The day before the photograph below was taken some aspirins arrived in the post at Anfield addressed to the man on the right, Elisha Scott.
They were sent to him by the man on the left, Dixie Dean. Dean was Everton’s captain and centre forward, Scott was Liverpool’s captain and goalkeeper. It was the two great rivals’ in-joke.
‘I used to post a little tube of aspirins to him on Thursday, so he would get them on Friday morning,’ Dean recalled. ‘I used to put a note in which read, “Get yourself a good night’s sleep — I shall be there again on Saturday!