Most Manchester United Liverpool matches are 90 minutes to be savoured. And though classic encounters have been a rarity in recent years (since Gary Palister’s brace of headers in reality) it’s still the first clash most fans of the respective clubs look for when the fixture list hits.

Tomorrow’s FA Cup tie was hardly filling me with excitement. But today’s events, the sad but inevitable departure of Roy Hodgson and the installing of King Kenny back on the managerial throne at Anfield, have filled me with a boyish enthusiasm, one to match my boyish good looks.

I don’t care what colour your sporting blood runs — football fans of all club creeds should enjoy the sight of Kenny Dalglish back in charge at Liverpool. It was his success in the 80s that put English football back on the map. And though I’m wholeheartedly glad United came and knocked them off their perch — bloated, over-confident and smug as they’d become, Dalglish is one of football’s true legends. Alongside Alex Ferguson and others he has made English football the most loved league in the world.

And I can’t wait to see him walk out of the tunnel at Old Trafford tomorrow.