INTERVIEW
STEVEN SCHUMACHER
You captained the Everton side that reached the 2002 FA Youth Cup Final, including a teenage Wayne Rooney. How good was he at that age?
We had a really strong run, right the way through all of the earlier rounds, with Wayne scoring eight goals in as many games. In the semis, he scored two unbelievable goals away at Spurs, one of them a long-range screamer. Unfortunately we managed to lose the final against Aston Villa by going 4-1 down in the first leg, winning only 1-0 in the second leg. But it was very clear that Wayne was something special.
Why weren’t you able to break into the Everton