Paddy Madden once scored a wonder goal at Wembley after he accidentally ran over teammate Dan Burn – strange but true.
Now he's at the wheel of Stockport County's return to the Football League fairways after 11 years in the long rough, one of football's feelgood stories of the year.
Nine years on, top Hatter Madden can laugh about the unfortunate manoeuvre that left defensive tower Burn's foot under the front wheel of his car on the countdown to Yeovil Town's shock League One play-off final win against Brentford. But for the 6ft 7in centre-back who became a £13million rock in big-spending Newcastle United's revival last season, it nearly ended in tyres.
