SPFL club welcome hero back for third spell as he returns after major career change as PHYSIO
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VETERAN players have a long-established habit of returning to their former clubs as coaches or managers.
But Inverness Caledonian Thistle have taken things a stage further by naming a former star as their new PHYSIOTHERAPIST.
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The Highlanders are rebuilding their football department under Alan Savage after the financial chaos which saw them enter administration last season.
And they've made an eye-catching appointment after they handed defender David Proctor his third spell at the club - as physio.
Proctor is a familiar face at the Caledonian Stadium, having played for the club in two spells between 2004 and 2006 and between 2007 and 2009.
He won the second tier in Scotland in both of his stints - and that's in addition to spells at Dundee Utd, Airdrie, FC Edmonton and East Kilbride, where he also was assistant manager.
He has also been Manager at Lowland League side Cumbernauld Colts but now he's back after a major career change saw him graduate from Glasgow Caledonian University with a First Class Honours degree in Physiotherapy.
Inverness said: "David is getting settled in with his new role."
At that point it looked as though Caley Thistle were doomed.
Scott Kellacher - who featured on our One-on-One series - was appointed manager in October after previous boss Duncan Ferguson left the club as they were unable to pay him and his players.
They were slapped with a 15-point deduction for entering administration and the financial outlook was grim, with club chiefs having knocked back a £1.2m bid to save them.
As recent as March the club was at serious risk of going under as there were no serious offers to take them out of the doldrums.
But a deal was agreed in Aril that would see them EXIT administration and a few weeks later they officially beat the drop thanks to a 3-0 win over eventual League One champions Arbroath.
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