It is the story of a boy who grew up an Everton fan, and became a Liverpool legend.
Jamie Carragher has never hid his initial allegiance with the blue half of Merseyside. Yet, he has long since left those days behind him.
In the build-up to this weekend's derby, Carragher was reflecting on a tie that he only lost five times over a fifteen-year Liverpool career.
A sure way of making your life in the city of Liverpool unbearable, Carragher had fond memories of when it was Liverpool he wanted to lose - regardless of who they played:
Remember Arsenal's last-minute title win in 1989 [against Liverpool]? I was encouraging those chalking 'Thank You Arsenal' around the walls of Bootle.
Right from the off, Carragher's experience of the derby was a positive one - not quite the fate of Everton fans in the last few years:
I will never forget my first Anfield derby. I was sitting in the Main Stand and saw one of the greatest goals in the history of the fixture.
Everton won and I bounced out of the stadium.
Even when Carragher became an academy player at Liverpool, he did so in "an Everton shirt with [Graeme] Sharp's name and number" on the back.
Ronnie Moran, a fabled member of Liverpool's backroom staff during the glory days, was not shy about tempering Carragher's occasionally blatant affection for Liverpool's "other" club:
I am the only Liverpool player who ever received a dressing down from the legendary coach Ronnie Moran for celebrating an Everton goal, as I did on the back of the team coach after a reserve game.
It is incredible really that Carragher managed to transition so tellingly from a Blue to a Red over the course of his career.
Yet, there is only one team he will be shouting for come Sunday. Old habits die easy sometimes I guess.
