There is a cluster of former Manchester United connections making their way in the management world.
Michael Carrick has his sights set on promotion with Middlesbrough and Kieran McKenna won't be far behind with Ipswich Town. Phil Neville has recently begun a new journey as the assistant manager with the Canada National Team.
Further down the pyramid, another former treble winner is growing his reputation. That's former West Brom, Fulham and Nottingham Forest midfielder, Jonathan Greening.
The now-44-year-old didn't play a prominent role for Sir Alex Ferguson but did make 27 appearances at Old Trafford before moving on. A move to York City followed directly from his time in Manchester.
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Now, Greening is the manager of Scarborough Athletic, back in his hometown. Promotion to the National League North was achieved in 2021/22 and they narrowly missed out on the play-offs last season for a shot at making the National League.
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Greening had received "50 or 60" rejection letters for managerial positions, including two from his current employers before he finally got a crack in the role. After leading his club to promotion in his first season, he revealed he had to be convinced to apply for the job after his previous knockbacks.
Greening told Teesside Live: "I'd applied for the Scarborough job two or three times before and never got a chance to be interviewed. When it then came up again last summer, I got a message from a friend asking me if I was going to apply for it and I said no.
But he convinced me to give it one more go and I was called in to have a chat with the chairman and a couple of board members. We got on really well and we had another chat the next day and then they offered me the job. I'd first applied for it three or four years before, so I was delighted to get it.
"It's my home-town team and I used to support them as a kid, going to games with my Dad and brother. I'd applied for 50 to 60 jobs at League Two, National League and National League North level and the only other team that had interviewed me were Darlington when I got down to the last three with Lee Clark and Alun Armstrong, who got the job.
"After that, I decided that I didn't want to apply for any more. But I always wanted to be a manager when I finished playing and I'm just thankful to my mate for convincing me to give it one last shot and now I want to be the best I can be.
"When I started out at York City as a player, I wanted to get to the Premier League and I got there. Now, I'm a manager it's the same - I want to help my home-town team as much as possible and then aim for the Premier League."
