They say you should never go back. Only in veteran football manager Roy Hodgson's case, you do ... just not for nearly half a century, as news broke Friday that he was returning to manage a team, Bristol City, after a 44-year gap since his last spell with them. Hodgson has had plenty of coaching stops in his managerial career -- in fact, he's had 21 different head coach roles over a 50-year career, including spells at Inter Milan, Liverpool and the England national team. His last stop, at Premier League side Crystal Palace, ended in February 2024. It looked like that was that. Last year in an interview with Sky Sports, he said: "I don't want to be Frank Sinatra and keep retiring." Then came Friday's announcement: Hodgson, aged 78, will return to the touchline to take charge of Bristol City's final seven games of the 2025-26 English Football Championship season. If the place looks a little familiar to him, that's because it is: Bristol City were Hodgson's second club of his career.…