Lampard’s respectful return tells a lot about the man

To cheer or to jeer, that is the question, writes Kieran Shannon.

Or maybe, as the past week has illustrated, it’s a bit more complex and nuanced than that, when it comes to what reception to give a returning legend that’s now playing for an opposing team.

The first time this column can remember coming across the phenomenon was Ray Clemence’s return to Anfield with Spurs in May 1982.