We knew Richie Barker before he signed for us.
My son captained a Sunday U15 team with his brother Chris Barker (RIP) in it. So got to meet him on the touchline.
Country wide tenuous links. My Engineering Manager at the factory I ran in Blackpool married the sister of Mark Lawrenson's first wife. When she was Lawro's ex-wife, she became the partner of my dad's boss's son.