When Moyes took charge in 2002 Everton were regular relegation candidates, but over the next 11 years they recorded eight top-seven finishes, reached the UEFA Champions League once, and narrowly lost the 2009 FA Cup final. Twenty three years on, he finds the club in a similar position.

Dyche left Everton just hours before the club's FA Cup game on Thursday night, but the team will need to make further additions in January beyond just a new manager.

David Moyes was Everton manager between 2002 and 2013; the club sacked Sean Dyche on Thursday with Toffees a point above Premier League relegation zone; Dyche kept the club in the top flight last seas

There is something about the extroverted “no-nonsense” approach of the gravelly Sean Dyche that inspires blind confidence in his ability to grind out results, calming the worries of casually interested pundits.

Spurs will be eager to bounce back from a North London Derby loss when they travel to Goodison Park on Sunday.

The Scotsman, who returned to management exactly 27 years after his first match as the fresh-faced boss of Preston, has taken charge of 698 Premier League games.

"I think it's about the players. It’s really unfair for the managers to have got the stick that they’ve got there."

O'Brien is confident the Merseysiders will kick off in their new stadium next season as a Premier League club.

Larne complete their second signing of the January transfer window with the addition of winger Olatunde Bayode from Gibraltarian side Bruno's Magpies.

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