Will Rooney reports from Goodison Park.
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00:00Full-time here at Goodson Park, an ultimate game that Evan will play at the famous old stadium
00:06at the end of the 2-2 draw against Ipswich Tarner. Real disappointment for Evan on a day dubbed Supporters Day
00:14because supporters decorated the stadium incredibly ahead of the encounter.
00:22The second-last game here at Goodson Park before the club moved to their new stadium, Bramley Moor Doch.
00:28There was a really good feel ahead of the game and you thought that Evan were going to go and cruise to victory
00:33because within 35 minutes they were two goals to the gut.
00:37They started well, Evan struggled to create a lot of clear-cut chances.
00:41Beto had a couple of efforts but it was that man Beto who opened the scoring.
00:45Charlie Alcaraz, the flamenco low knee, putting a cross in and Beto's glancing header from the far corner.
00:54And then from there on in you thought that Evan were going to go and take control and that they did
00:57because Dwight McNeil making his first start for five months after a serious knee injury,
01:04he'd come off the bench a few times.
01:06He scored a trademark Dwight McNeil goal, a wicked left-footed shot that left the Ipswich keeper flat-footed
01:14within 35 minutes.
01:16How many can Evan go and get here against the Ipswich sides who were already relegated
01:21and have got a lot of injury issues but Evan left the door ajar and Ipswich took advantage.
01:26Julio and Senso with a 30-yard strike for the tractor boys, getting them in before half-time
01:33and that was quite important.
01:35And after the break, Evan had a lot of control but they just couldn't create anything clear-cut,
01:42couldn't create any clear openings.
01:44And in the end, Ipswich took advantage of that with 11 minutes to go.
01:49There, Miley Hutchinson got to the byline, stood up a cross and there was George Hayes
01:53to head home with the back stick, a disappointing goal for Evan to concede.
01:58And Iverside could go on and take advantage after that.
02:02Evan huffed and puffed.
02:04Ipswich made it a little bit awkward, a couple of corners, long throws.
02:08But I think Evan deserve to win the game, they'll be disappointed because that's a few times
02:13they've thrown the leads away now.
02:14You think back to Man Utd, early in Moises' rain, of course.
02:18That one against Bournemouth at the start of the season.
02:22Evan had a chance to move up to 13th today above Wolves in the table.
02:28Prize money up for grabs for every place in the Premier League, 2.8 million.
02:32And Evan would be disappointed with that and supposed to be disappointed
02:35that the second last time they'd come to this stadium
02:38and enters in a draw against a team that had already relegated
02:41and didn't have a real lot of quality.
02:46To be fair, Moises, he experimented a little bit,
02:49tries to eliminate dying in No. 10, gave Alcaraz a chance.
02:53Fans have been calling for those.
02:56Pursuits of Nathan Patterson at right back.
03:00A little bit of through for thought maybe for David Moises.
03:03There was a good sign seeing Dominic Calvert-Lewin
03:06return from a serious hamstring injury to come off the bench
03:09in the closer stages.
03:11But ultimately, it's a disappointing afternoon at Goodson
03:15because it should have been three points in the bag for Evan.
03:19And there's been an ultimate day at Poulton's game at Goodson Park.
03:23One more to play now against Southampton in two weeks' time.
03:26Supporters will want to see one final victory
03:31before the move to the banks of the River Mersey next season
03:34and it's Evan Stewart, which is two.