Gary Neville might regard it as “The Dog and Duck versus the Red Lion” owing to the current fortunes of both clubs, but Manchester United versus Liverpool is the biggest game in English football - bar none.

Gary Neville might regard it as “The Dog and Duck versus the Red Lion” owing to the current fortunes of both clubs, but Manchester United versus Liverpool is the biggest game in English football - bar none.

I read your report (Jan 29) on an article by John Martin of the Center for Research and Globalization in Montreal, Canada on a part of our history that is not on the national consciousness yet, like the Great Famine. But it is getting there.