Like the Second Coming, I'm still waiting for the return to Alty of Ian Tunnacliffe...
I feel your pain sir, it is only a cult but what a remarkable man we both follow and only dream of his great return
You can still hope, as he has made returns before. After he left us, he returned to Emley.
Three of us did go to an Emley game at Leek Town where he wasn't involved, Asking some Emley supporters, they said he was injured, but would be around soon, as he had just gone for a pie. On his return he came over and we had a very pleasant chat, in the course of which he asked if we knew the whereabouts of one his former Altrincham teammates, as he owed Tunna some money.
I don't know if that debt was ever paid, but a while later, around 1999, at a guess, I did get to see him play, when he had returned to another of his former clubs, Storthes Hall, in the West Riding County Amateur League. I can remember him loudly berating his teammates if a pass to him wasn't inch perfect. As you can appreciate, a player of his calibre would demand the very highest of standards.