It is a perfect picture of both why Everton supporters love Bill Kenwright and why he should let them go.
Kenwright knows his days as owner of his boyhood club are numbered. He can barely illustrate what it would mean to him for seeing Phil Neville hoist the ‘FA Cup’ up tomorrow – “it would be further than my wildest thoughts” – making him approximately unique among his peers.
Yet, by his own access, it also singles him out as a holdover. According to him it has “never, ever crossed my mind” that a babyhood enthusiast in the boardroom could assist the club cross the Premier League’s great divide.
He has seen countless deals disappear into dust as he tries to secure a vital financial injection for Everton, regardless of his own desire to stay.
The achievement of current years has persuaded him. “Each year, the transfer window is bigger, harder,” he confesses, “but the higher you get, the more you want.”
He thinks David Moyes, given the funds; it could take the club into the ‘Champions League’. The utmost gift he can give Everton is to trade the team so slam to his heart for silverware.
He has seen countless deals disappear into dust as he tries to secure a vital financial injection for Everton, regardless of his own desire to stay.
So far, the West End love story. Nothing will be additional from the brain of the 30,000 Evertonians who stroll up Wembley Way tomorrow for their 1st final emergence in fourteen years, but there is an aspect of the star-crossed about Moyes and Kenwright.