games through suspension and injury.
Parkinson’s side are pushing for back-to-back promotion and went three points behind Wycombe Wanderers with 14 games to go, with Birmingham City the runaway leaders.
Before Sunday’s match, Wrexham were suffering their worst run of the campaign, with four league defeats in eight.
This sequence came immediately after picking up six wins in an unbeaten eight-match league run.
Yet Wrexham have been happier on their travels of late.
Victory today saw the Red Dragons win three successive away EFL games for the first time since August 2003.