Harris, who rides for Coventry, helped guide Britain to the finals at the Norfolk Arena on Tuesday, and is now looking to inspire his team to glory.
The newspapers predicted he would lift the economic gloom by guiding the national team to glory in the World Cup - not as winners, of course, but certainly as qualifiers for the second round.
Liverpool boss Brendan Rodgers has, likewise, been backed by his club's American owners -- Fenway Sports Group -- to overhaul the team and try to return to the glory days of the 1970s and '80s in which the team won four of its five continental crowns and 11 of 18 English championships.
So how does the world's top cricket team slide from glory into ignominy so quickly?
It isn't just that this may be a final shot at glory for an increasingly creaky team of veterans.
The heart and soul of a Notre Dame team returned to glory, he led the Fighting Irish onto the gridiron in a quest to recapture the days of old.
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Players compete for their team and the glory rather than prizes, but there's a big financial prize for the partnership of the European Tour, with 60% of the joint venture, the Professional Golfers Association of the UK and Ireland which has 20%, and a further 20% is held by the PGA of the rest of Europe.
English copper mine owners introduced soccer to Spain in the late 19th century, and the national team achieved its first glory when it won the silver medal at the 1920 Olympic Games.
In the end, it was temporary option Di Matteo who delivered the famous trophy, and despite also guiding the team to FA Cup glory, the Italian coach must wait to find out if he will be appointed on a permanent basis.
However, he may still have to appease some fans after saying that his failure to land his top five transfer targets before the season - including United's very own Robin van Persie, Chelsea's Eden Hazard, Javi Martinez (Bayern Munich), Lazio's Daniele De Rossi and Daniel Agger of Liverpool - had cost his team its chance of glory this year.
The team's best hope of glory looks certain to rest on O'Grady's shoulders.
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That said, arguably the team's best hope for glory is Stuart O'Grady.
Over the last six years it is clearly the women's team that has achieved the most glory and success, enhancing Charlton Athletic's reputation as a club that looks to the future and is open to changing attitudes within the football world.
Once again the team will be doubling up in their glory bids, with German sprinter Erik Zabel aiming to win back his green jersey off Robbie McEwen.
There, he made his hay on special teams as the wedge buster, the player who breaks up the blockers on the opposing team, sacrificing his body and any glory so that others can make a tackle.
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Shocked by the sharp decline in the industry during the commodity boom, the government, mining bosses and unions agreed four years ago to set up a joint team to return the industry to its glory as one of the mainstays of the economy.
The other team to bust the Cinderella myth for final game glory is Louisville.
The glory days of Hungarian football are long gone, however, with the team having failed to qualify for a European championship since 1972 or a World Cup since 1986.
Then the hard work will begin in his quest for World Cup and Olympic glory: six months on the road with the U.S. team when he hopes to fulfill his remaining ambitions in alpine racing.
He returned to Liverpool in 1992 with Anfield fully expecting him to turn the heat back up under the team which had gone off the boil a little from the glory days of the 1970 and 80s.
To Lamoriello, this year's team has recovered a trait that once characterized the franchise's glory era.
The older brother sought individual glory in the boxing ring, while the younger excelled as part of a team.
Members of the Leeds Metropolitan University triathlon team, where the brothers train, were among those cheering the pair to glory.
His team-mates were queuing up to sing his praises as they basked in the glory of a long overdue trophy success.
Undoubtedly team boss Roger Legeay will keep faith with the rider seen as France's best bet for individual glory.
Jersey Trees for Life arboriculturalist Conrad Evans has been overseeing the team, who have been busy strimming, clearing undergrowth and helping to restore the arboretum to its former glory.
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