It was a Monday night and Jarrod Bowen and his five friends were the only customers underneath the creaking old beams of the Chequers pub in Leominster.
The West Ham winger and his pals were there to watch England's opening game of the World Cup. Gareth Southgate's side toiled away against Tunisia, and the friends cheered when Harry Kane scored the injury-time winner.
Bowen spent most of his weekends there that summer three years ago. He was back home enjoying some downtime after finishing the season at Hull as top scorer and their player of the season.