Former Reds’ player Alan Kennedy and Blues’ striker and manager Joe Royle cheered on enthusiastic runners at the Walton Hall Park run. This year the Everton fans were left celebrating as an Evertonian won the race for the first time. Runners wearing blue or red shirts depending on which team they supported put aside their rivalry to raise money for their chosen good causes.
More than 150 took part in the event won by 19-year-old Everton FC fan Ben Costello, from the Wirral. Ben, who was running for the Chris Salmon Foundation, said: “My grandad was a Blue but I was running for a friend who passed away a couple of years ago when we were in school. “Football was close to his heart so I’m pleased to do the business for him.”
Source: liverpool_echo