Johnny Nicholson: sweet strike for Toffees and it's not all white for Big Sam at Leeds

It was a busy, often bonkers, final day of the Premier League season.
Johnny Nicholson: sweet strike for Toffees and it's not all white for Big Sam at Leeds

BLUE SUNDAY: Everton's Abdoulaye Doucoure celebrates scoring their side's winner. 

An emotional afternoon at Everton 

They stayed up, beating Bournemouth by a goal. At the start of the day, Everton were in the best position to escape relegation simply because they were already fourth bottom and had a two-point advantage. However, Everton had scored just 15 times at home, their lowest total ever, so nothing was guaranteed. Sean Dyche is due some praise. He has got the players playing in a committed fashion. They looked prepared to run through the proverbial brick wall to get the result they needed, knocked it long and did their best work with early crosses into the box. At times it was watching a decent fourth tier side.

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