Footage has emerged of the horror moment a security guard struck in the face by flare thrown by an Everton fan outside Goodison Park.
There were a number of flares and fireworks outside the ground in a bid to try and create an intimidating atmosphere ahead of the Merseyside derby against Liverpool on Wednesday night.
This was part of a significant display to welcome the Everton team while also unsettling Liverpool players, with huge crowds of fans gathering as both team buses. arrived
But now a video has surfaced of an scary incident prior to the match, take a look at the TikTok video below…
@cityexplorationliverpoolWhat Idiot threw the Flare Everton 2-2 Liverpool.♬ original sound – City Exploration Liverpool
Everton fans waiting for the team bus ahead of the final Merseyside Derby at Goodison #EFC #LFC (📸 @GlobalGotting) pic.twitter.com/mGXTS8qAeM
— Chris Chambers (@Chris_Chambo_) February 12, 2025
Everton fans are 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐲 for the final Merseyside derby at Goodison Park 🧨 pic.twitter.com/Xh8BJlJa3z
— B/R Football (@brfootball) February 12, 2025
Fan group ‘The 1878s’ had posted on social media urging Everton supporters to ‘march down’ to Goodison. “For our last ever night game at Goodison there will be a coach welcome. The team will arrive at 5:45, however we do not know the exact route the coach will take. This will be determined by how big the crowds are outside the ground. We advise fans to line the streets on Goodison Road.”
David Moyes spoken about the emotion ahead of the game: “It is incredible that it is now coming to an end at this stadium. Will it be rougher or tougher because this is the last one? I don’t think so. But the stadium has played a big part in building this up to being a more explosive derby”
“I will tell the players about what it means to the supporters, although if I have to tell them that you’d have to question where they are in their footballing world. The last one at Goodison is a big thing. Everyone here is trying their best to make the last few games memorable and to put on a spectacle.”
Arne Slot warned his players to be ready for a ‘fight’ at Goodison: “You have to stand up to those emotions. I have noticed also in the Plymouth game that the intensity of the tackles, how aggressive they were, it was definitely a quality of their players but also because of the emotions in the stadium,” he explained.
“We have to be up for that and I’ve seen the game from last season and we were quite ready because after 10 minutes the referee blew his whistle 11 times and 10 times in favor of Everton. The Liverpool players were ready to compete but every time it was a free-kick.”
It was a chaotic end to the game as you can see HERE and in the article below…
Everton score late equaliser vs Liverpool as match ends with three reds at full time
Everton fans celebrated the equalizer ik the dying seconds at home in the Merseyside derby vs Liverpool last night! 🏴👏🏻 pic.twitter.com/kF5VOk33NZ
— 𝐂𝐚𝐬𝐮𝐚𝐥 𝐔𝐥𝐭𝐫𝐚 𝐎𝐟𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 (@thecasualultra) February 13, 2025
WHAT A GOAL. WHAT A MOMENT.
THE SCENES! 😳
📺 @tntsports & @discoveryplusUK pic.twitter.com/m85MGf2rdY
— Football on TNT Sports (@footballontnt) February 12, 2025
Twitter users gave their reaction to the horror moment security guard gets struck in the face by flare thrown by an Everton fan…
@joshmb_lfc: The peoples club La
@antonwiltshire: So lucky didn’t take his eye out
@lufcborn: Bloody hooligans hopefully he’s ok
@Phillyconcarne: If only the authorities had been stronger with them the last time when they were put players at risk. The referee that day didn’t even let us leave the pitch whilst Eze was being chased with a flare. All match going fans from all clubs just end up being policed more heavily
@graham_hunter68: An inch higher and that’s losing an eye! Disgusting!
@ThePLDad: Never understood pyro knobheads from any club. Poor fella doing his job has just had a firework launched at his face, scorch marks under his eye, on a different day could’ve blinded him.
And for what? “Atmosphere, innit, lad”. 🗑️
@LeeMc1978: They need to find whichever gobshite threw this – could have ruined that fella’s life/eyesight if it’d been a few centimetres higher – just standing there doing his job! Some absolute fucking moron’s out there!!
@shay_90_x: Please find this fan and ban him permanently from the stadium @Everton
@Jack07_gtr: Ban that fan from football all together tbh
@Ursy1892: Horrendous that
@ClairClair211: Bloody hell 😳 hope he’s ok? What an irresponsible idiot.
@PaulGardinerDJ: Not cool. Big ban coming hopefully.
@jackw02_: Fucking disgusting
Jay: Why ?? The fella is just doing his job and some scumbag does that. Cowardly fuckers
Stew safc: Appalling wants banning from every ground for life
Griff: Ridiculous regardless who threw it. Should get a lifetime ban, blokes just trying to do his job and shouldn’t have to deal with that. Stupid.
tierney: Absolutely shocking could of had the man’s eye out put him in jail scum
Jay Roberts128: That’s not good just makes us look like tosssrs
Ziya Ziya: That’s terrible poor man just doing his job
barrybinatone: Not good. Fair play to that man. Just got on with it.
jc: That’s shocking. Man just doing a job
Paul gallagher: Poor guy, hope he’s ok
Teejay chlo: Bang out of order
Jamie Adam : omg hope that poor man is OK. Thats going to leave a right mess
Sian Jessica Whitcombe: Oh my god is he ok?
Horricegoesskiing: hope he’s OK 🙏
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