The class of '86 are together again and the banter is exactly how you can imagine it was in the changing rooms at Wembley 20 years ago.
But behind the smiles, the competitive streak which put them at the top of their profession is undoubtedly still there, and though they won't openly admit it, they have all been secretly in training.
"I've done a bit," admits Kenny Dalglish sheepishly, although he won't elaborate. "Mainly because Marina wanted to get me out of the house."
It was Dalglish's wife Marina's idea to restage the historic 1986 Cup Final in aid of the charity she set up to build a new oncology ward at Fazakerley Hospital soon after recovering from breast cancer.
Dalglish, player-manager on that famous day, soon enlisted former teammates who were only too happy to oblige, if only to get the chance to run out in front of the Kop one last time.
He said: "It was a fantastic idea, if a little sadistic. I think she wanted to see us all suffer a little bit.
"But if people think it will just be a load of old timers having a kick-around, they'd be wrong. We are all competitive, and we all want to win."
Dalglish, legendary defender turned TV pundit Alan Hansen; Irish midfielder Ronnie Whelan, and Everton striker Graeme Sharp, are all ribbing each other about how long they will be able to last on the pitch.
Howard Kendall, Everton's manager 20 years ago, laughs that he doesn't need to be in great shape to sit in the dugout. In 1986, Liverpool's 3-1 victory saw them land the League and FA Cup double for the first and only time, with their rivals across Stanley Park runners-up in both.
For the men who played that day, it was the fans, both red and blue, that made it one of the most memorable of their lives.
Dalglish said: "Both sets of fans were truly fantastic. Back then, there was this special relationship between Everton and Liverpool fans.
"You wouldn't see anything like it in other cities then or today."