Everton fans gathered outside the club’s Finch Farm training base to give the first-team coach a rousing send off ahead of Sunday’s crucial Premier League fixture at Leicester City - with manager Frank Lampard videoed fist-bumping supporters through a gap in the window.
Evertonians organised a pre-match welcome for Lampard's side when their bus pulled up outside of Goodison Park before they played Chelsea last Sunday. And their efforts helped to create a partisan atmosphere inside the ground as last season’s European champions were defeated 1-0 thanks to a goal from Richarlison.
Following the success of that initiative, a group of Evertonians called on their fellow supporters to journey out to Finch Farm today – the training ground is located on the edge of Halewood, some 10 miles from Liverpool city centre – and cheer the players as they began their 114-mile journey to the East Midlands.
