I went to see Cljve Tyldesley speak at St George's Hall yesterday teatime.
The former Radio City reporter and distinctive ITV commentator was in town to talk about "Liverpool - City of Sport".
As it happens, his talk could have been renamed Liverpool - City of Football. Or possibly even Liverpool: City of Liverpool, as by his own admission he tended to concentrate on the Reds.
Good thing then that both You'll Never Walk Alone AND Z Cars were played on the Willis organ beforehand.
Anyway, what does Clive know - he was a boyhood Man U fan!
Among the large audience in the great hall were Beth Tweddle and Everton boss Sir Philip Carter.
And Tyldesley mentioned, albeit in passing, the city's great gymnasts, swimmers, boxers and the Grand National.
But football is very obviously his passion and football is what he concentrated on.
It was a very interesting look, by "an outsider who used to be an insider", in the psyche of the Merseyside sports fan and how sport, in particular football, forges a unique sense of community here.
He said: "Football allegiances lend Liverpool a heightened sense of community."
He also reckoned it forged a sense of unity (not something you'd normally think!) in the sense of a 'we're all one family', and a Liverpool-against-the-rest way.
Tyldesley cited the city coming together to support Rhys Jones's family as one example, and the 1984 Milk Cup final where both Liverpool and Everton fans chanted "Merseyside, Merseyside, Merseyside" together.
Of course, that was before 1985 and Heysel and the subsequent banning of English clubs from Europe when Everton were favourites to take the title.
Four years later Tyldesley was at "the other" game, Everton v Villa, on the day of Hillsborough, but later met or spoke to many of the families of the dead or the fans who were there that day.
And talking of Liverpool, he had some sage advice for Hicks and Gillett.
He said while Chelsea managed to get rid of Mourinho without the fans turning on them, the Liverpool owners would be wise to take heed from the latest protests in support of Rafa.
I had to dart as the questions started (a night at the Philharmonic beckoned) but I suspect knowing Liverpool they may have gone on long into the evening.
