Wayne and Coleen Rooney put on a loving performance in never-before-seen photo from the footballer’s 18th birthday

Coleen Rooney has shared a rare photo of herself and her husband Wayne Rooney, taken on his 18th birthday in October 2003.

The photo shows the couple standing in front of Wayne’s birthday cake, which features photos of the footballer on the field.

Wayne, 38, played for Everton at the time, with the club’s logo on the side of the cake, along with a dark blue bow.

He spent two seasons at the club before moving to Manchester United for £25.6 million in the 2004 summer transfer window.

Wayne was pictured wearing a checked blazer and a white and black striped shirt as he posed alongside his then-girlfriend Coleen McLoughlin.

Coleen, 37, wore a black sleeveless dress with a turtleneck, while her streaked blonde locks were styled into a ponytail.

Wayne and Coleen met when they were in high school and married in 2008 after six years of dating.

Coelen shared a series of invisible childhood snapshots as she prepared to publish her long-awaited biography.

The WAG has written My Account, which documents her infamous Wagatha Christie dispute with Rebekah Vardy, which took the world by storm in 2019.

And in a promotional video posted to Instagram ahead of the book’s release on Thursday, Coleen shared a slew of new snaps taken during her younger years as she reflected on her childhood.

The photos include a young Coleen receiving her First Holy Communion and enjoying a holiday with her family.

The mother of four could also have been dressed in a school uniform as a young teenager, and in a cute manner as a baby with her mother Colette.

In the video promoting her new book, Coleen said: ‘My new book is about my account of my life over the last few years, but it also goes back to my childhood.

“I feel like this is the right time to have my say, I feel like people have had their say and their say, but now it’s my turn.

Relationship: Wayne and Coleen met when they were in high school and married in 2008 after six years of dating

Throwback: Coleen Rooney has shared a slew of unseen childhood snaps as she prepares to publish her highly anticipated biography

Blast from the past: In a promotional video ahead of the publication of her book My Account on Thursday, the WAG shared a series of images from her ‘happy’ childhood

‘I loved going back to my childhood memories, I was lucky enough to have had a great upbringing and it was so nice to look back on that.

‘Overall I really enjoyed the writing process. I’ve had ups and downs in my life and it was sometimes difficult to write about them, but overall it made me realize what the real values ​​of life are.’

In Coleen’s book, she talks candidly about why she decided to stand by her husband Wayne after he was embroiled in multiple fraud scandals, and also revealed that the two tragically suffered a miscarriage during their first pregnancy.

In her book, Coleen wrote: ‘Wayne is a wonderful father. Every time he went off the rails it was a stupid, drunken, spontaneous event.”

‘My message is: if there is something to work on, if the love is still there, why throw it away? Mistakes were made, but I always knew Wayne loved me.”

Recalling their miscarriage heartbreak, she added: “A horrible experience that took Wayne six hours.”

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She also explained the depression Wayne has suffered at times, due to the pressure he has faced since signing for Everton at a young age.

“To this day he still has it – everyone carries it,” she said. ‘Not to see what he does right, but to see what he does wrong. It is a shame.’

“Whatever criticism I got, (Wayne) had it tenfold… he’ll drink to erase it all and escape the world. What happens, of course, is the opposite.”

Coleen’s book follows a television drama, Channel 4’s Vardy v Rooney: A Courtroom Drama, a play, Vardy v Rooney: The Wagatha Christie Trial, and the two-part Discovery+ documentary Vardy v Rooney: The Wagatha Trial.

Last month, a drama documentary about the story and trial telling Rooney’s side of the story was released on Disney+.