Wayne Rooney’s return to Goodison Park as an Everton player was a successful one, with the 31-year-old scoring the only goal of the game to clinch the three points for the Toffees.
4869 – @WayneRooney has set a new @premierleague record for the longest gap between goals for the same team (4869 days). Home. pic.twitter.com/5eZBFyzTga
— OptaJoe (@OptaJoe) August 12, 2017
And in scoring upon his Premier League return for his boyhood club, Rooney reportedly set a PL record for the longest gap between goals for the same team, having scored his last Everton league goal against Leeds in April 2004.
But what has happened in the intervening 4,869 days?
Pixar released 12 films
*pat, pat* pic.twitter.com/hu4KhkbNSx
— Disney•Pixar (@DisneyPixar) August 3, 2017
The Incredibles, Cars, Ratatouille, Wall-E, Up, Toy Story 3, Cars 2, Brave, Monsters University, Inside Out, The Good Dinosaur and Finding Dory.
YouTube was launched
From February 2005, Wayne’s goals were watchable all across the world.
Twitter was launched
Filming an exclusive interview today ahead of the new @premierleague season. Available on my website on Friday #PLKickOff pic.twitter.com/vmvVUo99sg
— Wayne Rooney (@WayneRooney) August 9, 2017
Wayne knows all about Twitter, which launched in July 2006.
The iPhone took over
The landline phone didn’t stand a chance after the iPhone was released in June 2007.
Barack Obama served two terms as US president
Barack Obama became the United States of America’s first black president when he was elected in 2008, winning re-election in 2012.
Justin Bieber became one of the world’s biggest celebrities
My I love you face pic.twitter.com/FjDaOjinwE
— Justin Bieber (@justinbieber) January 16, 2017
Apparently thanks to YouTube (launched in 2005, remember), Justin Bieber became a star.
The UK won, and staged, the 2012 Olympic Games
In the summer of 2005 London was awarded the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games, and seven years later it hosted them.
Manchester United won 13 major honours
But you probably know all about that, Wayne.