They all came for Marcus. A European Championship winner, a Champions League and Premier League icon, decorated internationals, legends and cult heroes from the blue and red sides of Bristol, Yeovil Town, Exeter City, Sunderland and Ipswich Town.
Former teammates, opponents, managers, a king of the jungle who’s done a fair bit of ducking and diving in and out of the dugout in his time, soap actors, TV presenters, from all corners of the country, some even leaving overseas family holidays to make it.
There can’t have been too many instances of when the East and West Stands of the Mem, usually populated exclusively by blue and white, also had very clear pockets of red scattered through the crowd.
