Sectarianism between Liverpool and Everton

One of the reasons i started supporting Everton back in the 80's was because a friend of my dads, a toffee, claimed that Everton was traditionally the catholic supported club on Merseyside. Liverpool was traditionally the conservative protestant club. This assertion always made my Liverpool supporting mates very uncomfortable but its true nonetheless and this is a good piece on the history, rivalry and origins of each club.

http://www.toffeeweb.com/season/09-1...reenOrange.pdf

I think this may have been discussed someplace in this old thread:

http://foot.ie/threads/19993-Everton...hlight=Everton

In fact see:

http://foot.ie/threads/22582-everton...lic-protestant