Ten years is a long time in football, most pressingly so when that period marks a duration of misery and humiliation.
Saturday sees the return of the Merseyside derby and it is a decade since Everton have left with bragging rights and pulled off victory over noisy neighbours Liverpool.
Ten long years of hurt as dominance swayed firmly in the favour of the men in Red. Yet now, as the Premier League makes its return following the international break, a very different derby lies in wait.
Liverpool may enter the match as reigning champions of England once more, but a bizarre 7-2 thrashing by Aston Villa prior to the international break has left Jurgen Klopp's men on the ropes with everything to prove.