“Life is what happens to you while you’re busy making other plans,” goes the old John Lennon lyric.
Neil Edwards can certainly relate to that sense of the most significant moments in your life being the ones that sneak up on you quite suddenly.
Almost 30 years ago he was a teenage goalkeeper without a club or a clear future in the game, driving along the motorway from Stockport to Leeds with all his belongings crammed into the back seat of the car.
Within a few years he was an established pro who had played in four Wembley finals inside 24 months.