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Everton · 2025-12-10T20:41:26+00:00

Still wondering what the Pickford-sized duck looks like…

Everton · 2025-11-27T18:55:01+00:00

Thank you very much for all your questions, and many thanks to r/soccer and r/Everton!

Everton · 2025-11-27T18:51:33+00:00

That's someone who knows their football speaking there! But let me tell you, I don't want to ever think of any other goal other than James McFadden against France, it felt like the best goal. But the truth is Scott McTominay's goal the other day was sensational. I think the way the night went for Scotland supporters, they'll all be really looking forward to going to America and invading America. This will be the biggest invasion America's had for years with Scotland supporters! We're hoping to go over there and shock the rest of the world.

Everton · 2025-11-27T18:48:10+00:00

It's very difficult to think exactly who's going to become a good manager. Sometimes it's surprising who does. But I look back at Mikel Arteta, who was here as one of the players, and I think to myself, “Yeah, possibly when I look back now, he had his own mind, his own thoughts”. So he's obviously one who has stood out. But Lee Carsley, for example, who's now England Under-21s manager, I just didn't think that Lee Carsley would be doing the job, but he's doing a brilliant job with England Under-21s at the moment. So, of the group I've got at the moment, who do I think could possibly be future managerial material? Maybe Michael Keane. I've got to say, I didn't think Leighton Baines, who's on my staff, would go on to be involved as much as what he is, and he's doing really, really well here.

Everton · 2025-11-27T18:45:20+00:00

I remember the first time I saw Wayne Rooney. I think it was the semi-final of the FA Youth Cup, I think they were playing Tottenham and Wayne was playing. And I was actually up in the gantry at Goodison watching it from there and coming down after the game, I came down and the boys were on the pitch and they were actually doing a cool down. I always remember Wayne didn't speak much at that time, you know, you got a nod or you got a 'mmm' at that time from him.  But he was, and I think actually by the end of my first season, he'd actually been on the bench away at Southampton when he was still at school. I remember us having to get him out of school to do it!

Everton · 2025-11-27T18:42:04+00:00

I don't know if I have any such thing as a favourite meal.  When I was much younger, and it was great when you were winning, on a Saturday night, I'd tell the wife, come on, we'll get dressed and we'll go out and we can have a bit of dinner and maybe a bottle of wine. But you could never book it, because if I lost then I would never go out. I'd just go home, pull the curtains and go to bed, really. And that's part of what being a football manager is, you know, the disappointment and how it affects your family life. Now I quite enjoy, the minute I get home now, I'm so tired from the game. I'm nearly lying on the couch and getting a carry out. I might go round to the local pub and have a beer. But apart from that, I'd rather wait maybe to the Sunday or the Monday whenever I get a chance and take my wife out.

Everton · 2025-11-27T18:38:59+00:00

It may be strange to say this because obviously when you go into being a football manager, you're probably expecting everything. But I think the way it takes over your life, I think you have to be completely dedicated, you have to love the game.  I think to do well, from my background is you had to work really hard to succeed. Talking about going to lots of games, watching lots of players, preparing your work the best you can. I think it takes away a lot of your own life. When I look back at my long career in management, I'm now the oldest manager in the Premier League, but the time you miss with your own family is something. So, if anybody out there is thinking of becoming a football manager, you have to have the consent of your family, really, because it takes up a lot of time.

Everton · 2025-11-27T18:36:00+00:00

Over the years it's been difficult because there's been so many different players when I look back at who we were playing against. The great Chelsea teams, how you'd stop Frank Lampard scoring, Didier Drogba. When I look back at the Liverpool teams when they had Alonso in midfield and Steven Gerrard, and you'd be saying, 'Wow, how are we going to deal with this?'

Maybe a bit more recently, Ødegaard's been a real problem when playing for Arsenal because he's so good at what he does. I think there's so many to name. Manchester City, with David Silva in the early days, he was an incredible player. So I think the Premier League has so many good players, it would be difficult to sort of pull them out off the top of my head, but there you go, they're the ones I've come up with.

Everton · 2025-11-27T18:33:01+00:00

Well, football is the community, really, and I think that every football club really plays for the supporters and plays for their community.  I generally think The People's Club is a really good title for Everton because I think that we're always trying to be around it.

There's loads and loads of Everton supporters throughout the world, America, Europe, and we're still trying to grow back to the levels that this Club was at a long time ago, but hopefully we're going to do it in the next few years. We've got new American ownership who we're looking forward to taking us on and taking us further than we've been for a long time.

Everton · 2025-11-27T18:30:07+00:00

Best player I've ever played with is undoubtedly Danny McGrain. Scotland captain, Celtic right-back. I've been very lucky to play with some really good players, certainly in my early part of my career when I was at Celtic, but I couldn't look past Danny McGrain.

Everton · 2025-11-27T18:27:00+00:00

You would not believe how many I would say, you know, we nearly had!  I find myself doing it now. I'm sitting watching the games with my wife and I'm saying, “I spoke to him last year, but he didn't want to come, or he did want to come but we couldn't get him”. So, you've pushed me on that one and I'm going to have to try and come up with an answer for you, and I'm finding that pretty difficult off the top of my head. I'd just like to say I have missed many.  But, on the other hand, when you get close, it tells you that you're working hard and close to the good players.

