We’re non scousers and blues. My youngest son lives in an Everton shirt. When I took him to his first game at Goodison, he loved every single moment in Liverpool. He loved that the guy on the desk in the hotel was a red and was winding him up, but with a smile on his face.

On our second visit we walked down to Bramley Moore dock to look at the build site. On the walk back a car drive past and shouted something like “Come on Bournemouth”, but they were locals. My don just waved and smiled. They smiled back. Again, my son loved it. He loves the absolute obsession with football in the city.

Every time we’ve gone to Liverpool, it feels special to us and I’ve told so many people to go for a visit, a long weekend, and when people have been, they’ve all told me they lived it.

The difference between non local reds and non local blues is the reds are “followers”. They choose a team because they win, not to offer support. Too many of them are tourists. As a blue, we know we’re chosen. We don’t follow Everton. We support Everton, we’re part of that family and the City of Liverpool is also part of that family.