Some things never seem to change; topics of pub conversations being one of them.
The familiar scene that greets us at the start of this new Live Theatre production, which kicks off its 50-year birthday season, is of two men in a bar, enjoying a few pints and a game of pool as they talk politics, football and more football.
Writer Rob Ward is actually from Liverpool, a city which he points out shares our "passion for politics and an obsession with football" and he clearly has us well sussed. You could have been forgiven for thinking Newcastle United fan Len, played by David Nellist, was chanting about our recent Wembley hopes - until he mentions Keegan.
