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Everton and Scotland football great Duncan Ferguson has gone bust, it has emerged.

Big Dunc, as he was known by fans, is now a first-team coach at the Merseyside club, but has been declared bankrupt in the High Court in London.

He was on the bench with the coaching team as Everton took on Manchester City tonight in the second leg of the Capital One Cup semi-final.

Just hours earlier it was revealed a bankruptcy petition had been brought against him by HM Revenue and Customs in December. The action against the 6ft 4in former striker was rubber-stamped at the High Court earlier this month.

Dad-of-three Ferguson is a cult hero in Liverpool after two spells playing for the blue half of the city. He has become a highly respected coach, working with Everton boss Roberto Martinez.

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Ferguson, 44, was born in Stirling and began his career with Dundee United, before moving to Rangers in 1993.

He arrived at Everton in 1994 and won an FA Cup medal the following year when the Blues beat Manchester United 1-0.

After a spell at Newcastle United, he returned to Goodison in 2000.

During his years at the top, he was earning more than £30,000 a week.

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In 1995, when he was 23, he was jailed for three months for head-butting another player while playing for Rangers.

It affected his international career and he only played seven times for Scotland.

He said previously: “I have spent an entire career trying to shake off a ­reputation I earned in one day.”

Ferguson could not be contacted for comment.

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