Gary Stevens was always glad the two footballing cities he made home were Liverpool and Glasgow.
‘There was something similar about them,’ the former Everton, Rangers and England defender said. ‘Similar people, similar humour. That element of working class. Very generous in every way.’
He has reason to be even more grateful at the moment. For it has been from Liverpool and Glasgow in particular that warmth and kindness has flowed since his three-year-old son Jack was diagnosed with leukaemia just eight weeks ago. Stevens, 57, lives in Perth, Australia now.