Never ever enjoyed the derby, even when I was young - too young to understand the rivalry. I think most scouse families are more or less split down the middle, me dad was a blue his mum a blue, my mum a red and one brother out of a few a red, 60/40 split in ours.
I grew about 1 mile from Goodison Park and got up going to Goodison to see us grind out a winner every now and then, nothing spectacular, we could always just then enjoy the week at school wearing your scarf, hat or badge. Todays footy is more about social media grabs, one liners, crap pundits and quickly forgotten attempts to make the others look bad, we are about to leave our old lady behind and play our final derby against a team we donated our first stadium to - it’s ironic they are likely going to win the league in a season in which we can dent their history by leaving our name on Goodison as the team with the most derby wins there.
if you know yer history, never meant so much today. I still hate the derby, I never ever watch it - the pathetic bias from pundits, the inevitable dreadful refereeing. It will be how “magnificent” Liverpool have been, and how “timid little Everton can try their bestest” Learnt it from my dad, I’ll probably walk the dogs and avoid the entire thing.
