The framed photographs on the piano at Amanda Staveley’s Park Lane home in central London have been a signal to all who arrive to do business there that she has seriously impressive connections.
Sir Alex Ferguson, Theresa May and many shades of royalty have featured. And then there is the image of Staveley in the directors’ box at Anfield, spotted there by one football executive a few years back. It is testament to how she could well have wound up somewhere other than St James’ Park, Newcastle, where she will appear to rapturous applause on Sunday.