David Moyes

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David Moyes (b. April 25, 1963 in Glasgow, Scotland) is a football manager and former player. He is currently the manager of Everton F.C. in Liverpool. He has twice been named, in 2003 and 2005, as the 'League Managers' Association manager of the year', and is rated as one of the best young managers in English football. Moyes demands high fitness levels from all his players and is brilliant at motivation.

Career

After bringing Preston North End F.C. to within a game of returning to the highest level of English league football for the first time in forty years (they lost in the playoff final to Bolton Wanderers F.C.) he was hired to take charge of Everton F.C., then barely staying in the FA Premier League, and turned them around to finish toward the top of the table in 2002/2003, helped by the debut of Wayne Rooney.

Moyes quickly established a great rapport with the fans at Goodison Park, referring to Everton as "The People's Club" soon after arriving. This phrase has been adopted as a semi official title for the club.

However, Rooney would leave Everton for Manchester United F.C. after the abysmal 2003/04 season, leading many pundits and experts to tip them as a favorite for relegation. Due in no small part to Moyes, Everton shocked virtually all of the so-called experts in 2004/05 by staying near the top of the table for most of the season. They eventually finished fourth, assuring them a Champions League place. Moyes famously celebrated the feat by sipping champagne during a live interview on Sky Sports.

After an uneventful career as a player (he was a journeyman centre half with Celtic, Preston North End and Shrewsbury Town), Moyes' managerial style has been praised by several pundits, and great things are expected for him and Everton in future years if he can build upon the success achieved in the 2004-05 season.

Everton, however, made a poor start to the 2005-06 season. They went out of all European competitions by the end of September 2005 and after seven league games were last in the table, with only one win and only one goal from those games. As a result, a minority of fans and pundits were calling for Moyes to be sacked. However, after becoming the first team to take points off Chelsea in that season, the season improved steadily. He was named the Premiership Manager of the Month for January 2006 during a long unbeaten run in the league. However the possibility of a place in the UEFA Cup faded after an indifferent spell and Everton settled for a mid-table finish at eleventh.

Player Honours

Scottish youth & schools international
Scottish Premier League championship
English Third Division championship
English Associate Members' Cup

External links

[David Moyes profile] at the League Managers Association
[David Moyes playing statistics] at soccerbase.com
[David Moyes managerial statistics] at soccerbase.com

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