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Daily Mirror
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David Maddock

Sean Dyche clears up Liverpool allegiances ahead of first derby as Everton manager

Sean Dyche knows that his famous spat with Jurgen Klopp at Anfield has already won over Everton fans…despite his support of Liverpool as a kid.

The new Goodison boss though, has lifted the lid on his apparent love of the bitter rivals from across Stanley Park, by explaining the truth is rather more mundane…he was actually a Kettering fan, with the Reds as his second team.

Growing up in Northamptonshire, it was a 45 minute trek even to see a fourth division side, and top flight football was in the distant Midlands, as Dyche explained.

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