Return To Hartlepool United
After rejoining his home-town club in 2009 for a fee of £50,000, Boyd scored seven league goals in his first season back and he notched his first goal back on his debut after coming on as a substitute for Denis Behan in a first round League Cup win over Coventry on 12 August 2009, scoring against his former Hartlepool team-mate Dimitrios Konstantopoulos, it was the only goal of the tie in Hartlepool's first ever visit at the Ricoh Arena. The win saw Hartlepool earn a home-time against Premier League side Burnley F.C. where Adam scored the first goal of the game, however Burnley would go on to win 2-1 after extra time.
Next season saw Boyd score a disappointing three goals but he signed a new one-year deal on reduced terms at the end of the season. In the 2011-12 season, Adam scored four goals in the first seven league games of the season which saw Hartlepool unbeaten leading to the club's record start to the season. Despite this, he was dropped by then manager Mick Wadsworth. He would go onto to score three more goals for the club, his last being a cool finish in a 2-1 away to Bury. Boyd was released on 10 May 2012, along with nine other Hartlepool players, after spending 10 seasons with his home town club in two spells which now sees him in the club's top 15 all time goalscorers and in the top 25 all time appearances.
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