Dorchester Town captain Will Spetch admitted he could face "a couple of weeks" on the sidelines after suffering an ankle injury during the Magpies' 4-1 Southern League Division One South victory over Exmouth Town.
Spetch was forced off at half-time at the Avenue after picking up the knock in the opening 45 minutes, although he was unsure exactly how the injury occurred.
In his post match interview, the defender revealed swelling had already developed around the ankle and said he reluctantly accepted medical advice to come off.
Spetch said: "We're not too sure yet. The swelling has come up quite bad on my ankle.
"I'm not actually too sure how I've done it and I was advised to come off at half-time.
"I wasn't best pleased about coming off, but we'll have to see about that. It could be a couple of weeks, but we'll just see how it develops in the next 24 hours."
Despite the injury setback, Spetch was pleased to see his side continue their strong early-season form with a convincing win over an Exmouth side that briefly levelled at 1-1 in the second half.
But goals from Ethan Taylor, Matty Burrows and Freddie Beale added to Jayden Nielsen's first half opener.
"We made hard work of it, but the game opened up in the second half," he said.
"The front three and Freddie's come off the bench and they've all scored, which is great."
Dorchester created several opportunities before taking the lead through Nielsen and Spetch admitted there were fears the missed chances might prove costly.
"It seems to be the same sort of story at the minute where we get one, two, three great opportunities and don't finish them," he said.
"Then you're thinking, 'God, are we going to score today?' But luckily the lads held firm and the result was great in the end."
After Exmouth equalised, Spetch was particularly encouraged by the response shown by the Magpies.
"You could see that goal and heads start going down, and you think, 'Oh God, are we going to get back into this game?'
"But straight away the lads were back on the front foot, wanting to score another goal and get our noses back in front."
The skipper also singled out Burrows for praise after another influential display after netting his sixth goal of the season to top the club's goal scoring charts.
"Matty's been class for us all season," he said.
"He gives us so much out of possession as well as in possession. His pace gets us in behind constantly.
"He's been one of our best players so far this season."
Spetch was also delighted to see substitute Beale score his first competitive goal for the club.
"It's brilliant. I know how much that would have meant to him," he said.
With a busy run of league fixtures ahead, Spetch believes Dorchester are well placed after negotiating a difficult opening schedule.
"We've played four or five of the top teams so far in this league," he said.
"Now our full focus is to really kick on in the league.
"If we can go into this month and pick up some big points, by the end of October the league will have taken a really good bit of shape."
Share