Coleman Bids Farewell In Blues' Finale At Spurs

A first-half Joao Palhinha goal was enough to secure Tottenham Hotspur's Premier League status and consign Everton to a 1-0 away defeat on the final day of the 2025/26 season.

Palhinha scrambled home from a corner – after his initial header had cannoned back off the post – to clinch a game of few clear-cut chances and earn avoid Spurs' first relegation from the top flight since 1977.

Everton pushed in the closing stages and went closest in the dying seconds when substitute Tyrique George beat his marker before forcing Spurs goalkeeper Antonin Kinsky into an acrobatic save.

Despite the disappointment, there was a special moment for Club captain Seamus Coleman after the full-time whistle, with the iconic Blues defender calling time on his 17-year spell as a player.

Coleman – introduced off the bench on 84 minutes – beat his chest and blew kisses to Evertonians as he bid farewell to a magnificent reception at the end of his 435th and final appearance for the Club.

The 3,308 Evertonians who packed out the away end in north London also held aloft a giant banner ahead of kick-off with a picture of Coleman, along with the words 'Thank you, Seamus... Captain. Evertonian.'.