After six dress rehearsals, it is almost showtime for Erik ten Hag.
The Dutchman will take charge of his first competitive fixture as Manchester United manager when Brighton & Hove Albion visit Old Trafford in Sunday's Premier League opener. It will officially mark the beginning of a new dawn in M16 and the feel-good factor that is felt by just about every supporter on the opening day of the season will be in full swing.
United, who were beaten 4-0 by the Seagulls in their last meeting back in May, resulting in hundreds of Reds supporters descending on Falmer train station before the full-time whistle had even been blown, will be determined to make a winning start and avoid setting an unwanted record of starting a new season with a defeat after ending the previous campaign with one - something the club has never done in the Premier League era. United lost 1-0 at Crystal Palace on the final day of last season.
