A bitter north wind whipped through the old Liverpool docks, a mile as the crow flies from Goodison Park, and the sky was slate grey, just like the mood around the club who have been docked ten points and now await whatever storms may follow.
But the scene behind the vast granite wall where Everton’s new stadium is being built was one of utter incongruity, given the state of crisis the club find themselves in.
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