Time is of the essence and that extends to the Thorp Arch car park. Sam Allardyce hastily ignored the conventions of actual spaces early on Friday morning.
There is a £3million bonus at stake here, the vehicle could straddle two. There was work to do, meetings to conduct.
It was moved eventually, so the Leeds United kitman could actually enter the training ground and do his job, and Allardyce – everything about him just as big, bold and brash as we remember – now has three, rather than four, games to preserve the club’s top-flight status.