Eddie Howe has spent the best part of five years teaching his eldest son, Harry, the Cruyff turn. Finally, on Monday night, he saw him pull off the trick in surrounds other than the family back garden.
That it came in front of the Gallowgate End, during Newcastle United's end-of-season lap of appreciation, was particularly pleasing for his dad, even if he did miss it first time around.
'My wife videoed it and when I watched it back, I couldn't believe my eyes. I was like, "That's a Cruyff turn!",' says Howe, a father of three boys aged 10, 7 and three.