Gareth Barry knows just how intimidating Goodison Park can be. He's been on the other end of it.
One such occasion was four years ago this month, when he arrived on Merseyside with tonight's Capital One Cup semi-final visitors Manchester City.
Top of the league and chasing their club's first Premier League title, Barry and Co were flying. Flying, that was, until they were roared into submission and then condemned to just one of five defeats that term by Darron Gibson's hour-mark strike.
Tonight, Barry is set to walk out as Everton captain in the expected absence of Phil Jagielka. He wants that same atmosphere to put City on the back foot once again.
"That one where Gibbo scored, I saw both sides of Goodison," the 34-year-old recalls. "The first half we were really on top and the crowd were getting on the home side’s back. I thought, ‘right, we’ve got them here’. Then, all of a sudden, a couple of challenges turned it the other way and we felt it. We've got to use that to our advantage on Wednesday."
Everton will be looking to take a giant stride towards a first Wembley appearance in four years by ending a run of four home games without a win.
Prior to that, the Blues recorded a 6-2 thumping of Sunderland, followed by a 4-0 victory over another of Barry's former sides, Aston Villa.
And the veteran 53-cap England international knows if both players and crowd are at their very best tonight, the challenge facing City will be a tough one to surmount.
"For me, Goodison was the toughest away ground to come to but at the minute we’re not using that to our advantage for some reason," he said. "That’s something we need to set up on Wednesday night, because if you’re the opposition taking a touch and you’ve got the crowd on your back, it’s a difficult place to play.
"Under the lights, the atmosphere is that much stronger, so we need to use that to our advantage and get the crowd right behind us."
Another standout performance Barry believes Everton can draw on is the one that got them here - the 2-0 quarter-final triumph at Middlesbrough.
"We need to look back on the game against Middlesbrough because that was an all-round, balanced performance, which is what we’ve been searching for," he added. "We attacked really well and I know we were playing against a Championship team but we didn’t give them any opportunities and that’s our aim - to get to that sort of performance. We need to do that against City, obviously, because they’ve got the quality to break through against anyone."
Skipper tonight against his former employers, a side he became a champion with. Will there be any room for sentiment? Not likely.
"Man City are in the way of me trying to be part of an Everton team that wins something, so this is just another game," he concludes. "It’s been a while since this Club lifted a trophy and in the last year or so of my career I want to do that.
"I managed to do it at City, where they had a long wait for a trophy, so if I could can be part of that group here it would be fantastic."