He used to drive to training, which was about seven miles, but let me go by train, which took about 90 minutes. And as a budding goalkeeper who now supported the Hatters, it made perfect sense that I started to follow our goalie, Les Sealey. Dad left Coventry when I was two months old, and Luton when I was seven, so my childhood memories of him are mainly his time at Manchester United, Aston Villa, and back at United,’ he said.

Coventry’s assistant manager Ron Wylie once asked Elaine how she could be married to such a lunatic.

As the race nears its climax, Harry is right by the French windows, trimming the edges, the noise drowning the commentary. But he told me there will be no shortcuts and if you want to do it, you have to do it the hard way, so from the age of 12 I was training as hard as I could, as often as I could. Marcus Rashford is 'out of control' and 'has NO respect' for Erik ten Hag or his Man United team-mates, claims Chris Sutton on It's All Kicking Off.

Sometimes – because I’m on the telly with my wife on Real Housewives of Cheshire – if people come up to me in the street, they tell me that they remember my Dad playing for United.Now based in Cheshire, Joe, like Les, has seen his life reinvigorated by a move to the northwest, and it has brought him closer to his father, and his family roots in east London.