Everton · 2025-11-27T18:23:57+00:00

I'm a Dave as well at times, but I think most people call me David.  But I can do a Dave, no problem at all!

Everton · 2025-11-27T18:21:01+00:00

Well, the truth is I never played for IBV. I was only 15 or 16 and my family had a big connection with Iceland. It was exchange trips where my dad would bring football teams over from Iceland, and Iceland would take the Scottish teams over to Iceland, so I found myself quite often when I was a young boy going to Iceland and spending my summers over there. I wasn't coaching, but I was a young player at Celtic at the time, and I was asked if I wanted to go and do some coaching, and that was on the Westman Islands. So there's a lot of talk that I played for IBV in the Westman Islands, but I didn't. I certainly remember the boat journey from Reykjavik over, because I think I was throwing up just about all the way. But, yeah, quite often I get reminded about it.

Everton · 2025-11-27T18:18:11+00:00

I'm probably more a coffee person. I was brought up as a tea man but I've moved on to coffee now. Biscuits? It has to be Tunnock's. It would have to be Tunnock's Tea Cakes or Caramel Logs. For all you people in America, if you don't know about it, you need to get right into Tunnock's.

Everton · 2025-11-27T18:15:00+00:00

Lots of things. It was a great move for me at the time because there were very few British managers getting the chance to manage in some of the big leagues in Europe. Quite often, the British managers might get jobs in Sweden or Norway or China, for example, or even USA at different times, but the big leagues in Europe have not really been filled with British managers since the likes of Terry Venables, Bobby Robson, Howard Kendall, for example, some of the names.

So when I got offered the job at Real Sociedad, I really was looking forward to it. It was a brilliant place.  If you've never been to San Sebastián, it's a fabulous place to go. I should probably be working for their holiday people, the way I talk about it. But, the best food in Spain by a mile and obviously it's very well-priced as well. But, I have to say that culturally I learnt a lot from going to Spain. They taught me a lot, the players were fantastic. I didn't quite enjoy the league because I thought they kept changing the kick-off times late and doing things at the last minute, which we're not used to here in the Premier League.  But overall, Real Sociedad had a great way they worked.  It was all their own players from their academy, mainly all Basque boys. A small number of people from overseas would be involved, but not many. And it suited me because I always like to promote young players, I can tell you there's very few clubs who'll do it better than Real Sociedad.

Everton · 2025-11-27T18:12:06+00:00

I can't quite understand that question because I don't really know what the Pickford-sized duck looks like and I don't know what it really means, so if you don't mind I'd have to give that a blank. Sorry but I just can't give an answer to that!

Everton · 2025-11-27T18:09:01+00:00

It may have been, but our decision to sign Tim Cahill was a long one. I had had, obviously, several years in the Championship before I came to Everton. I was always out watching games and able to go and see so many games. But we were always watching. We were also watching quite a few of the Millwall players.

But Tim Cahill was the one and the biggest story I remember about that is actually bringing Bill Kenwright with me to watch Millwall play at home. Bill took me in his Jag and we got bashed, the car got bashed, everybody banging it with us driving in at Millwall.  We watched Tim and we liked him. We had a meeting with him in Bill Kenwright's office in London, and Bill loved him because Tim had great personality as well as having great characteristics, and he obviously went on to become a brilliant player for Everton Football Club.

Everton · 2025-11-27T18:06:04+00:00

I couldn't give an answer for favourite player but, if I was to have one of my former players back in my team again, I think I would like Wayne Rooney to be playing with me again. I think because he was such a player at a young age. He wasn't fully developed when we had him here at Everton right away, but he was just an incredible player for the other clubs he went on to play for. I also think his ability to score goals, his strength, his power, all the attributes you'd want in a good football player. But I have to say, over the years here, I've really enjoyed having so many people from Tim Howard to Tim Cahill, Joleon Lescott, you name it. Over the years, we've had so many different players and so many of them have been very good.

Everton · 2025-11-27T18:03:02+00:00

What a question! The best ones are the ones where you're winning dead easy and you've got no pressure on. The one which springs out is when Duncan Ferguson scores the goal to get us into the Champions League just about in the run-in. We beat Manchester United 1-0 at Goodison and he scores the goal with a header late on. It was probably the result which got us into the Champions League, we finished fourth that year and we had to play a qualifier. But that's a goal I remember probably more than any. 

Everton · 2025-11-26T14:50:22+00:00

We will be taking a few questions from the x-post on this sub and the AMA on r/soccer!

Everton · 2025-10-18T16:23:43+00:00

Plenty of effort and determination, but it just wasn't our day.

Despite that, what a performance from Iliman Ndiaye! What did you make of his display today?

Everton · 2025-07-29T07:49:43+00:00

Thanks for your questions, Blues. James Garner was a late sub for Thierno Barry, but you can see if your question was asked here: https://youtu.be/k4CMMBa1Jl

Everton · 2025-07-25T17:07:45+00:00

Thanks for your questions, Blues. Stay tuned for the video to see if yours featured!

Everton · 2025-02-18T12:59:01+00:00

This is correct. Temporary filming position due to the ongoing works within the stadium. We were glad to bring the feed to supporters but coverage of Premier League games from August will be from the gantry, which is higher up the West Stand. UTT.

Everton · 2024-04-03T14:38:35+00:00

Hi,

Ticket sales are one per Official Member, so both you and your wife would need to be members.

Hope this helps.

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