In a brilliant episode of UTD Podcast that is available to stream from 17:00 GMT, the homegrown hero reflects on his rise through the ranks and occasions when personal circumstances were tough.
“I’m going back to the very beginning here but Eamon Mulvey, Tony Whelan, Dave Bushell – without those guys I would never have managed to get through, it was just impossible,”
explains Marcus.
“There were a few times when I would miss training because my mum had worked late, my brothers were working and my sisters both had babies, so there was just no way of me getting there.