Our players first met River at the Burnley match and, last Thursday night, the seven-year-old enjoyed another personal meet-and-greet with Harry, who was delighted to present him with a box of gifts and enjoyed a one-on-one kickabout.
Ahead of our match with Leeds, which River watched at Hotel Football, he wished Maguire good luck via Twitter and wrote this message: “Score a header for me mate, don't forget the knee slide!”
Amazingly, our no.5 then broke the deadlock at Elland Road with a towering header from Luke Shaw’s corner and he quickly ran towards the corner flag to execute a textbook knee slide across the turf.