39. Wayne Rooney (2002-04) 67 appearances, 15 goals It neither began nor ended with that goal; a precocious Rooney lobbing a vandal’s brick over Seaman’s head to shatter an unbeaten Arsenal. The Rooney phenomenon was already something of an open secret amongst those in-the-know at Goodison, and he went on to score other great goals for Everton, performing an impossibly sharp u-turn at Elland Road whilst leaving Lucas Radebe for dead, as well as a great return goal at Arsenal’s place . The rest of this blue fairy tale remains unwritten; Wayne didn’t go on to drag us into a golden age, instead the bullish street-fighter left for Old...
