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The lifelong Red has spent the last year researching and writing a book on the subject.
The Asian Liverbird, which was commissioned by the club after an approach by Bhana, explores how
immigrants from Asia came to choose LFC upon arriving in England in the Sixties and Seventies
– and why, generations later, their children and grandchildren are still wearing red.
Matt Monaghan looks at the history of this most heated of English rivalries, the 'North West Derby'
between the Reds of Liverpool and the Red Devils of Manchester United.
For all those who believe that the passion and high emotion that made football great in the past
has been callously removed from the modern game by the unscrupulous corporate giants that have
bought in to the sport, this Saturday's encounter between Liverpool and Manchester United should
act as an example of how bitter local rivalries still circumvent the more sedate environment of
today.
Some nuts think the world will be no more in 2012 (hopefully after the Olympics is over), but for
English football's traditions the end is nigh once more after Tuesday.
The shock-horror arrival of Arab billions at Manchester City, followed by their first trophy,
Robinho, was mirrored by two old-style English managers, Alan Curbishley and Kevin Keegan, exiting
stage left.
Mark Hughes may like to think that his Manchester City side's clash with Chelsea later on Saturday
takes star billing in this weekend's Premier League fixture list, but some 45,000 fans inside
Anfield - plus, no doubt, a global TV audience of millions - will beg to differ when Liverpool and
Manchester United lock horns again in a lunch-time showdown that will inevitably offer clues about
this season‘s title race.
With Saturday's clash with Manchester United edging closer, one legendary former Reds striker today
pinpointed our new hit-man as the potential key player against the Champions.
Robbie Keane has yet to find the net since joining the club in the summer transfer window from
Tottenham Hotspur, but Ian St John is hoping he will be on fire against the League champions.
