Wayne Rooney joins 60,000 Ed Sheeran fans at Etihad Stadium spectacular

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It was Manchester's super Saturday of massive music gigs, and among those enjoying the stage spectacular of Ed Sheeran at the Etihad Stadium was former Manchester United captain Wayne Rooney and wife Coleen. Wayne is known to be a big fan of Ed's, and was spotted singing and dancing away at the ground of Manchester City on Saturday night.

It was the third of four huge shows at the Etihad Stadium for guitar hero Ed - by the end of the weekend he will have played to 240,000 fans here in Manchester. And on Saturday night it was yet again a huge spectacular for fans, with Ed's biggest hits and a firework finale.

But fans were left starstruck when they spotted footballer Wayne and wife Coleen among the crowds. And that even included one of the supporting artists who opened the show for Ed - Maisie Peters.

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For Maisie posted this photo of her and her friends with Wayne, captioning it simply: "no words just this photo". Wayne was beaming for the photo inside the Etihad Stadium on Saturday night.

Maisie then posted videos having to dash back into the arena so as not to miss Ed's stunning performance of Galway Girl. She captioned the videos: "Running to Galway Girl I will not miss it tonight not even for Wayne Rooney."

At the Etihad on Saturday night, Wayne and Coleen were joined in their box at the Man City ground by Ed himself. Wayne posted this picture with Ed, captioning it: "Ed Sheeran….class as always. Brilliant concert."

They were also joined in the box by Wayne's former United team-mate Darron Gibson with his wife Danielle. Ed beamed for the photo - wearing his multi-coloured "Manchester" top that he has worn during