Wayne Rooney was among the club greats who joined in Everton’s emotional farewell to Goodison Park on Sunday after victory against Southampton.
Rooney was joined by fellow Blues legends Peter Reid, Graeme Sharp and Duncan Ferguson and 60 other former players in a parade on the pitch that followed Iliman Ndiaye’s brace in a 2-0 win.
After supporters good-naturedly mocked Rooney’s association with Manchester United, he told them to a huge ovation: ‘I am a Scouser by the way – a young lad from Crocky (Croxteth).
‘Everton was the club I grew up with.