After 133 years, Everton fans said goodbye to Goodison Park on Sunday as they embark on a new journey at Bramley-Moore Dock, or, as it will be known - Hill Dickinson Stadium.
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Image source, Getty ImagesWe asked you to tell us how you are feeling after the last match at Goodison Park.
Here are some of your comments:
Mike: It was a great team performance in a day full of mixed emotions. Goodison Park never looked and sounded as good as it did on Sunday. The crowd, team and manager give it the perfect send-off. Here's to a brighter future. COYB.
Martin: Feeling very emotional now that the men's team have finished at Goodison. Thinking of my dad and him taking me to my first game on 3 January 1988 when we beat Nottingham Forest 1-0 thanks to a Wayne Clarke goal. It's the memories and the loved ones no longer with us that make Goodison so special.
Andy: It was a sad, sad day - the men's team leaving Goodison Park. However, we can feel happy in the fact we are going into a state of the art new ground and hopefully become a team competing at the very top again. Love the Toffees - onwards and upwards.
Mac: Very, very sad. I've been a supporter for 60 years and the Grand Old Lady was like a second home. I will miss watching Everton Football Club at this iconic stadium.
Mark: Four generations of Blues in my family have been invested in that stadium. Amazing times - like league and cup titles - and bad times - like relegation struggles. I was reminiscing with my son about the last time we were there with my late father. I'll miss Goodison, the Grand Old Lady. She served us well. COYB.
Timo: Have loved going the game at the Grand Old Lady for 40 years and have loved the happiness and sadness that only Evertonians understand. Goodnight, old girl - look after our ladies next season.
Phil McNulty
Chief football writer
Everton must now try to recreate the heart and soul of Goodison Park on the banks of the River Mersey at Bramley Moore Dock.
It will be a tough task.
While the old Leitch architecture gave the Goodison Park structure something unique, it also possesses something bricks and mortar simply cannot provide.
Former Everton striker Andy Gray, who won the top-flight title, FA Cup and European Cup Winners' Cup, said: "We will leave Goodison Park. Goodison Park will never leave us."
A lone trumpeter played a final, mournful version of 'Z Cars' to close the day, thousands of fans remaining in their seats and unable to tear themselves away from the places they have come to call their home.
Tears of joy, despair and relief have all been shed here at Goodison Park. This time it was a mixture of emotions.
Just as Everton labelled this day, it was "the end of an era".
Read more from Phil on Goodison's farewell
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Image source, Getty Images"We talk about Hollywood scripts and this could not have been written any better," says former Premier League midfielder Nigel Reo-Coker on the final men's game at Goodison Park.
Ex-Everton players returned to bid the Grand Old Lady a final farewell, whilst David Moyes also selected Seamus Coleman to lead his side out for the very last time there.
It was a magnificent send-off to English football's most played-in ground with those that care the most.
"David Moyes has transformed the club since returning and there is a connection with the fan base and he knows the club is moving forward," said Reo-Coker on BBC Radio 5 Live's Football Daily podcast.
"They are leaving Goodison Park, a historic stadium in English football, and now it is up to those fans to make the new stadium just as intimidating.
"It is all going in the right direction and I don't think there is a better man to take them on this next journey than Moyes."
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We asked for your photos and stories from the last day at Goodison Park.
Here are some of your best moments:
Andy: Up the Blues!
Paul: So many memories at Goodison Park. I've been coming since 1994. So happy I managed to get my mum and daughters here this season for one final time. Sad to leave, but looking forward to the future.
Paul: Final bevvies at the Clock Z pub on Walton Road
Tony: The first big game I was allowed to go to on my own. Feb 1971. Goodison Park. I was 11. I couldn't see a thing from the Gwladys Stand but the atmosphere was unbelievable.
Tom: Amazing atmosphere at Goodison - a very emotional day
Mark: Chosen by the Blues
Mark: The atmosphere was bouncing on Goodison Road
Image source, Getty ImagesDwight McNeil spoke to BBC Radio Merseyside after Everton's final match at Goodison Park: "We knew there was only one thing to do today and that was to win. It has been an amazing day. Coming in on the coach, I've never seen anything like it, It was amazing to see it and it is something I will never forget. We are sending Goodison off in the right way.
"I'll always remember getting the last assist at Goodison, it is something I will always treasure. It is a privilege to be at this club, I've loved every minute here and I'm looking forward to what the future holds."
On his favourite Goodison memory: "The one that will stay with me forever is Liverpool at home last season when we won 2-0. That was an incredible night under the lights."
