A lifelong fan from a family of Reds, and a former Old Trafford ball-boy who queued overnight for FA Cup tickets, the Mancunian will get the chance to lead his team out at the Theatre of Dreams in Tuesday’s Carabao Cup quarter-final.
“When the draw was made, it was surreal,” Holden told us in the build-up to the match.
“I’ve only come up against United once before professionally, when I was at Bristol City, and it was at this stage of the competition in 2017. We managed to win that night at Ashton Gate - my dad was in the crowd, and I went to grab him after the game.