It was on a mild autumn night four years ago that Kidderminster Harriers' Keith Lowe last came up against West Ham United and the then 33-year-old sensed an opportunity when one of the Premier League side's midfielders pulled up injured after 10 minutes.
It didn't work out quite as he had imagined. Colombian Carlos Sanchez was replaced by a 19-year-old Declan Rice, who ran Lowe's Macclesfield Town ragged as West Ham won 8-0 in the League Cup.
'It was just relentless,' Lowe reflects. 'I was pushed on out of defence and played holding midfielder, so I came up against Rice and he controlled everything: spreading passes, winning the ball back, speed, presence, technical ability.