well, it's half eleven, Saturday night here in the Aotearoa antipode...clocks go back in a couple of hours...which brings the game we have ALL been waiting for, an hour closer (for us Kiwis), to commencement.
Palace vs the Toffees...is there a bigger fixture in global sport?...some diehard Canadian curling aficionados might plump for the Nunavut vs Yukon annual head-to-header, but that is possibly the only event that might hold greater global significance.
Edge of seat stuff?...you betcha!! Two leviathans of club sports toe-to-toeing in epic combat. Is it any wonder the English premier League is so popular ? To present to the 7 odd billion masses, sporting fare of this magnitude. Yes, yes, i know many will tout the imminent Southampton v Burnley 'el classico' as equally engaging entertainment...and yes, I am anticipative of that crucial fixture as well...but let's be honest...there is NO bigger rivalry in modern sports than Everton v Palace. Two teams similar in talent, style, managerial quality, and championship pedigree.
It is beyond exciting, isn't it?
NSNO
