Everton said goodbye to Goodison Park in style with a 2-0 first league victory against Southampton thanks to a double for Iliman Ndiaye on an emotional Sunday at Merseyside. Home of the Toffees since 1892, Goodison will welcome Everton’s women next season while men travel to a new stadium of 52,000 capacities. The past of Everton, including the former captain of England, Wayne Rooney, looked at the impression that Ndiaye had produced two beautiful finishes in the first half to make sure that there was a happy ending for fans of the house.
The company in the field was a slideshow with already raised saints offering the perfect opposition for a glorious farewell.
The sunny streets around the ground were covered with blue smoke with hours before noon kick -off while thousands of Everton fans even without tickets made the pilgrimage for the last time.
The Toffees have not won a major trophy for 30 years. But Goodison was the scene of the years of overcrowded glory of the club.
Only four clubs won more English high -flight titles than the Nine of Everton.
There is hope that the move in a new ultramodern stadium in Liverpool docklands, combined with new property from the Friedkin group based in the United States, can help restore good times on the ground after the relegation seasons.
“It will be sad when it goes, but we are entering something which, in our view, will give us a larger and better future,” said Everton manager David Moyes.
Bogged in financial problems, Everton has had to fight for survival in recent seasons in order to maintain an uninterrupted stay of 71 years among the elite.
If there is a better future next season, Ndiaye is probably at the heart of it.
The 25 -year -old Senegalese international turned out to be an essential spark in his first season for a team without a powerful attacker.
Southampton had frustrated Manchester City in a 0-0 draw last weekend to make sure they will not finish the season like the worst team in the History of the Premier League.
However, they were defeated just six minutes while Ndiaye curled up in the lower corner to make sure that there would be no mess of Everton.
Beto found the net twice more, but the two opportunities had moved away from offside before finishing beautiful team movements.
The quick feet of Ndiaye have doubled the advantage for men of Moyes just before the break while arriving Aaron Ramsdale and failed in his 11th goal of the season.
The second half of the 2791st Everton match in Goodison will be quickly forgotten.
But the memories of a stadium locally called the “old old” will allow you to live for generations of supporters.
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