Bob Piper has been a Labour Councillor for the Abbey
Ward in Sandwell, West Midlands, for 10 years. He is a lifelong supporter of Aston Villa Football Club and a follower of Yorkshire County Cricket Club.
The views expressed here are mine in a personal capacity, not those of the Labour Party, Sandwell MBC, Aston Villa or Yorkshire County Cricket Club. Get it! Mine... just mine!
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I was at Goodison Park on the evening in 2002 when a 16-year old Wayne Rooney put Everton 1-0 up in the FA Youth Cup Final (modesty prevents me from mentioning the final score). He ran to the Everton fans behind the goal and displayed the t-shirt which read... "Once a blue, always a blue".
Within a couple of years young Wayne had decided that the fans shouldn't think that "always a blue" meant he always wanted to play for them, and the lure of Manchester United's cash soon had him badge-kissing his United shirt as if the club was in his blood. A life long red, that's our Wayne.
I was at Goodison Park on the evening in 2002 when a 16-year old Wayne Rooney put Everton 1-0 up in the FA Youth Cup Final (modesty prevents me from mentioning the final score). He ran to the Everton fans behind the goal and displayed the t-shirt which read... "Once a blue, always a blue".
badge-kissing his United shirt as if the club was in his blood. A life long red, that's our Wayne.
November 6, 2009 4:31 PM | permalink
Looking for loyalty from a footballer is akin to looking for love in a brothel.
I say this as an Evertonian.