The year was 2002 and Wayne Rooney was a golden boy of football and the great English hope for the future. However, in December of that year Wayne’s romps with a middle aged prostitute threatened to put him out of favour with the English public.

The visits to a brothel occurred four months into his relationship with Coleen McLaughlin who was informed of Wayne’s wandering ways after a Sunday newspaper prepared to reveal details for the lewd sex antics. Coleen on hearing the devastating news reportedly discarded her diamond and platinum engagement ring which was worth around ?25,000 by hurling it into a densely wooded area close to the pair’s home.

Wayne’s stunningly unsubtle moonlight attendances meant that detailed accounts of his bonks were front page news with the teenager publically admitting “foolish as it now seems I did on occasions visit massage parlours and prostitutes”. Wayne’s excuse that he was “young and stupid”, together with the fact Coleen remained at his side after her initial fury, was accepted by the British public and the teenager was left alone to concentrate on his football career.

This scandal was front page news for days and will go down in history as the scandal which coined a new slang phrase, namely “a Wayne Rooney” meaning slang for an extremely ugly prostitute.

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