No. If he ever did come back, the disaffection which would be shown by the crowd (inc me) would be felt by the whole team. I'd prefer that all eleven players were cheered, and not ten being cheered and one being booed.
It probably helps relax the arm muscles after you've been tightly gripping the arms of the barber's chair in sheer terror of the sharp razors, tapers, blowtorches and hot wax.
In a way it reminds me of a match at the Goldstone. Jimmy Case was captain, and led the team out for the second half; however the player immediately behind him stopped in the tunnel, and also stopped the other players behind him from running out. Casey was in the centre circle before he...
Probably true, but he's a ballsy old bugger who was doing his duty. I disliked him for a number of years, but have now come to appreciate his eccentricity.
Which is why I mentioned the Starbucks model, where you are given a slip of paper with a one-off password. The organisation of the passwords, printing them, distribution, refunding 'failures' etc., would be time (therefore cash) consuming - all for a couple of hours of usage every other week...
The IT infrastructure required would probably cost more than £1 per month for the number which would be interested, and then one person would subscribe, and give the password to all his mates. It's not quite like the Starbucks situation where their shops have a dozen or so users at the most.