Potter eyes double delight

NEW Jersey is a long way from Liverpool and an even longer way from Athens, and while Darren Potter’s thoughts are focused mainly on tomorrow night’s game in Giants Stadium, it’s entirely understandable that the Anfield graduate wouldn’t mind catching his old club in action against AC Milan by way of a warm up.

“I’m hoping to be able to see it, but I don’t know if I will,” he said yesterday, in the tentative manner of a newcomer to the senior Irish ranks. Well, the good news for the Liverpool-born midfielder is that another Anfield old boy — a much older boy, in fact — will be providing the perfect example.

“I’ll definitely be watching,” said Steve Staunton of the Champions’ League final. And what of young Mr Potter?