When you’ve had a career as illustrious as Jonny Evans, the stories come thick and fast.
Just the three Premier League titles, a World Club Cup and two Leagues Cup won, though no FA Cup as yet, something he can take a step towards rectifying on Sunday against Southampton in the semi-final at Wembley.
Yet surely nothing tops the tale of how he was given his international debut for Northern Ireland in 2006 thanks to the assistant manager’s teenage son knowing him from the computer game, Championship Manager?
Evans takes up the yarn, the key characters being Northern Ireland manager Lawrie Sanchez, his assistant Terry Gibson and Gibson’s then teenage son, Joshua.