When Mike Phelan was given the chance to lead Hull City back into the Premier League, he will have hoped a caretaker reign would extend to two attractive fixtures at the front end of his diary.
After the looming international break there is a trip to Phelan's boyhood team Burnley, where he spent his formative years as a professional footballer, but first, on Saturday evening, comes a date with the club that went on to define him.
Manchester United was where Phelan spent 19 years as a player and coach. Between 1989 and 1994 he was part of a side that began Sir Alex Ferguson's gold-rush, winning the FA Cup, European Cup Winners Cup, League Cup and a maiden Premier League title, before returning to the coaching staff at Old Trafford in 1999.