Charles Dickens’s novel Great Expectations describes the thoughts of sports-starved fans as many popular competitions, notably in football, return to TV screens.

Of course, life can spring unpleasant surprises, as coronavirus has proved, and there was disappointment in the Premier League derby between Everton and Liverpool last weekend. It was described by one commentator as “a damp squib” so it is perhaps fitting it was played behind closed doors...

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