Colin Clarke. Left to go and play for Salford and then came back to us. Or am I imagining that?

Did Brian Hogan not play twice for us?

your imagining it....iirc he spent all his playing career at Wigan

correct.

joined from Stains, left to do a season apiece at Bradford and Widnes, then came back.

my biggest memories of Brian Hogan were in his amateur days when he played for Blackbrook?....his fights with Boyd and Ashurst ( Rose Bridge) were legendary, and if memory serves me right carried on into the pro game.

didnt he get sent off at Central Park along with Boyd after a bit of biff?

(To an extent) Tom Spencer - his story is inspiring.

You misunderstand me. He did leave to go and play at Salford. I am also fairly sure he came back again a few years later.

Colin Clarke did go to Salford for a short spell before returning to play for Wigan. I am fairly sure that Geoff Fletcher also left Wigan and returned.

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Colin Clarke played 12 games for Salford in 76/77 before returning to Wigan for his second stint in 77/78 season.

What about John Stephens? Came back for a few games after a couple of years out of the pro game, having left Wigan years before.