Anyone supporter lucky enough to have followed Liverpool abroad for one of the club's fabled European away days will know there's nothing quite like the afternoon before the match.
You've made your way via whichever combination of trains, planes and automobiles is cheapest and most practical to the city the Reds are set to do battle in under the floodlights later that evening.
You've met up with your pals who've also made the trip, made sure everyone's alright for a ticket or done whatever you can to find one for those without and scouted out where the main square is that many Liverpudlians will congregate in and where the best off-the-beaten-track bars are for when you want something a bit more chilled before heading up to the ground.