Image source, Getty ImagesDavid Moyes spoke to BBC Sport after Everton's victory against Southampton: "Extraordinary atmosphere. The crowd were amazing, as it was outside before the game. We started the game pretty well and got in front. We played some good bits but not always. The job was to win the game today and see ourselves out at Goodison in a good light.
"The support at Everton is immense. It's needed some form of success. Today is a day they've been waiting on for so long, a new stadium coming.
"I never thought I'd be the one to do it [manage them in the new ground]. I'm really pleased. I'm honoured to be given that opportunity. We all see it as another chance. We need to start rebuilding Everton again. We've done the job [of staying up]. We have to try to build on that next year. If we can get an atmosphere like this in the new stadium it'll give us every chance of winning games.
"I thought it was as if everyone had come together as one club. Today was everyone standing together."
Image source, Getty ImagesSince David Moyes' first game back in charge of Everton, only Newcastle (21) and Liverpool (18) have scored more first half Premier League goals than the Toffees (17). Their 17 goals before half-time is one more than they'd scored in the opening 45 minutes of their previous 40 games under Sean Dyche.
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Five matches make up Sunday's Premier League action and BBC Sport will bring you every kick.
Everton v Southampton (12:00) - listen on BBC Radio 5 Live
West Ham v Nottingham Forest (14:15)
Brentford v Fulham - listen on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra 2
Leicester v Ipswich
Arsenal v Newcastle (16:30) - listen on BBC Radio 5 Live
Kick-off times 15:00 BST unless stated
In just a few hours David Moyes and his players will walk out to a sea of blue at Goodison Park for the final time.
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In what will sure to be a fitting send off to the Grand Old Lady, we want you to send us your photos and stories from the day.
Image source, Getty ImagesFormer 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".
He explained what it felt like to sign for the club as a young boy on BBC Radio Merseyside's Goodbye to Goodison podcast: "I was just over the moon, not to be corny. This sounds conceited but I had the choice of several clubs, one not too far from here, but it was always Everton for me."
When asked what Goodison Park means to him, he replied: "This is the place where I scored my first goal. I was also in a side that won the league here and I can remember us all running around with the cup. We won the FA Cup as well, so there are some great memories here for me.
"It is a lovely old place. You only have to look at it to see that it is super.
"Walking out onto the pitch here is a feeling you cannot scratch. I loved the buzz of getting out there.
"You would have a mixed crowd some days, where the fans would be so easy-osy about things, but then you would come out after half-time and boy did they let you know they were there.
"The crowd hasn't changed an awful lot. The crowd here on a cold night in November would still get behind the team and the opposition wouldn't like it at all - and it is still just as good.
"Even now, you see the same regular fans in the same regular seats. It is seldom very short of customers here."
Finally, on his favourite memory at the historic ground, he said: "Scoring here in my first home game for the club. I scrambled one in. I probably miskicked it slightly but nevertheless I was there to scramble it over the line and it counts just the same as a volley!"
Listen to the full interview on BBC Sounds
And catch up on BBC Radio Merseyside's four-hour Goodison Park special here
Lynette Horsburgh
BBC News
Image source, Family PhotographEverton FC toffee lady Mary Morgan with player Tommy Eglington
Saying goodbye to Goodison Park is "going to be like losing a little bit of my mum", the daughter of Everton's first official toffee lady has said.
The tradition of handing toffees out at Everton's stadium dates back to the 1890s when Old Ma Bushell, who ran the nearby Ye Ancient Everton Toffee House, dressed her granddaughter in her finest clothes and sent her with a basket of Everton toffees to throw into the crowd.
Lifelong Evertonian Mary Morgan (nee Gorry) was the Blues' toffee lady from 1953 until 1956.
Speaking ahead of the final men's fixture at Goodison Park before their move to Bramley-Moore Dock this summer, Patricia Smith said: "It'll be a sad day - there's going to be a lot of tears."
She said her mum's role as the toffee lady "started off as a joke" when she customised a bridesmaid dress, handstitched "Everton Supporters Federation" on a white pinny, and teamed it with a bonnet.
It was a nod to the traditional attire worn more than 60 years previously, when Jemima Bushell handed out Everton toffees to fans as Ye Ancient Everton Toffee House battled to outdo Everton mints creator Mother Noblett, whose shop was situated closer to Goodison.
And so the enduring link between Everton and toffee was born.
