Manchester United and Leeds United may well be resuming hostilities against the backdrop of Old Trafford's enormous empty stands this Sunday but the fixture will still carry the same edge it always has.
This full-bloodied animosity, deep-rooted in history, has been largely dormant for most of the 21st century but is poised to erupt once again in a first Premier League meeting in 16 years.
Few football rivalries in this country are so venomous both on and off the field, so often in the past 50 or so years straying beyond the pale and dividing not only two cities on opposite sides of the Pennines but friends and families as well.