The making of the £60K bargain who became an Everton legend

"Sixty grand, sixty grand Seamus Coleman, playing football the Everton way. " It's a song that has echoed around the terraces at Goodison Park - and later Hill Dickinson Stadium - for 17 years. After 433 matches in blue, Seamus Coleman's famous £60,000 transfer fee from Sligo Rovers works out at about £140 a game.

The Republic of Ireland full-back's long Toffees career will soon come to a close after he confirmed he will leave when his contract expires this summer. It's one of the biggest bargains in Premier League history, but it wasn't always a straightforward success story. From street football, proving people wrong and a ham and cheese jambon, this is how Coleman wrote his name into Everton folklore.

Killybegs is a small fishing town in County Donegal nestled along the picturesque, rural Irish coastline - dubbed Wild Atlantic Way - with a population of about 1,250 people. It's also where a young Seamus Coleman developed his skills on the streets of his estate. Brian Dorrian, who would help shape Coleman's football journey, says it is a place where "everyone knows everybody".

"Early life for a lot of the young lads, including Seamus, would have been school and football. They played everywhere. " Killybegs was dominated by two sports - football, or soccer as it's often known in the north west, and Gaelic football, which is Ireland's traditional national sport.