Last season ended with Marcus Rashford out of the Manchester United squad and still out of the England squad. Now he is a starter for club and country.
Rashford is nearing his optimum again, playing to the soundtrack of clattering plastic seats, confirmation Rashford is drawing supporters off them.
The 25-year-old parted amicably with representative Kelly Hogarth, a lifelong Manchester United supporter who advised on the forward's commendable community work, at the start of a season he has scored 11 goals in 22 games.