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Seamus Coleman helped a group of charitable Everton fans reach their £60,000 target with an £8,000 donation of his own on Wednesday.

The 23-strong group were cycling from Sligo in Ireland to Goodison Park in an attempt to raise £60k for Everton in the Community's homeless project, 'Home Is Where The Heart Is' back in June.

The group travelled from the west coast of Ireland towards Dublin before heading across the Irish Sea by ferry to Holyhead on June 17.

They then headed around the coast of north Wales before finally descending onto Goodison Park.

However, after falling agonisingly short in their attempts to raise the target, Coleman helped out with a generous donation of £7,680 to help the cyclists up to 'sixty-grand' - the bargain amount the Irishman cost the Blues back in 2009.

The right-back, who is currently recovering from a horrendous double leg break he suffered back in March, is regularly serenaded with 'Sixty-Grand Seamus Coleman' by Blues fans at Goodison Park, and he was delighted to help the cyclists achieve their target.

"well done everyone involved with the fundraising!" posted Coleman on their JustGiving page on Wednesday.

"Im glad that my donation helps with reaching the fundraising target of 60,000."

The challenge, which started at Coleman's former club Sligo Rovers, covered 230 miles and was designed as a nod to Everton favourite Coleman.

Blues Under-23 boss David Unsworth said: "They’ve only gone and done it on the hottest day of the year as well, which is even better.

"The camaraderie, the feeling of watching them all embrace at the end, it was just fantastic and I’ve been round to each and every one of them and told them that we’re proud of them."

Tasha Roks was one of the 23 cyclists to undertake the gruelling ride, and she explained how the support of Everton fans kept the group going.

“We got the ferry over the Mersey toward the end and it was amazing," explained Tasha. "Just seeing the skyline with Goodison in the background, it suddenly hit you and it was like, 'wow, we’ve actually done it.'

"Coming back into Goodison at the end all together was just amazing and I got really emotional.

"The support team were phenomenal and really kept us going. They were giving us constant updates along the way and really kept us going.

"There were times when I just wanted to stop but all the messages of support really helped to spur us on."

The 'Home Is Where The Heart Is' project aims at tackling homelessness in the city and was developed to support a living initiative for young people in Liverpool.

A target of £230,000 has been set up, which Unsworth and his players will work towards achieving.

Last year, Unsworth and his squad were joined by 50 fans for a sponsored sleepover in the Park End stand.