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Yes, definitely, pre-season 2008

Okay, your thread your rules, and I see from your initial post you're talking in purely financial terms. But to label a signing successful or unsuccessful, I think you need to look at the whole picture. Grigg is definitely an interesting case, and could perhaps be a candidate for most successful...

Fitzgerald was sacked when we were relegated at Easter, so Quin must've had at least three or four games. For the final one, Tranmere away, he had Butcher alongside him on the bench.

Actually, I think they'd be interesting to include, although it would widen the field a bit. That's probably where I recall Whitbread, and possibly Mortimer, taking charge from. Maybe even Farrell too, or am I starting to imagine things? Generally though, what I was thinking about was...

Ah, interesting one this. That game was at the end of the 2000-01 season, when Lewington was fully in charge. But amidst an approach from Watford and a fall out with Noades, he wasn't at the game and quit soon after. Who took charge that night? Can't remember, possibly Downes? I wouldn't be...

Although I started out thinking generally about one-game managers, as Wanderer points out, that particular list is easy enough to find. What I should have asked, and will ask now as a supplementary question, is if anyone remembers anyone taking charge temporarily of a first team game for any...

Was he filling in between managers, or filling in for an incumbent manager like McFarlane today, out of interest?

Seems there have been quite a few. Perhaps a better question would have been have any others taken charge of a first team game when not officially 'manager' or 'caretaker manager'. Illness, like in today's instance, is the obvious one, but perhaps an assistant took charge because the manager was...

Ah yes

Looks like Neil McFarlane will be in charge for perhaps a couple more games, so won't join this exclusive club, but how many one-game Bees managers have there been? I can only remember Garry Thompson. Think Barry Quin had three or four games. Of course, guys like that were 'official' caretaker...

There's a strange obsession with resale value on this thread. Yes it's a huge part of our ethos, but sometimes you just need to pad out the potential with some experience with little expectation of a decent recoup. Surely the first and foremost criteria for judging a successful signing should be...

EMaz is in fact Emiliano Marcondes and I claim my £5

I've been thinking this for a while, but not commented at the risk of sounding old and cranky. IMHO there's plenty of outlets for 'bantz' on supporter, fanzine etc accounts, but official clubs accounts should be above all that. No doubt it brings traffic and engagement, so those who matter are...

Yep, a late winner which confirmed our play-off place in Martin Allen's first season. Game had been rearranged after the first one was called off, with the coach I was on just pulling into Wrexham. Driver didn't even stop for food/drink, just went round a roundabout when the news came through...

Just put 2+2 together and worked out you're the fella whose 'on this day' postings I really enjoy on Twitter. They give me a brief trip down memory lane for Bees and non-league games I've attended down the years, keep up the good work!