Fans are satisfied Everton DITCHED purple ketchup at new £800m stadium and dyed it BLUE to keep away from Liverpool’s colors – however membership reveal the reality

A hot dog topped with blue sauce served up in Everton‘s new stadium at Bramley-Moore Dock has gone viral on social media.

25,000 Toffees fans got a taste of their new home on Sunday as the club hosted a second test event at the £800million Everton Stadium, which is set to host first-team matches from next season.

Everton’s Under 21s beat Bolton Wanderers B 1-0 inside the 52,888-capacity arena – which had a planned evacuation during the game for safety licensing reasons – but it was the food served at kiosks inside the ground that took all the headlines.

Fans who opted to pay £9.50 for a fully loaded hot dog were quick to notice that the sauce covering the sausage looked a little peculiar.

Supporters are convinced that in a hilarious bid to eradicate the colour red – worn by Everton’s biggest rivals Liverpool – the club has dyed ketchup blue.

However, the club have confirmed that the mystery blue condiment is, in fact, garlic aioli, and the colour change is a tribute to the Everton fans.

An Everton fan posted a picture of a mystery blue sauce that social media user believed was ketchup dyed blue 

The hot dog was served at Everton’s new £800m stadium during a test event on Sunday

Many believed that ketchup was dyed from the colour red because it is worn by rivals Liverpool, but the club have since confirmed that the sauce was garlic aioli

It was also revealed that if Blues supporters fancy a burger while inside the ground, they will have to put up with red ketchup, meaning the colour has not been eradicated from the stadium as previously suggested.

‘Just for clarification, the condiment is a blue garlic aioli, not ketchup or mayo, and is a very deliberate and appreciative nod to Everton and for the fans,’ Club officials told The Mirror. ‘Traditional ketchup most definitely remains available too!’

Nevertheless, fans still loved the tongue-in-cheek gesture, even if it didn’t turn out to be dyed ketchup.

One Toffee wrote: ‘Oh no, the blue ketchup hot dog has found its way to my family group, and I’m baffled at how many heads the joke has gone over. It goes back to the age-old joke that Blues “don’t even allow red sauce in our house.” Hilarious from Everton in my opinion.’

‘Red ketchup banned at Bramley is something I really can get behind. Up the Blue ketchup Toffees!’, wrote another.

Liverpool supporters also saw the funny side of the stunt but for different reasons.

One Red fan quipped: ‘Liverpool win titles, Everton change colour of Ketchup. What they’d do to be us.’

‘Some priority that lad, rather than filling your trophy cabinet, you’d rather filler your bottles with blue sauce cos you don’t like red?????,’ wrote another.

Now, while the stunt from the Merseyside club may not have been what it seemed, Everton fans are known for their hatred of the red.

Back in 2016, former Everton manager Ronald Koeman sparked fan outrage by posting a picture of his Christmas tree covered with red decorations.

The Dutchman revealed his tree to social media, but many fans were quick to voice their disapproval at the colour of the ornaments, with some calling it ‘disappointing’

Of course, the majority of the responses appeared lighthearted. However, it still sparked a change of heart in the ex-Toffee boss, who later tweeted a picture of another tree, this time with the decorations predominantly white.