Moyes on final Everton game at Goodison

Everton boss David Moyes previews their final game at Goodison Park before moving to Bramley Moore Dock against Southampton Finch Farm, Liverpool, UK

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00:00How are you feeling about Goodison's final ever Premier League game now?

00:04Well, first and foremost is that I'm getting prepared for a game.

00:08It would be really important for us to try and get another three points

00:11and keep trying to be as high up the league table as we possibly can.

00:16I think when we come in, the position we were in wasn't good

00:21and I think we've got ourselves a lot stronger position now

00:23and I want us to remain there.

00:25I want us to try and finish as high as we possibly can.

00:27Have you been able to balance that with all the emotion surrounding this week?

00:32I know it's kind of outside the dressing room environment

00:34because it's coming from the fans,

00:36but at the same time, it obviously permeates into the dressing room as well, doesn't it?

00:40Coming from the media as well, if any, you've got to say.

00:42There's been a lot of things getting asked from the media about Goodison,

00:47which there's a lot of people who are probably a lot wise

00:50and a bit more knowledgeable about Everton and also about Goodison than I am.

00:54But we've had a lot of talk about it just now

00:57and it's great history, there's some great stories

01:01and obviously there's been great managers and players who've all performed here.

01:06So I'm just the one who's going to shut the door on the way out,

01:09certainly on the way out for the men.

01:12We're looking forward to the ladies joining us.

01:13But it'll be sad when it goes, but we're moving into something

01:19which we think will give us a bigger and better future.

01:22How do you feel, though, about that responsibility as being the manager

01:25that effectively shuts the door on the men's team playing at Goodison?

01:29Well, I'll tell you what, it might sound difficult,

01:32but it wasn't as difficult, I think, that was I going to keep Everton up or not.

01:35That was far bigger responsibility in a far bigger situation,

01:39or was I going to take the team into the new stadium in the Championship

01:43or in the Premier League?

01:44So that was something which I was concerned about.

01:48But we're seeing the end of Goodison now and we're coming to the end

01:51and I think all the Evertonians have been waiting in this moment

01:55for a long time in some ways

01:56because it was something everybody's been looking forward to

01:58as a new stadium.

01:59So we're getting there.

02:01It'll be a sad day.

02:02I think it'll be an emotional day for a lot of people.

02:04So I've got to keep the players focused in the game

02:07and try to do the best we can in the game.