Liverpool-mad BBC presenter trolled live on air by Everton fan – ‘Kopite revenge’
Everton fan Jamie Taylor trolled his colleague – BBC Radio Ulster presenter and Liverpool supporter Connor Phillips – live on air after the Merseyside derby.
Taylor told his counterpart that he had recorded an exclusive interview with the band Green Day for use on the show.
However, the clip was in fact of the rock group’s frontman Billie Joe Armstrong – an Everton supporter himself – congratulating the Toffees on their Merseyside derby victory.
Taylor then took to social media to poke further fun at Phillips, posting a clip of the presenter’s reaction on X with the caption: “Sorry Connor Phillips, you’ve taken the brunt of my Kopite revenge. 15 years of post-derby day trauma in the making. UTFT!!!”
Everton revel in their long-awaited victory
Everton fans are clearly continuing to revel in what has been a long-awaited victory over their rivals at Goodison Park.
The Toffees’ most recent victory over Liverpool came in 2021, when they secured a 2-0 win at Anfield under Carlo Ancelotti – their first since a 1-0 triumph in 1999 – with Richarlison scoring an early opener before a late Gylfi Sigurdsson penalty clinched the three points.
However, it is not since 17 October 2010 that the blue half of Merseyside has been able to celebrate a derby victory on home soil. Tim Cahill and Mikel Arteta scored in that win – also by a 2-0 scoreline – as a side featuring the likes of Tim Howard, Phil Jagielka and Leighton Baines overcame a Liverpool team including Jamie Carragher, Steven Gerrard and Fernando Torres.
This latest derby success at Goodison Park carries a special significance, too, with Everton set to leave their historic ground – which they have called home since 1892 and has hosted more top-flight games than any other stadium in England – at the end of next season.
Should Everton not replicate their derby achievement in the corresponding fixture in 2024/25, the victory on 24 April won by goals from Jarrad Branthwaite and Dominic Calvert-Lewin could be the last ever over Liverpool at Goodison.
One way or another, Toffees fans will surely have relished the chance to enjoy derby success at Goodison at least one more time.
In other Everton news, Stan Collymore has slammed the “circus” around the club in his reaction to the win over Liverpool.
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