{"id":50477,"date":"2025-04-25T22:08:14","date_gmt":"2025-04-25T22:08:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/50477\/"},"modified":"2025-04-25T22:08:14","modified_gmt":"2025-04-25T22:08:14","slug":"wayne-rooney-leaves-fans-in-stitches-as-he-fails-to-find-liverpool-and-manchester-on-a-map-in-fascinating-test-of-his-geography-skills","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/50477\/","title":{"rendered":"Wayne Rooney leaves fans in stitches as he fails to find Liverpool and Manchester on a map in &#8216;fascinating&#8217; test of his geography skills"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul class=\"mol-bullets-with-font\">\n<li class=\"\"><strong>Former Man United star Rooney was latest guest on the Overlap Fan Debate\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li class=\"\"><strong>He was tasked with pointing out location of Premier League stadiums on a map<\/strong><\/li>\n<li class=\"\"><strong>LISTEN NOW:<a style=\"font-weight: bold;\" class=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/dailymail.lnk.to\/its-all-kicking-offDM\"> It&#8217;s All Kicking Off!<\/a>, available wherever you get your podcasts. New episodes every Monday and Thursday<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"author-section byline-plain\">By <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/profile-2961\/abdi-rashid.html\" class=\"author\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ABDI RASHID<\/a> <\/p>\n<p class=\"byline-section\"> Published:  16:03 EDT, 25 April 2025   |  Updated:  16:05 EDT, 25 April 2025   <\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Fans have taken social media to mock <a style=\"font-weight: bold;\" target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/wayne_rooney\/index.html\" id=\"mol-60a088c0-2210-11f0-bb92-53fb47e8ff13\" rel=\"noopener\">Wayne Rooney<\/a> after he failed a geography puzzle miserably.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The <a style=\"font-weight: bold;\" target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/manchester-united\/index.html\" id=\"mol-607496c0-2210-11f0-bb92-53fb47e8ff13\" rel=\"noopener\">Manchester United<\/a> legend, who was sacked as Plymouth boss in December, was the latest guest on the <a style=\"font-weight: bold;\" class=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=d68a_VH7S5E&amp;t=1489s\">Overlap Fan Debate.\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">In one of the segments, he was tasked with pointing out the location of a number <a style=\"font-weight: bold;\" target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/premierleague\/index.html\" id=\"mol-60a2aba0-2210-11f0-bb92-53fb47e8ff13\" rel=\"noopener\">Premier League<\/a> stadiums on a map.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Rooney had a slip-up gaffe early on, wrongly placing <a style=\"font-weight: bold;\" target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/aston-villa\/index.html\" id=\"mol-606f8db0-2210-11f0-bb92-53fb47e8ff13\" rel=\"noopener\">Aston Villa<\/a> in Hereford &#8211; around 90 minutes away from Villa Park.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\"><a style=\"font-weight: bold;\" target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/jamie-carragher\/index.html\" id=\"mol-6092f430-2210-11f0-bb92-53fb47e8ff13\" rel=\"noopener\">Jamie Carragher<\/a> quickly corrected him, saying,\u00a0&#8216;that&#8217;s not there&#8217;, prompting a baffled Rooney to fire back,\u00a0&#8216;well, where is it then?&#8217; as the audience burst into laughter.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Despite being a born-and-bred Scouser and kicking off his career at <a style=\"font-weight: bold;\" target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/everton\/index.html\" id=\"mol-60716270-2210-11f0-bb92-53fb47e8ff13\" rel=\"noopener\">Everton<\/a>, Wayne Rooney stunned the studio by placing <a style=\"font-weight: bold;\" target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/manchester-city\/index.html\" id=\"mol-60746fb0-2210-11f0-bb92-53fb47e8ff13\" rel=\"noopener\">Manchester City<\/a>&#8216;s badge right in the heart of <a style=\"font-weight: bold;\" target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/liverpool\/index.html\" id=\"mol-60735e40-2210-11f0-bb92-53fb47e8ff13\" rel=\"noopener\">Liverpool<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>   <img decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-4088b94ddab72d74\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/97703777-0-Fans_have_taken_social_media_to_mock_Wayne_Rooney_after_he_faile-m-15_1745611217800.jpg\" height=\"454\" width=\"634\" alt=\"Fans have taken social media to mock Wayne Rooney after he failed a geography puzzle\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" style=\"max-width:100%\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>   <\/p>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">Fans have taken social media to mock Wayne Rooney after he failed a geography puzzle<\/p>\n<p>   <img decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-e145ca7d7b29d27b\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/97703953-0-image-a-3_1745610026723.jpg\" height=\"417\" width=\"634\" alt=\"The former striker bizarrely placed Everton - his boyhood club - over in Manchester\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" style=\"max-width:100%\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>   <\/p>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">The former striker bizarrely placed Everton &#8211; his boyhood club &#8211; over in Manchester<\/p>\n<p>   <img decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-5c3bcf7d28486d78\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/97703959-0-image-a-4_1745610044131.jpg\" height=\"440\" width=\"634\" alt=\"Rooney left Jamie Carragher and the crowd in stitches after making a number of blunders\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" style=\"max-width:100%\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>   <\/p>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">Rooney left Jamie Carragher and the crowd in stitches after making a number of blunders<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Rooney&#8217;s most cringeworthy moment came when he bizarrely placed Everton &#8211; his boyhood club &#8211; over in Manchester, just east of the Etihad Stadium.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">A stunned Jamie Carragher burst into laughter, blurting out, &#8216;are you serious?&#8217; as the blunder left the studio in stitches.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Carragher placed Everton correctly in Liverpool and said, &#8216;It&#8217;s there, isn&#8217;t it?&#8217; Rooney, clearly frustrated, fires back, &#8216;It&#8217;s f***** the same place.&#8217;*\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Fans took to X to mock Rooney, with one posting: &#8216;How can he have spent the first 18 years of his life in Liverpool and not realised you can see the sea&#8217;.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Another said: &#8216;Wayne\u2026 Everton&#8217;s new ground not far from the old ground you&#8217;ve spent a chunk of your life is right by the water mate. Fascinating human being&#8217;.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">A third added: &#8216;Putting Everton nowhere near water is absolutely phenomenal.&#8217;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"linkButtonRowItem\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/jamie-carragher\/index.html?ico=article_topics_module\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jamie Carragher<\/a><a class=\"linkButtonRowItem\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/wayne_rooney\/index.html?ico=article_topics_module\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Wayne Rooney<\/a><\/p>\n<p>                    Share or comment on this article:<br \/>\n                        Wayne Rooney leaves fans in stitches as he fails to find Liverpool and Manchester on a map in &#8216;fascinating&#8217; test of his geography skills<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Former Man United star Rooney was latest guest on the Overlap Fan Debate\u00a0 He was tasked with pointing&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":50478,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8813],"tags":[748,92,393,94,4884,4110,2465,93,16,15,14349],"class_list":{"0":"post-50477","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-manchester","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-dailymail","10":"tag-england","11":"tag-football","12":"tag-great-britain","13":"tag-jamie-carragher","14":"tag-manchester","15":"tag-sport","16":"tag-uk","17":"tag-united-kingdom","18":"tag-wayne-rooney"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114400887599184989","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50477","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=50477"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50477\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/50478"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=50477"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=50477"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=50477"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}