With the Ashes in Australia set to start, did you know Manchester United have had a first-team player who represented the England cricket team?
When cricket took over as the summer sport, and football throughout the winter, there were notable stars in both, including, probably most famously, Arsenal's Denis Compton.
However, Arnie Sidebottom was selected by England in 1985 for a Test match against Australia, at Trent Bridge.
Remarkably, in the previous decade, he had been a first-teamer for the Reds, making 20 senior appearances between 1973 and 1975, in Division One, Division Two, the FA Cup and the League Cup.
The Yorkshireman moved on to Huddersfield Town and then Halifax Town but also forged a career with his home country, before earning the surprise call-up at the age of 31.
Sidebottom, whose son Ryan was also an England cricketer, took the wicket of Bob Holland before suffering an injury and made two runs with the bat during the draw.
One of his team-mates that day in Nottingham, Ian Botham, was another dual sportsman, playing football for Scunthorpe United.
Another United man to have represented his country is the late Andy Goram.
The Scotland international keeper also kept wicket for them, in addition to being proficient with both bat and ball.
He is one of only four men to have played football and cricket for the Scots and did so on four occasions but was instructed by Rangers boss Walter Smith to concentrate fully on his work at Ibrox.
During our title-winning season of 2000/01, Goram made a loan move out of the blue from Motherwell, and played in the Premier League matches against Coventry City and Southampton.
Freddie Goodwin is another name to note.
Between 1954 and 1960, he racked up 107 appearances for United, after making his debut against Arsenal.
The wing-half won two league winners' medals and started both of the FA Cup finals, either side of the Munich Air Disaster, having not been named in the squad for the fateful game against Red Star Belgade.
In the mid-fifties, he played 11 times for Lancashire and was selected as a bowler.
He joined Leeds United in 1960 and passed away in the United States at the age of 82, after a lengthy coaching career.
It is also worth mentioning the Neville brothers, Gary and Phil, would almost certainly have been stars of both sports if they were born in a different era.
Both were signed to Lancashire as schoolboys, with Phil selected by England at that level, and playing alongside Andrew Flintoff, while being tipped to go to the very top by most observers.