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It wasn’t so much an ending as a resurrection—one last riot of blue fervour before the inevitable curtain call. Goodison Park, ageing and aching with memories, bowed out in the only way it knew how: defiant, deafening, utterly incapable of going quietly into history.

Seamus Coleman delivered a speech to Everton’s players on the eve of the game against Southampton to remind them about the importance of signing off from Goodison Park in style. Members of David Moyes ’ squad were also shown a video of the club’s history to help them further understand why Sunday was such a big occasion.

An emotional violin performance of Everton's club anthem 'Z Cars' rang out around Goodison Park as the Toffees officially waved goodbye to their fabled home.

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Former Everton player and manager Joe Royle says scoring his first goal at Goodison Park "seems like a lifetime ago" but he describes walking down the tunnel and out onto the pitch as being "a feeling you cannot scratch".