Two tribes - Tony Evans

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• Cup Final Day, 1986, and the eyes of the world are on Liverpool and Everton.
• The two best teams in Europe are about to engage in a gladiatorial battle at Wembley.
• But this no ordinary cup final.
• On this warm May day, the future of English football and a city's reputation is on the line.
• A year before this momentous final, Liverpool fans had been involved in the Heysel disaster a tragedy which cast a long, dark shadow over the sport.
• With English clubs banned from Continental competition, football reached its lowest point.
• Set against a backdrop of social and political turmoil and the burgeoning anti-establishment vibe on the streets, Tony Evans's Two Tribes vividly recalls the tumultuous 1985-86 season and the titanic struggle for supremacy between two great Merseyside clubs.
• Giving voice to players, managers, politicians and musicians, it follows the remarkable twists and turns of an exceptional era.
• It is also the story of Liverpool's renaissance and Everton's private agony, masked by a show of solidarity and communal spirit on the day, and how a season which began in shame ended in pride.