Complex sentence: Brown struggled during his first season as an apprentice at The Valley, suffering home sickness and later rupturing his hamstring which kept him out for several months but was able to return to action the following year after working alongside first team goalkeeper Mike Salmon.
Split into simpler sentences: Brown struggled during his first season as an apprentice at The Valley, suffering home sickness and later rupturing his hamstring. This injury kept him out of the team for several months but hhwase was able to return to action the following year after training alongside first team goalkeeper Mike Salmon.