Everton's clash with Newcastle on Monday may pit against each other two teams with little but pride to play for in the final weeks of the Premier League season.
But for one young supporter, the Goodison Park clash saw was a history-making opportunity to fulfil a lifelong ambition.
Jack McLinden, 14, is an Everton fan from Liverpool who is wheelchair bound and too sick to travel to the home of his beloved Blues.
But on Monday, he became the world's first 'virtual matchday mascot' thanks to a state-of-the-art robot called AV1.