The light illuminating the sign hanging above the door of the Winslow Hotel on Goodison Road is on the blink.
Flicker, flicker, flicker. Just like Everton’s famous old home that stands 10 yards across the way, it’s almost done. Going, going, soon to be gone.
There are only seven Premier League games left at Goodison Park and just one Merseyside derby. On Wednesday Liverpool’s two great clubs – the only two in England to have shared the same parliamentary constituency – will meet on Everton’s turf for the very last time.