Everton OFFICIAL MATCHDAY PROGRAMME v West Ham United PREMIER LEAGUE • 16 SEP 2018 • KICK-OFF 4pm • £3.50 PlayP at SportPesa.uk W #MAKEITCOUNT CONTENTS CLUB DIRECTORY Board of Directors Chairman • Bill Kenwright CBE Deputy Chairman • Dr Keith Harris Director • Jon Woods Chief Executive Officer • Professor Denise Barrett-Baxendale MBE Chief Finance and Commercial Officer • Alexander Ryazantsev Vice Life President • Keith Tamlin Director of Football • Marcel Brands Manager • Marco Silva Assistant Manager • João Pedro Sousa First-Team Coach • Duncan Ferguson Goalkeeping Coach • Hugo Oliveira Fitness Coach • Gonçalo Pedro Head of Performance • Bruno Mendes Technical Scout • Antonios Lemonakis Director of Medical • Dr Aboul Shaheir 04 MARCO SILVA 33 BYGONE BLUES The Blues boss looks ahead to this A look through the Everton archives Leadership Team afternoon’s encounter U23s, U18s & LADIES Chief Executive Officer • 48 Professor Denise Barrett-Baxendale MBE 06 PHIL JAGIELKA David Unsworth, Sean Lundon and Club Secretary & Director of Football Operations • Skipper on today’s challenge, Gabby George feature and international success for David Harrison 55 HALF-TIME QUIZ Director of Marketing, Communications & Community teammates & Chief Executive Everton in the Community • 58 KIDS’ CORNER Richard Kenyon 08 RICHARD KENYON COMMUNITY Finance Director • Grant Ingles Everton Leadership Team update 66 The latest part of the Goodison Commercial Director • Alan McTavish 13 BLUES NEWS Park legacy is unveiled Academy Director • Joel Waldron Ladies to play home games at 69 FAN ZONE Director of Risk and Governance • Paul McNicholas Southport People Director • Kim Healey Your moments and messages Director of Operations • Peter Shaw 14 THE BIG INTERVIEW 73 MAARTEN STEKELENBURG Stadium Development Director • Colin Chong Marco Silva on the work to achieve Goalkeeper on pushing Jordan success on and off the pitch for Pickford and his journey to Everton Programme Everton Editor • Darren Griffiths DREAM WEEKEND ABEL XAVIER 82 Head of Media & Communications • Brian Doogan 25 Phil Jagielka describes The former Blue on his love for the Club Head of Content • Howard Frost his perfect 48 hours Contributors • Adam Clark, Hamish Dufton, Jennie Kozlowski, Paul McNamara, Peter Lennox The views in this programme are not necessarily the views of Everton Football Club. 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To order please call 0845 143 0001 or visit evertonfc.com/publications evertonfc.com/publications Honours First Division Champions • 1890-91, 1914-15, FA Cup Winners • 1906, 1933, 1966, 1984, 1995 European Cup Winners’ Cup Winners • 1984-85 1927-28, 1931-32, 1938-39, 1962-63, 1969-70, FA Cup Runners-up • 1893, 1897, 1907, 1968, FA Youth Cup Winners • 1964-65, 1983-84, 1984-85, 1986-87 1985, 1986, 1989, 2009 1997-98 First Division Runners-up • 1889-90, 1894-95, Football League Cup Runners-up • 1976-77, FA Youth Cup Runners-up • 1960-61, 1976-77, 1901-02, 1904-05, 1908-09, 1911-12, 1985-86 1983-84 1982-83, 2001-02 Second Division Champions • 1930-31 FA Charity Shield Winners • 1928, 1932, 1963, Second Division Runners-up • 1953-54 1970, 1984, 1985, 1987, 1995 Shared: 1986 evertonfc.com 03 04 EVERTON FC OFFICIAL MATCHDAY PROGRAMME evertonfc.com THE MANAGER MARCO SILVA We want to create something special through our effort and concentration, our quality and character. This is our challenge in every game Good afternoon everyone. Welcome back to Goodison Park our squad with how they came here to play, but we must for our Premier League game against West Ham United. learn to combat this in our approach and execution. For me, it was a special moment during the international The next match is always the most important and we break to spend time with some of our older fans and local welcome Manuel Pellegrini, his staff and players and the people from our community when we officially opened fans and officials of West Ham. This is a strong side with a The Blue Base. Building and maintaining facilities that will lot of individual quality as well and, in an important game provide support and make a genuine difference in people’s for us, we will need to play at our best level to win the match. lives is so important and it’s vital that we continue to help I know that our fans, as usual, will get behind the and connect with our community. It was a privilege for