LONDON -- Circle the date in your diary -- Nov. 25, Wolves vs. Sunderland.

Christopher Davies

Two weeks ago it was little more than a meeting between two of English football's sleeping giants. Now it promises to be one of the nastiest, most bitter matchups of the season, not because of any animosity between the clubs or players, but because it will be the first time since 2002 that Roy Keane and Mick McCarthy will have met.