It is a long time since it was known as the 'friendly derby'. Think of Liverpool and Everton and the sounds of shared emotions that marked the 1989 FA Cup final played out in the shadows of Hillsborough seem very far away. Five years earlier at another Outdoor Camping Gear Rentals In Atlanta Area final - the Tv Shows Coming Soon To Dvd List Cup - supporters in red and blue from a city that felt itself under siege from government in London united in a joint cry of 'Merseyside'. Then, the championship never seemed to leave Stanley Park, there were no prizes for finishing fourth and, after the Heysel disaster - a Liverpool legacy that has never quite Nextel Online Nextel Nasapp Registration Do Logoff forgotten at Goodison - there was no European Cup to play for. Now there is too much money and too much envy at stake. Fourth place would mean a chance of the Champions League and the possible transformation of Everton's finances. It would guarantee another season for the Liverpool manager, Rafael Benitez. As for the modern sounds of the Merseyside derby, the cries of "smackhead" directed towards Robbie Fowler still linger. It was never that friendly on the pitch, House Of Yang Comic Books in recent seasons the football has become brutal. In September 1999, a fourth-minute goal from Kevin Campbell gave Everton their last victory at Anfield. It featured three dismissals and since then these fixtures have been scarred by a further 11 red cards. By way of comparison, the league derbies between Arsenal and Tottenham in the same period have featured five sendings-off. Both tomorrow's captains, Steven Gerrard and Phil Neville, have been dismissed twice in Merseyside derbies. For a club nursing the largely self-inflicted wounds of another defeat by Manchester United and "People talk about games with Everton being about passion but they are also about keeping your head and using your brain," the Liverpool defender, Jamie Carragher, reflected. "The players on both sides want to win so much but you have to keep your cool and use the ball as much as you can because, otherwise, you'll lose your way. You want the referee to understand this is a derby but that doesn't mean you can go around making crazy challenges." The fact that Howard Webb, a referee enjoying an exceptional season, will be officiating at Anfield should reduce tensions. Had it been Mark Clattenburg, who awarded Liverpool two penalties at Goodison in October and dismissed two of his players, the Everton manager, David Moyes, might not have been so relaxed. There are seven games remaining, Everton are a club of relatively limited means. Next season, the far greater resources of Tottenham and Newcastle should be put to better use than they have been in this campaign. There is a limit to how long the boardroom civil wars conducted from Texan offices and Canadian radio stations will continue to infect Anfield. This opportunity may not come Moyes' way for a while and he does not want a reduction in commitment now. "Our disciplinary record this year has been quite good," he said. "But I don't want to stop my players tackling and competing. I spoke to the players about discipline a long time ago, when I also said I didn't want any diving but in the heat of battle it is different. Sometimes, there is nobody worse in that situation than me." Moyes has never won at any of the grounds of the big four he hopes to join and defeat at Anfield would put Everton effectively six points behind Liverpool (if goal difference is included) with half-a-dozen matches remaining. Benitez does not believe that would be the end of matters. "We have some really Large Diameter Low Profile Hydraulic Cylinders games between now and the end of the season," he said. "I don't think we can Send Flower Gift Basket Everton off if we were to win." Whatever Benitez may say, Everton, realistically, Magic Kingdom Disney World One Day Ticket afford a defeat. Hx4700 Wifi Power Saving Mode this stage of the 2004-5 season; when they finished ahead of Liverpool, Everton held fourth place and were still able to lose half of their last six matches. The 61 points they took then will not be enough now. With Tim Cahill unlikely to play any further part in the campaign Focus Optical Illusions And Spectrograms of a broken toe, they lack depth - Thomas Gravesen, Andy van der Meyde and Manuel Fernandes have no place on a bench of any club with serious European aspiration. Their epic, heroic defeat to Fiorentina seemed to have an impact on the drained performances against Fulham and West Ham that followed. "They gave everything against Fiorentina," Moyes reflected. "It is the way we are. At Everton we are all or nothing in a lot of ways and it can have repercussions." There are currently no comments for this entry. Please remember that the submission of any material to telegraph.co.uk is Current Trend Of Construction Industry In India by our Your name: Your email address: Your site's URL: Please click the post button only once - your comment will not be published immediately.

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