From queuing for the toilets to hearing every insult the fans shout, Manchester United’s stars are stepping out of their comfort zone at Newport today.
I played in FA Cup ties at Yeovil, Accrington and Kettering when I was in the Premier League. Personally, I loved it — I’d had previous experience of the lower leagues starting my career at Crewe — but for some of my team-mates, much less so.
The dressing rooms are minuscule compared to the relative luxury we were used to. You’d have to queue to use a cubicle and, without being too graphic, they were close to the changing area so you could hear and smell everything!