Everton News

While Swansea City were playing second fiddle to Manchester United at Old Trafford, it was a similar story for the Hammers at Goodison Park as the Everton faithful said their farewells to outgoing manager David Moyes and West Ham simply made up the number in a 2-0 defeat that could easily have been three or four more.

DEPARTING manager David Moyes admits if he was an Everton fan at Goodison Park he probably would not have liked his decision to leave for Manchester United in the summer.

End of the road for the family club's odd couple: Everton - and Bill Kenwright - start planning for life after David Moyes It promises to be a strange afternoon at Goodison Park today, and not just for David Moyes.

The champions getting a manager who can replicate the ferocious desire their outgoing boss has for winning, writes David Maddock Even as he finally relaxed that famous dead man's grip on the managerial role he defined, Sir Alex Ferguson ensured his Old Trafford influence will extend beyond those miraculous 26 years.

Osman flattens Coutinho with a rather messy challenge and is told that if he makes one more like that he will get a booking.

Anyway. More pressing concerns need to be addressed. The Footballer of the Year is so old hat.

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Everton boss David Moyes has called for his side to be more ruthless in front of goal as they head into their final three games of the season.

It is that time of the season once again when blue clashes with red, as the city of Liverpool are divided for 90mins as Everton take the short trip across the park to take on arch-rivals Liverpool at Anfield on Sunday.

Everton midfielder Steven Pienaar insists the players are looking up at the sides above them and not over their shoulders at Liverpool ahead of this weekend's Merseyside derby.

INSIDE the away dressing room at Anfield on Sunday afternoon, Phil Jagielka will go through his normal pre-match routine.

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Bafana Bafana midfielder, Daylon Claasen, is still training with English Premier League side Everton, although it has not been confirmed how long he will be at the club for.

Defender Leighton Baines believes Everton's defensive resilience has allowed them to remain in the race for Europe in recent weeks.

Photograph: Clive Brunskill/Getty Images The Champions League went unmentioned. So, too, the top-four finish that Everton have been chasing for eight years.

Football: Steven Pienaar finished off a superb team move to give Everton hope of European football next season and with it a better chance of holding on to manager David Moyes and key players.

But that loss to the Black Cats represented just one defeat in a run of eight Premier League matches for boss to concede defeat in the race for a Top Four spot, and his team are dependent on results elsewhere going in their favour.

On an afternoon that was as much about the past and the future as the present, there were few signs that an era is ending at Goodison Park.

STEVEN PIENAAR has called for Everton to be mentally strong as they bid to keep weariness at bay and finish the season on a high.

Now at 25, and in the prime of his career, the Toffees appear likely to cash in on their record signing and use the substantial transfer fee to replenish their ageing roster.