“My ex-wife asked where our daughter was and I said she was on the beach. She goes, ‘Well, who’s looking after her?’ to which I said, ‘Rafa Benitez’” Johnny Vaughan on his strangest managerial encounter

Rafa Benitez.

Most football fans have a story or two about running into a footballer at a random place.

Perhaps you’ve seen your team’s star number nine queuing up at the petrol station, the midfield hard-man walking his dog or your all-time favourite goalkeeper getting his haircut.