’60 grand Seamus Coleman’ made Everton historical past on the weekend with essentially the most ever appearances by any participant.
Evertonians celebrated the Captain and defender at Goodison on Saturday as he made his 355th look for the Toffees towards Aston Villa.
The Killybegs synthetic his debut on sixth December 2009, famously becoming a member of from Sligo Rovers for simply £60,000.
Followers made a heartwarming gesture to Coleman on Saturday, unfurling an enormous banner with the message “15 Years of Seamus” and an Irish flag alongside the Everton crest.
He was additionally offered with a commemorative signed shirt to mark the event which beats Goalkeeper Tim Howard’s report of 354 matches.
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Everton supervisor Sean Dyche paid tribute to Coleman after the sport, which completed a draw, and mentioned: “It was an enormous day for him – deservedly so – and I’m happy for him we acquired some type of end result as it will not have been an pleasant second for him.”
In the meantime, Roy Keane hailed Coleman as a “fighter” and spoke of a “few rows” they’d of their time taking part in for the Republic of Eire nationwide crew.
“What I like about gamers is that if I’ve a go at them and inform them they need to be doing one thing, Seamus had a return at me as soon as, he clearly regretted it,” mentioned the Sky Sports activities pundit.
“However I like that, folks speak about characters, he is a good lad, however that doesn’t imply to say he isn’t a winner and he isn’t up for the problem. You don’t play at that stage with the accidents he has had except you’re a fighter.”
6 December 2009 ➡️ 14 January 2024
From debut to a Membership report. Our Seamus. 💙 pic.twitter.com/5F9DI0lKj3
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