A father of a baby boy was so determined to have the child named Gerrard after Liverpool and England star Steven Gerrard that he set up a website to rustle up public support to persuade his wife, who opposed the plan.


After some 5,000 hits on MyBabyGerard, Gerrard just won out over his wife’s alternatives William or Matthew.


But in the event, Matt Evans, 29, had to settle for Matthew Gerrard Ingham-Evans after the Register Office told the couple they had to get on with naming the child four weeks after his birth.

“There’s no more children planned so we won’t have to go through this again,”

said his wife Jenny.


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