me team and provide both motivation and inspiration at to witness Everton in the Community at work. key moments. I believe that we are building something The work has also continued at USM Finch Farm even important in the dressing room through our attitude and though many of our players have been representing their commitment and that focus and intensity must stay with us countries on international duty. Fortunately for us as a club, if we are to build consistency in our level of performance. we have many international players but this can also end up We want to create something special for the Club through hampering the work we could do this week, without games, our effort and concentration, our quality and character. This taking advantage of an opportunity to integrate players is our challenge in every game. who arrived late or are recovering from injuries. But it is Finally, on behalf of the players, staff and everybody at part of the stature of a club when you note the number of Everton Football Club, we extend our deepest condolences international players, so overall for us this is a good thing. to Morgan and his family after the passing of his father. It is FC EVERTON We have to improve many different things. This is a a desperately sad time for the Schneiderlin family and our process and it is new for the players. Some of the players thoughts are with them. who arrived in the summer have not even played a single game yet and, with injuries and suspensions, we have PROGRAMME MATCHDAY OFFICIAL had to change the team around a lot in four games. It is important that we settle everything and then there will be some improvements. We have to learn from our games, look at the good aspects and continue to improve all the time. The game against Huddersfield was not our best performance, of course, but once again our team in terms of attitude and commitment gave everything to be able to win the game. Huddersfield came here to play with a strong defensive organisation, with nine or even 10 players in their half. This can happen because Huddersfield showed big respect to evertonfc.com 05 THE CAPTAIN OFFICIAL MATCHDAY PROGRAMME MATCHDAY OFFICIAL EVERTON FC FC EVERTON 06 evertonfc.com MAIN INTERVIEW — PHIL JAGIELKA PHIL JAGIELKA Momentum is so important in football. You’ll never win every game and when you don’t, it’s vital not to lose Good afternoon everyone and welcome to Richarlison, of course, during the recent break so Goodison Park… I’ll ask our Brazilian how he did against the boy As I write my notes for this game today I can from Halewood! only hope that all the lads on international duty It’s also been very encouraging to see the start came back safe and well and will be ready to get to the season that our Under-23s and Under-18s back to Premier League action. have made. David Unsworth’s lads are flying high Although we were disappointed not to take in their table and Paul Tait’s boys are top of their three points from our last game here against division so they both must be delighted. Long may Huddersfield, we still maintained our unbeaten it continue. run and that gives us some momentum and a I took the opportunity recently to visit the new platform to build on for the next few games. Everton offices at the Royal Liver Building and to Momentum is so important in football. You’ll say I was impressed is an understatement. It’s a never win every game and when you don’t, it’s wonderful facility and I could sense the pride that vital not to lose and that’s how we assessed the the staff have in the place as I was shown around Huddersfield game. They came here with a game with Andre Gomes – and he was impressed, too! FC EVERTON plan and they executed it well enough to stifle our Congratulations to our CEO, Denise Barrett- attacking play. Baxendale, and everyone involved in the project. But we must expect that now at Goodison. West It’s another sell-out crowd here at Goodison Ham will be desperate to get off the mark today this afternoon, something that has become the PROGRAMME MATCHDAY OFFICIAL and we need to be wary of the threat that they can norm. Thanks again for your magnificent support pose. They have too many good players to not be and let’s hope we can enjoy a good afternoon able to turn things around. together. I watched some of the international games JagsJags during the break and from what I saw, our lads did well.