“Just seeing what the ground was like without a game,” he told Football Presse, “it was like Queen’s Park Rangers on a match day — but bigger, better, completely different.”
Cars lined the concourse, fans explored the club shop and museum — which Parker hadn’t even known existed.
“I only found out about a museum about an hour after I arrived,” he laughed. “I said, ‘You’ve got a what?’”
Even without a match in sight, he knew United were on another level.
“It was football, and my whole thing was always to go and chase and be at the top.”