David Moyes will tonight manage in his first Goodison Park derby since October 2012 when the returning Everton boss and his side welcome Liverpool to the one of the great football grounds for the final time. The Blues, of course, are moving to a magnificent new home on the city's waterfront at the end of the season.

No doubt, then, that this evening's match will stir the emotions in Moyes, who is no stranger to the occasion. Like all Evertonians, he has experienced highs and lows during one of the most fiercely contested derbies in the world.

But perhaps his best memory will always be back in September 2006 when his Blues team destroyed Rafa Benitez's Reds 3-0 thanks to two goals from £8.6m record signing Andy Johnson and one from the heroic Tim Cahill.

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The famous victory is captured in the book Fear and Loathing at Goodison Park, which chronicles the first Moyes era at Everton, when a fallen giant of the English game fought to re-establish itself among football's elite.

And we have been allowed to publish an extract from the book, on that 3-0 victory, here...

Two wins and a draw had got the 2006/07 season off to a flying start for David Moyes, his new recruits settling into life in L4 with little fuss. Andy Johnson in particular had enjoyed a dream start to his Everton career, but a derby day brace for the club’s record signing in a 3-0 victory over Liverpool guaranteed a successful initiation for the 25-year-old. Ecstasy enveloped Goodison Park, with such victories occurring just once in a generation. Indeed, it was Everton’s biggest win over Liverpool since the 4-0 victory at Anfield in 1964, and the biggest at home since the 5-0 drubbing in 1909.

The game started in manic fashion, with the visitors creating an opportunity inside 10 seconds, as Tim Howard saved well from Robbie Fowler’s effort. Despite the early scare, Everton soon settled into a confident rhythm, with Johnson, Lee Carsley and Mikel Arteta combining well, allowing Tim Cahill to open the scoring. One goal to the good, the noise from the Goodison crowd was deafening and as Liverpool searched for a response, the industrious work of Johnson up front began to stretch their defence and the England forward was out for blood.

Capitalising on a Jamie Carragher error, with the Liverpool defender unable to cope with Johnson’s pace and movement, the opportunistic forward finished at the near post in composed fashion to double Everton’s lead 10 minutes before the interval.

Liverpool continued to struggle in the second half, uncertain as they were on how to deal with the in-form Johnson, their indecision about whether or not to sit deep or attempt to take him out higher up the pitch, only lead to further opportunities for Everton, as Cahill and Arteta looked to expose the space in behind. Meanwhile, a spell of Liverpool possession saw Howard produce a fine save from substitute Dirk Kuyt around the hour mark. Howard was equal to almost everything thrown his way, with the frame of the goal rescuing the American on two occasions, as Steven Gerrard twice struck the post in the second half.

With Everton 2-0 up with a matter of minutes remaining, Liverpool looked frustrated, perhaps even taken aback by Everton’s attacking intent as an exasperated-looking Rafael Benitez on the touchline enriched an already memorable afternoon. It was about to get even better for the Blues however, with Johnson getting his second goal of the day in the 90th minute to put an emphatic exclamation point on proceedings.

A swerving Carsley effort appeared to catch Liverpool keeper Pepe Reina off guard, the Spanish international misjudging the shot and parrying the ball wildly into the air before palming it directly onto the opportunistic head of Johnson, who gratefully headed home.

n the weeks that followed, I must have heard B. J. Thomas’s 1969 hit ‘Raindrops Keep Fallin’ on My Head’ countless times, with the lyrics cleverly changed to ‘Reina Drops Keep Fallin’ on My Head’, in reference to the Liverpool keeper’s comedic error. The now iconic image of Johnson celebrating in front of the Park End by holding up three fingers on his right hand and making a ‘zero’ symbol with his left forged an instant bond between Everton’s new record signing and the supporters, as Goodison marched to the tune of Andy Johnson’s drum.

"Maybe nowadays you need to pay that sort of money to sign a player who’ll make a difference," said Moyes, when discussing Johnson’s club record fee. "The board did brilliantly to come up with the money, but everyone can see what we’ve bought. He’s a team player. We have to work hard until we get to a certain level, and we can change our formula, but Andy must be a dream. He makes ordinary passes look good. Andrew Johnson is an unbelievable striker and is going to get goals. He fought hard and showed character and now he knows what it means to be a Blue. We always said Andrew would score goals but for his second he said, 'I’m going to gamble here. We are pleased to have him'."

It takes more than just scoring goals for Evertonians to truly take to a centre-forward. Gary Lineker scored 30 league goals in 41 games in his solitary campaign with the club during the 1985/86 season, though was never adored in the same manner as Andy Gray or Graeme Sharp. Equally, in more recent times, the prolific Romelu Lukaku divided opinion, with the attitude and commitment of the Belgian international called into question on a regular basis. Johnson’s goals no doubt enhanced his profile amongst Evertonians, but his selfless endeavour and work-rate, similar to that of Marcus Bent prior to his January 2006 departure, endeared the England forward to the fanbase.

"I’m grateful to the manager for taking a chance on me," said the centre-forward. ‘Not many players come out of the Championship for the big fee I did, and people thought it was a bit of a gamble. I knew my own abilities, and I didn’t think I had something to prove by coming here, but it was a big risk for the gaffer. I’d like to think I’m repaying him now."

Indeed, while the 3-0 victory over Liverpool is remembered for Johnson’s bustling performance, Howard at the other end of the pitch equally rose to the occasion. "I made my first save inside of ten seconds," Howard recalled in his 2014 autobiography, The Keeper: Achieving Goals & Saving them. "And I made every one after that. We won the game 3-0. We crushed Liverpool. It was Everton’s biggest victory over their neighbours for 42 years. The crowd went absolutely bonkers."