TERRACE TALK: Opportunity knocks for Liverpool

This evening Liverpool play in their 12th final this century.

The league record up to 1990 meant there was often a cursory attitude to the knockouts. Shankly called the league “our bread and butter” but who wouldn’t rather have cheesecake?

He also said it was “a marathon not a sprint” but watch the Olympics and who’s bothered about some sweaty bods hobbling around for two hours?