So following a recent, to remain unnamed, soppy flounce off and inevitable return I was wondering about other returns in football and when they have worked and when they have not. Keegan at Newcastle was a shambles of course but I'm sure people can come up with better examples.
Fowler coming back to us, we all wanted him back but he wasnt even near the player we remembered. It never dented his reputation with us but still counts imo
We win, Martin Allen. Five times manager of Barnet FC, Thrice walked, Twice pushed. Every time half the support cheered, the other half cried.
I've met him a few times as I used to teach some of his children. My work colleague (a big Liverpool fan) knew he was coming and still struggled to hold a normal conversation with him when he actually arrived to simply found out how his child was doing at school.
Robbie Keane did well for us when he returned for £10 mill having left for Pool in an £18 million deal only 6 months prior
Didn't Barry Fry used to get sacked every week? Mick Channon's triumphal return to Saints in 1979 was a good move on his part.