Everton, Iliman Ndiaye, and Scouse singer-songwriter left Ed Sheeran feeling let down after beating him.

Last Saturday, “Ryan Rooney one, Ed Sheeran nil,” as the hopeful singer-songwriter from Liverpool left Portman Road with the tune of his own song stuck in his head, while the number one singer from Suffolk watched his beloved Ipswich Town lose to Everton. Sheeran is a minority owner of the Tractor Boys and sponsors their shirts. He was disappointed that his team still hadn’t won since getting promoted to the Premier League. Iliman Ndiaye and Michael Keane scored to give Sean Dyche’s team their first away win in 10 months.

The trip to East Anglia was a dream come true for 22-year-old Rooney from Norris Green, who wasn’t even born when Ipswich won three points in the Premier League. His fellow Everton fans sang his musical tribute to summer signing Ndiaye, who scored the game’s first goal in spectacular fashion 17 minutes in. The player who was asked about the song said, “Yeah, I’ve seen it.” Even though I don’t know the words yet, I believe I have already said that it is very important to connect well with your fans.

“You make them go, and they make you go.” The way I play, handling and other skills, I like to think gets them excited. I’m glad to be here and connect with the fans.

“I am in love, I can’t deny, our number 10 is Iliman Ndiaye; from Senegal to Bramley-Moore, he’s f***ing magic he’s the one that we adore,” the song that has quickly become a fan favorite about Blues games goes. “Ole, Ole, Ole, Ola……..”

The ECHO quoted Rooney as saying, “A kid named Ben sent it to me on TikTok.” I took the words he sent me and tried to make them as catchy as I could. When I got the “ole, ola” part right, it got me going.

“A few years ago, we had a song to the same tune for Allan, the Brazilian midfielder.” What I did was my best effort to work on it.

“This is crazy.” He’s a great player, so Iliman quickly became a fan favorite. I also think he has a great attitude toward the people, and it has been since he joined the club.

“The response from the Everton fans has made me feel better. We are the People’s Club, and it was great to be at Portman Road on Saturday with all my fellow Everton fans trying to get me involved as much as they can,” he said. It was me and one of my best friends. We go every week, both at home and away.

“It was one of them; it was on the coach going to the game, and we said, ‘Hopefully he scores.'” There was a chance he could do it, but anything can happen in football.

“The Ipswich defender didn’t have as much control of the ball as he would have liked, and Iliman was there to score.” It was crazy at that point to celebrate going ahead 1-0.

When Rooney was young, he got interested in music by watching some neighborhood boys from his childhood on TV. “I finish my own work,” he said. My dream is still living with the music—I have about six songs out there—and I co-host a podcast with a good friend called Riverside Toffees, which I love.

I’ve always loved music, just like I love sports, and I hope it gets better. For example, one of my songs, “It Is What It Is,” is about going out with your friends in town on a Saturday night when you’re 18 or 19.

My grandmother was making a Sunday roast when I was about five years old, and the movie Help! was on. I put all my toys down because I was listening to the Beatles, especially John Lennon. She went to the kitchen and came back to see me.

“I love Bruce Springsteen, Phil Adams, Sam Fender, and Oasis so much, but I didn’t get tickets for next year.”

Some of Ndiaye’s teammates may soon have their own songs, even though Rooney’s big hit with Blues fans was inspired by the attacker’s twinkling toes. “Iliman is the kind of player that gets people up and moving,” he said. Despite having two players on him, the ball always seems to stick to him and find a way to get past them.

“He has gotten off to a great start at Everton.” What’s most important to me, besides getting three points, is to love watching Everton and be excited while I do it.

“I was working on another Everton song last night. I’m going to try to do one for Dwight McNeil or Jordan Pickford, who are also fan favorites. I’ll post it as soon as I’m done, and hopefully we can do it again with either of those two when we’re at Southampton watching Ndiaye.