Seamus Coleman has been handed the captain’s armband for Everton’s last ever Premier League game at Goodison Park.
The Donegal man has been parachuted back into the starting-11 for the first time since St Stephen’s Day, when the Toffees drew 1-1 away to Manchester City.
Since that game, he has only managed a late cameo appearance against Fulham last weekend.
However, Everton boss David Moyes was eager to give the man he signed from Sligo Rovers during his first spell in charge the honour of captaining the team on their last day at Goodison.
Ahead of the game, Moyes revealed his intention to keep Coleman at the club for another season, as they head to their brand new state-of-the-art Bramley Moore Dock ground.
Moyes signed Coleman from the League of Ireland side in January 2009 and he said: “Seamus will stay next season, without doubt. Seamus will be part of the group. I need him here.
“His leadership, the message he has here amongst the dressing room and between the players is so strong, it'd be wrong of me to let him go. One way or the other, Seamus will be here next season.
“Seamus is actually a little bit more than being a player here. He's going into a position where he's helped the Club through some of the most difficult periods.
“He's never been to another club, we put him out on loan at Blackpool when he first came but other than that he's been here and he's played the games.”
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