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October 12

Replacing a football manager with themself

Dear Reference Deskers,

I seem to remember a few months back Crystal Palace ditched their manager. It took weeks, if not longer, to find a new one. And as time passed the bookmakers moved the former manager who'd just been sacked into 3rd favourite position. Ultimately, he didn't get the job. Now I'm aware of a manager who was recently sacked but rehired the next day. But has anyone ever been sacked and then rehired following a proper search for an alternative? Not just when the sacking is essentially brinkmanship.

For clarity, I am referring to association football. Though I'd be interested in example from other sports if people are aware of any. 86.150.166.97 (talk) 21:17, 12 October 2014 (UTC)

A related event has happened at least 4 times in Major League Baseball involving player trades (but not managers, AFAIK). Baseball has a concept known as the "player to be named later", whereby a player is traded from one team to another, and the trade is not completed until a later date, so the exchanged player is unknown for some time. Several times, the first player traded became the "player to be named later", making them effectively traded for themselves. --Jayron32 21:46, 12 October 2014 (UTC)

Two examples in football spring to mind: Roddy Collins was manager of Carlisle United when he sack by chairman Michael Knighton after publicly backing a takeover of the club by John Courtenay. A few months later, with no permanent manager being appointed in the interim, Courtenay's takeover went ahead and he promptly appointed Collins as full-time manager.

In the summer of 1984 Dave Bassett left Wimbledon F.C. to take charge at Crystal Palace F.C.. Three days later, yet to sign the contract at Palace but having officially left Wimbledon, he changed his mind and returned as Wimbledon manager. Keresaspa (talk) 00:25, 17 October 2014 (UTC)

Cracking stuff both of you, many thanks. 86.143.20.172 (talk) 23:28, 17 October 2014 (UTC)