As you all know, it's not often I'm wrong about anything but you may remember me saying in a previous predictions article that I thought I held the record for the fastest senior goal at Goodison Park for my effort after 12.94 seconds with Blackburn in 1995, until Abdoulaye Doucoure scored after 10.18 seconds for Everton against Leicester in February.
It turns out the fastest goal before Doucoure was actually by Bournemouth's Colin Clarke, after 11 seconds in a League Cup tie in 1985, but I still hold the record for the fastest away goal there in a men's league game and no-one is taking that away from me because I don't think Southampton will score at all on Sunday.
Saints will probably be too exhausted from their celebrations after last week's draw with Manchester City to ruin the party as Everton's men's team play their last game at Goodison after 133 years.
I have not got a problem with the Southampton fans celebrating reaching 12 points and avoiding equalling Derby's record for the worst Premier League points tally because they have had to endure an awful season, but it is absolute amateur hour from their players to react the way they did afterwards.
People will say it was down to emotion but how low is your bar if you see that as an achievement? The team should have thanked the supporters, and cleared off down the tunnel.
Everton got taken apart in the first half by Fulham last time out, but were much better in the second half and went to win 3-1 at Craven Cottage.
It would be typical for them to mess up on their big day, but they won't. I fancy Beto to get a goal, and the Toffees to sign off with a win.
Sutton's prediction: 2-0
Tom Mallows
BBC Sport journalist
Image source, Getty ImagesGoodison is not just players, grass, bricks and mortar. It is also about people. The matchday ritual. Walking up streets of tightly spaced Victorian terracing; meeting friends and family by Dixie's statue; chips at the Goodison Supper Bar; a pint in the Winslow Pub in the looming shadow of the triple-decker Main Stand; perusing the memorabilia, old programmes and vintage shirts upstairs in the Church of St Luke the Evangelist, home of the Heritage Society, which is nestled between the Gwladys Street and Main Stand.
For supporter Frank Keegan, the day Everton's men's team leave Goodison will be tinged with sadness, but it is something he feels they have to do.
"It's been my life going there," he said. "I look across from my seat to the Lower Bullens and the Upper Bullens Stand and you see ghosts of your mates that used to go to matches.
"But another part of me thinks that the Goodison Park I remember growing up, as a ground, went a long time ago. We've got to move with the times.
"But it's not about me, it's about individual supporters. You've got your memories of the ground, but the ground is just a place that held them. And you can think back and remember them fondly."
This Sunday we'd love it if you would send us your images and stories from Goodison via this form
BBC Sport had a strong response from readers to Everton's naming rights deal for their new stadium, which will be called Hill Dickinson Stadium.
Here is a further selection, with more lower down this page:
Jim: Awful. These naming deals are nonsensical.
Phil: A huge embarrassment to the fans. Do Everton get anything right?
Greg: The name sets us up for an awful lot of stick, as if we have not already had enough. But we're going to have to get used to it, whether we like it or not.
Jon: Just like Twickenham will always be Twickenham rather than the 'Allianz'. This will always be Bramely-Moore to fans. I get the revenue stream importance, but it sounds more like a bookies.
Daniel: For all the ceremony and tears over leaving Goodison the naming of the new stadium shows that sentiment is dead. As Evertonians let's not kid ourselves the new stadium is all about income generation, profit and money. The new match day experience is now all about rinsing us fans of money before during and after the match. What's in a name? Hundreds of millions apparently.
Mark: I hate naming rights deals as much as the next person, but considering some of the monstrous names inflicted on stadiums, this could be a lot worse. It's not an airline, a fast-food chain, or a company owned by an oligarch and the context has some class to it. It'll either grow on us or people will just use 'Bramley-Moore Dock'. But while understandable, anyone who held out hope it might be named after Dixie Dean or Brian Labone or Per Kroldrup was clutching at straws.
Image source, Getty ImagesFormer Everton midfielder Barry Horne says leaving Goodison Park will be "sad" but that the move to a new stadium "feels right."
Horne, a boyhood Evertonian, was an FA Cup winner with Everton in 1995.
The ex-Wales international scored Everton's first ever goal in the Premier League on his debut at Goodison Park in August 1992.
He also scored in a famous win over Wimbledon in May 1994 which saw Everton seal Premier League survival on the final day of the season.
"For many, many years I was dead set against moving from Goodison but as time has gone on you realise it's tired," Horne told BBC Sport Wales.
"It's been a magnificent stadium – it's had the World Cup here – but it's had it's time. We'll all be sad but it feels right.
"I've been to the new stadium – I went to one of the test events – and it's going to be absolutely sensational."
Read more of Barry Horne's Goodison Park memories
