It's safe to say that Gary Rowell didn't want to leave Sunderland. One of the most beloved players in club history ("we all live in a Gary Rowell world" is still regularly belted out at the Stadium of Light), Rowell was forced out in 1984 as part of Len Ashurst's risky reshuffle. It was not a move that paid off, as Sunderland would slip to the third tier of English football for the first - and only - time in their history. Rowell's career was similarly ruined. He never recaptured his goalscoring heights again, the Sunderland local never scoring more than ten goals for any subsequent club - a decline partially attributed to injury suffered while on a pre-season tour with new club Norwich.