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Paul Wheelock

'Shredded nerves, terror and bliss' - What it was like in the stands as Everton beat Bournemouth

You really wouldn’t wish that on your worst enemy, those 10 additional minutes at the end of a match and week that has put Evertonians through the emotional wringer once again.

You’d think we’d be used to it by now - certainly supporters who lived through Wimbledon, Coventry and Crystal Palace. But, no, nothing can quite prepare you for the sheer agony of a last-day - or in the case of Palace last season, last-home-game - relegation decider.

For about 40 minutes Everton were going down. But, strangely, it was only after Abdoulaye Doucoure wrote his name alongside Barry Horne and Gareth Farrelly with a bolt-from-the-blue goal that the absolute torture truly began.

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