PLAYERS WITH MULTIPLE SPELLS
There are 18 players who left and returned to the City Ground. Notable ones include John Robertson (who spent 2 years at Derby) and Nigel Clough, who came back for 13 games while Stuart Pearce was in charge.These are the players who left and returned, along with their competitive records in each spell:
| Player | Spell | Season From |
First Game | Season To |
Last Game | P | W | D | L | Goals | Came On | Went Off | Unused Sub | Yellows | Red |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adlene Guedioura | 1 | 2011-12 | Jan 31, 2012 | 2013-14 | Aug 31, 2013 | 61 | 26 | 18 | 17 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 3 | 9 | 2 |
| Adlene Guedioura | 2 | 2017-18 | Feb 03, 2018 | 2018-19 | May 05, 2019 | 39 | 16 | 10 | 13 | 2 | 14 | 12 | 14 | 4 | |
| Sold to Crystal Palace in 2013; Re-joined from Middlesbrough in the January 2018 window | |||||||||||||||
| Andy Reid | 1 | 2000-01 | Nov 15, 2000 | 2004-05 | Jan 29, 2005 | 160 | 49 | 48 | 63 | 25 | 25 | 23 | 19 | 16 | 1 |
| Andy Reid | 2 | 2011-12 | Jul 24, 2011 | 2014-15 | Sep 14, 2014 | 130 | 50 | 39 | 41 | 17 | 24 | 44 | 8 | 15 | 1 |
| Left to join Tottenham Hotspur; Re-joined from Blackpool in July 2011 | |||||||||||||||
| Bob Norris | 1 | 1898-99 | Sep 10, 1898 | 1903-04 | Apr 02, 1904 | 149 | 61 | 40 | 47 | 4 | |||||
| Bob Norris | 2 | 1904-05 | Jun 22, 1905 | 1904-05 | Jul 02, 1905 | ||||||||||
| Calvin Plummer | 1 | 1980-81 | Oct 13, 1980 | 1982-83 | Dec 06, 1982 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | |||
| Calvin Plummer | 2 | 1987-88 | Nov 30, 1987 | 1987-88 | May 08, 1988 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 4 | ||||
| Sold to Chesterfield in Dec 1982 and bought back from Barnsley in Nov 1987 | |||||||||||||||
| Des Walker | 1 | 1983-84 | Mar 14, 1984 | 1991-92 | May 02, 1992 | 345 | 155 | 96 | 93 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 4 | 1 | |
| Des Walker | 2 | 2001-02 | May 07, 2002 | 2004-05 | Aug 07, 2004 | 62 | 20 | 20 | 22 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 6 | ||
| Left to join Sampdoria; Re-joined from Sheffield Wednesday in 2002 | |||||||||||||||
| Garry Birtles | 1 | 1976-77 | Mar 12, 1977 | 1980-81 | Oct 04, 1980 | 132 | 72 | 33 | 27 | 51 | 3 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Garry Birtles | 2 | 1982-83 | Sep 04, 1982 | 1986-87 | May 15, 1987 | 151 | 72 | 32 | 47 | 45 | 5 | 17 | 3 | ||
| Sold to Man Utd in October 1980; Bought back from Man Utd at start of 1982-83 season | |||||||||||||||
| Gary Mills | 1 | 1978-79 | Sep 09, 1978 | 1981-82 | Feb 27, 1982 | 75 | 37 | 21 | 17 | 10 | 13 | 8 | 12 | ||
| Gary Mills | 2 | 1983-84 | Apr 07, 1984 | 1986-87 | May 15, 1987 | 96 | 39 | 23 | 34 | 5 | 19 | 4 | 12 | 1 | |
| Left to join Seattle Sounders in 1982; Re-joined from them in 1983 | |||||||||||||||
| Ian Bowyer | 1 | 1973-74 | Oct 20, 1973 | 1980-81 | Jan 11, 1981 | 323 | 150 | 95 | 77 | 75 | 19 | 6 | 38 | 9 | |
| Ian Bowyer | 2 | 1981-82 | Jan 09, 1982 | 1986-87 | May 15, 1987 | 243 | 105 | 57 | 81 | 24 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| Sold to Sunderland in Jan 1981; Bought back from Sunderland in Jan 1982 | |||||||||||||||
| Jack Earp | 1 | 1889-90 | Jan 18, 1890 | 1891-92 | Apr 23, 1892 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | ||||||
| Jack Earp | 2 | 1892-93 | Sep 03, 1892 | 1892-93 | Apr 15, 1893 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | ||||||
