PLAYERS WITH MULTIPLE SPELLS
These are the players who left and returned to the City Ground 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 | |||||||||||||||
| 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 | |||||||||||||||