Fans of Liverpool had the last smile in the Merseyside Flare Wars by illuminating the sky red during the historic farewell from Everton to Goodison Park.
Everton's 2-0 win over Southampton on Sunday marked the last men's competition in the 133-year stadium before the club moved to their new £ 760 million house in Bramley-Moore Dock next season.
But what had to be a day of pure blue, briefly red-free was literally-that torches scarlet smoke broadcast, wavy on the street outside the ground before the kick-off.
A video that has become viral on social media shows red clouds of smoke that drive past rows of terraced houses near Goodison, which gives rise to laughter and a few choice words from the locals.
In the clip, one man asks: “What do you think of that, son?”, To which another responds, “Red-Nose t *** s!”
The Red Smoke is seen as a brutal act of payback time, in the coming weeks after an Everton supporter has duped Reds -fans by disguised Blue Flares as Red Ones for Liverpool's title celebrations in Anfield.
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That plan worked in part, with Blue Smoke spotted both outside the stadium and in the stands, while Liverpool rode a 5-1 victory over Tottenham to seal the title.
The Everton fan behind that first joke claimed that he had bought 10,000 blue torches and spent weeks with re -using them in an attempt to sabotage the visuals.
This time, however, it was the red half of Merseyside that supplied the punchline – Gatecrashing Everton's big farewell with a haze of their own color.
Although it is not confirmed who exactly causes the rogue red torches in Goodison, the timing and symbolism have not gone unnoticed.
Goodison Park, the house of Everton since 1892, is now the location for the club team of the club, with various higher layers closed to reduce capacity.
On the field, the side of David Moyes in style signed with two goals from Iliman Ndiaye who achieves a welcome victory to improve an emotional broadcast for a full crowd.
Goodison Park, the house of Everton since 1892, is now the location for the ladies team of the club, instead of being demolished as originally planned.
The capacity of the stadium will be reduced by closing different upper layers, and the remaining grandstands will be renamed a more intimate matchday atmosphere.
Supporters also had the opportunity to buy their seats from the last men's season as a souvenir, where the club promised to replace them in still in use areas.
The decision marks a major shift of previous regeneration proposals under former owner Farhad Moshiri, who had plans for housing, a care home and retail units. They were demolished after a feasibility study by the new owners of Everton, the Friedkin Group.
In the meantime, the men's team will move on time to their new 53,000-capacity house on the banks of the Mersey River for the 2025-26 season.
Earlier this week it was confirmed that the new site will be known as the Hill Dickins Stadium, after it had insured one of the most lucrative naming rights in European football in Liverpool.