A 15-year-old from Australia used his entire savings to attend the final league derby at Goodison Park, but the game was postponed four hours before kick-off.

The young Everton fan from Sydney, known only as Mackenzie, asked his Liverpool-born mother at Easter if he could return to England for the historic occasion.

His mother Rita told Radio Merseyside last week: “When we came back he said it was his dream to go to an Everton-Liverpool game at Goodison Park. “I said: ‘You’ve got no chance, mate.'” We just got back from England and there’s no way I can save the money in the time we have.”

“He saved the money, used up all his savings and two weeks ago said: ‘I’d really like to go, mum – will you let me go?’ I said, ‘I can’t stop you if you have the money.’ We’re very proud of him.” The teenager added: “Everyone says I’m a lucky charm.”

Mackenzie, who lives with an aunt in England, was at Everton’s 4-0 win over Wolves on Wednesday but his dream of seeing a derby at Goodison was dashed on Saturday morning.

The 245th Merseyside derby was to be the final league meeting at Goodison after 130 years, and Everton moved to Bramley-Moore docks the next season. However, due to the impact of Storm Darragh, the game was postponed at 8.30am on Saturday.