David McGoldrick always promised himself he would one day return to Notts County. Back where he began as a ball-boy, making his first-team debut while still at school then sold at 16 to help keep the club alive.
‘I know it’s a sentimental story,’ says the 35-year-old. ‘I always said I wanted to come back and there aren’t many times in football when you say something like that and find it actually happens, but it’s not just sentiment. It’s about my career and I genuinely thought coming home, back to Notts County was the best thing for me at this stage.