If Wild's first step was impressive it was all a bit of a shock given he had been planning to travel by train to Craven Cottage "with the lads" to watch from the stands.

When Oldham manager Frankie Bunn lost his job at the then League Two side on Boxing Day 2018, Wild, who had been interim youth team coach, was asked to step in as caretaker.

After beating Port Vale and Notts County in his first two matches, he was given a shot at Fulham.

"I'm 34-years old and had no idea about first-team football and was propelled into an environment that I probably wasn't ready for but won two out of two and jokingly said to the owner 'if I win two out of two can I have Fulham away?'," said the Fleetwood boss.

"He came in on the Tuesday before the game and said 'I'm a man of my word and you can take Fulham on Sunday'. I was going down with the boys, I had a ticket on the train and having a day out watching the team at Fulham and ultimately I turned out as manager."

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