Cosmic Joe Posted March 17, 2016 Share Posted March 17, 2016 Paul McManus has joined East Fife for a fourth spell at the club. Certainly an EFFC record. Has this happened elsewhere in Scottish football? Doesn't have to have been Paul McManus - any player... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1320Lichtie Posted March 17, 2016 Share Posted March 17, 2016 Swankie has 3... Would Dale Hilson count seeing as he has went on loan and returned 4 times and then signed permanently for a 5th? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CM. Posted March 17, 2016 Share Posted March 17, 2016 Can't think of 4 off the top of my head but both Alan Lithgow and Marc McCusker had 3 spells at Clyde. Lithgow actually played with us for 3 consecutive seasons but could count as 3 spells as he was released at end of first season then never signed a new deal at end of second season but came back when he couldn't find another club. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sherrif John Bunnell Posted March 17, 2016 Share Posted March 17, 2016 Michael Gardyne is kind of in his fourth at County. One of those is a loan deal that became permanent though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rugster Posted March 17, 2016 Share Posted March 17, 2016 Kevin McAllister had four separate spells at Falkirk, three permanent, one loan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KnightswoodBear Posted March 17, 2016 Share Posted March 17, 2016 Can't think of 4. Kenny Miller has had 3 spells at Rangers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clayhole Blue Posted March 17, 2016 Share Posted March 17, 2016 Pretty sure Michael Moore had 4 separate spells with us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PrestersKTID Posted March 17, 2016 Share Posted March 17, 2016 Kris Boyd and mohamadou sissoko have both been at us for 3 spells. Sissoko was training with us the other day aswell so could have been in for a 4th. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thistle Bonnet Posted March 17, 2016 Share Posted March 17, 2016 Chic Charnley had 4 separate spells with Thistle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zen Archer (Raconteur) Posted March 17, 2016 Share Posted March 17, 2016 Laurie Ellis and Shaun Dennis both had three spells at Raith Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skyline Drifter Posted March 18, 2016 Share Posted March 18, 2016 Derek Lyle is technically currently in his fourth different spell at QoS, and had a loan spell away in the middle of one of those! We signed him on loan from Partick Thistle in early 2002. He returned to Thistle and signed a new contract with them but we then bought him in the summer of 2002 before the next season started so that was two different spells, albeit he hadn't played a game for Thistle before we brought him back. He left us for Stirling Albion on loan in early 2004. Before the start of 2004/05 he negotiated his release to join Dunfermline Athletic. It was originally intended to be a loan but Dunfermline were trying to get David Fernandez in on loan at the time and SPL rules only allowed one loan player so the deal with us became a permanent transfer with an understanding on all fronts that he would come back if he didn't break through at Dunfermline. It didn't work out for him and rejoined us in late 2004, staying through to August 2006 when he left for Dundee. After spells with Hamilton (twice), Morton & Cowdenbeath we re-signed him in August 2012. We also signed Jamie Adams on four different loan spells from Kilmarnock over 4 seasons starting in 2006-07. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CK Posted March 20, 2016 Share Posted March 20, 2016 Can't think of 4 off the top of my head but both Alan Lithgow and Marc McCusker had 3 spells at Clyde. Lithgow actually played with us for 3 consecutive seasons but could count as 3 spells as he was released at end of first season then never signed a new deal at end of second season but came back when he couldn't find another club. McCusker actually had 4 spells. First on loan from Hearts, then a permanent deal after that. He returned after a spell with Albion Rovers, then later came back on loan from Dumbarton. I only count Lithgow as having 1 spell. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LinksParkDynamo Posted March 20, 2016 Share Posted March 20, 2016 Jim Butter was registered as a player at Montrose either last season, or fairly early this season I think. Sure that would make it his 4th spell as a player at the club Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LinksParkDynamo Posted March 20, 2016 Share Posted March 20, 2016 I'm not sure if Sandy Wood counts for this as well. He was with Montrose U18s before being sold to Celtic. He was loaned back a couple of years later. He then signed permanently in 2010, left, and came back again last July for his fourth spell. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
QPStu Posted March 20, 2016 Share Posted March 20, 2016 I can think of a number of players who have had 2 spells at QP but not anyone with 3 or more. Other QP fans may correct me on this. There's not likely to be many because I'm pretty sure we had a rule of some sort that when a player left and turned pro they couldn't then become amateur again. One exception I know of was the famous RS McColl who started his career with QP in 1894 then returned for a second spell in 1912 after playing as a pro for Rangers and Newcastle. Edited to add: I've mentioned him in another topic but Frankie Carroll had 3 spells with us, 1999-2001, 2003-2007 then for a few months from 2009-2010. I don't imagine we have too many other examples. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waspie Posted March 26, 2016 Share Posted March 26, 2016 Dougie Hill in his third spell with Alloa. Funnily enough it's only his third season with the club. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NE63 exile Posted March 27, 2016 Share Posted March 27, 2016 Gary O'Connor had four different spells playing with Berwick Rangers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maplewell Posted April 1, 2016 Share Posted April 1, 2016 McFadden is on his 4th or 5th spell with Motherwell now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clayhole Blue Posted April 4, 2016 Share Posted April 4, 2016 If counting loan-spells as separate spells, Michael Moore has had 5 spells with Stranraer. If not, it's three. 2002-04 2005 (loan) 2005-07 2009 (loan) 2009-13 94 goals from 256 appearances. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
callum-ayr Posted April 16, 2016 Share Posted April 16, 2016 Ryan Stevenson is technically on his fourth spell at Ayr: Loan from St Johnstone Signed from St Johnstone Loan from Partick Signed for free after leaving Partick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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