| Joined Everton in 1891 before rejoining us a year later in 1892 | |||||||||||||||
| Jermaine Jenas | 1 | 1999-00 | May 01, 2000 | 2001-02 | Jan 30, 2002 | 33 | 10 | 12 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 3 | |||
| Jermaine Jenas | 2 | 2012-13 | Oct 03, 2012 | 2012-13 | Nov 17, 2012 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 1 | ||||
| Sold to Newcastle in 2002; Played 6 games on loan in 2012. | |||||||||||||||
| John Robertson | 1 | 1970-71 | Oct 10, 1970 | 1982-83 | May 18, 1983 | 504 | 231 | 133 | 138 | 95 | 13 | 13 | 6 | 8 | |
| John Robertson | 2 | 1985-86 | Aug 03, 1985 | 1985-86 | Jan 24, 1986 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Sold to Derby County at the of the 1982-83 season; bought back at the start of the 1985-86 season | |||||||||||||||
| Jon Olav Hjelde | 1 | 1997-98 | Aug 09, 1997 | 2002-03 | May 15, 2003 | 175 | 63 | 51 | 61 | 6 | 23 | 13 | 28 | 26 | 2 |
| Jon Olav Hjelde | 2 | 2004-05 | Jul 27, 2004 | 2004-05 | May 08, 2005 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 1 | |
| Sold to Busan IPark in Korea at the end of the 2002-03 season and bought back from them at the start of the 2004-05 season | |||||||||||||||
| Marlon Harewood | 1 | 1996-97 | Apr 15, 1997 | 2003-04 | Nov 22, 2003 | 203 | 68 | 57 | 78 | 55 | 62 | 44 | 19 | 24 | 1 |
| Marlon Harewood | 2 | 2011-12 | Jan 07, 2012 | 2011-12 | Feb 14, 2012 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 1 | ||||
| Sold to West Ham in 2003; Bought back in 2011 | |||||||||||||||
| Michael Dawson | 1 | 2001-02 | Sep 02, 2001 | 2004-05 | Jan 15, 2005 | 91 | 38 | 27 | 26 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 22 | 1 |
| Michael Dawson | 2 | 2018-19 | Jul 11, 2018 | 2020-21 | May 01, 2021 | 32 | 14 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 42 | 3 | |
| Left to join Tottenham Hotspur in 2005; Re-signed from Hull at the start of the 2018 season | |||||||||||||||
| Neil Webb | 1 | 1985-86 | Aug 03, 1985 | 1988-89 | May 18, 1989 | 186 | 94 | 49 | 42 | 56 | 4 | 1 | |||
| Neil Webb | 2 | 1992-93 | Nov 28, 1992 | 1994-95 | May 27, 1995 | 42 | 19 | 11 | 12 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 11 | ||
| Sold to Man Utd at the end of the 1989 season; Bought back from Man Utd at the start of the 1992 season | |||||||||||||||
| Nigel Clough | 1 | 1984-85 | Aug 08, 1984 | 1992-93 | May 11, 1993 | 399 | 179 | 103 | 116 | 130 | 7 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 1 |
| Nigel Clough | 2 | 1996-97 | Dec 21, 1996 | 1996-97 | Mar 15, 1997 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | |
| Left to join Liverpool in 1993; Signed on loan for 13 games in 1996 by Stuart Pearce | |||||||||||||||
| Sticker Banks | 1 | 1911-12 | Sep 30, 1911 | 1913-14 | Apr 11, 1914 | 59 | 19 | 11 | 29 | 5 | |||||
| Sticker Banks | 2 | 1915-16 | Sep 04, 1915 | 1919-20 | Mar 20, 1920 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | ||||||
| Sold to Stalybridge Celtic in 1914 before being bought back a year later | |||||||||||||||
| Tom Widdowson | 1 | 1887-88 | Sep 17, 1887 | 1888-89 | Dec 01, 1888 | 3 | 2 | 1 | |||||||
| Tom Widdowson | 2 | 1889-90 | Apr 07, 1890 | 1890-91 | Feb 07, 1891 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| Sold to Notts County in 1888 but returned a year later in 1890 | |||||||||||||||