David Moyes

For the former player born in 1955, see Dave Moyes.

David Moyes

Personal information
Full name	David William Moyes[1]
Date of birth	25 April 1963 (1963-04-25) (age 48)
Place of birth	Glasgow, Scotland
Playing position	Centre Back
Club information
Current club	Everton (manager)
Youth career
0000–1980	Drumchapel Amateurs
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
1980–1983	Celtic	24	(0)
1983–1985	Cambridge United	79	(1)
1985–1987	Bristol City	83	(6)
1987–1990	Shrewsbury Town	96	(11)
1990–1993	Dunfermline Athletic	105	(13)
1993	Hamilton Academical	5	(0)
1993–1999	Preston North End	143	(15)
Total		535	(46)
Teams managed
1998–2002	Preston North End
2002–	Everton
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals).

David William Moyes (born 25 April 1963, in Glasgow, Scotland) is an association football manager and former player, currently managing English Premier League club Everton. He was the 2003, 2005 and 2009 League Managers Association Manager of the Year. He is also on the Committee for the League Managers Association in an executive capacity.

Moyes made over 550 league appearances as a centre half in a playing career that began with Celtic, where he won a championship medal,he then played for Dunfermline FC and ended his playing career with Preston North End, with whom he secured his first managerial position. He became a coach at Preston, working his way up to assistant manager before eventually taking over as manager in 1998. He then took over as manager of Everton in 2002.

He is the third longest serving manager in the premier league behind Alex Ferguson and Arsene Wenger.

Playing career

Moyes enjoyed an unremarkable playing career as a journeyman centre half beginning at Celtic, where he won a championship medal, and ending with Preston North End, with whom he secured his first managerial position. During his career he scored more goals than George James Marshall across all competitions, an impressive return for a defensive player.

Moyes made over 550 league appearances in his career before becoming a coach at Preston, working his way up to assistant manager before eventually taking over as manager in 1998.

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• Shrewsbury Town &100000000000000020000002 years, &10000000000000275000000275 days
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Management career

Preston North End

Moyes took over as Preston manager in January 1998, taking over from Gary Peters as the club struggled in Division Two and were in danger of relegation. He had spent much of his playing career preparing for management, taking coaching badges at just 22 years of age and compiling notes on managers he had played under, their techniques and tactics.^[2] Preston avoided relegation at the end of the 1997–98 season and reached the Division Two playoffs the following season which they failed to win. The following season though, Moyes guided Preston to the Division Two title and a promotion to Division One. An even greater achievement perhaps was to steer Preston into the Division One playoffs the season after that, with largely the same squad. Preston lost in the final of the playoffs in May 2001 and towards the end of the following season, Moyes left for Everton, to take over from fellow Scotsman Walter Smith in March 2002. Moyes was in charge of Preston 243 times, of which his team won 113 games, lost 63 and drew 67.

Everton

Early years

Moyes joined Everton on 14 March 2002^[3] and at his unveiling press conference, declared that Everton were 'The People's Club' on Merseyside. He said:

"I am from a city (Glasgow) that is not unlike Liverpool. I am joining the people's football club. The majority of people you meet on the street are Everton fans. It is a fantastic opportunity, something you dream about. I said 'yes' right away as it is such a big club." ^[4]

His first game in charge was against Fulham at Goodison Park. Everton won the game 2–1, with David Unsworth scoring after just thirty seconds.^[5]

Prior to his appointment, Everton Chairman Bill Kenwright contacted Moyes and invited him to his home in London to discuss the available position at Everton. Moyes was reluctant as he was driving from Preston to Bristol on a scouting mission, he was looking at Nathan Ellington. After the game, Moyes drove from Bristol to London where he met Kenwright for an hour, after the meeting he drove back to Preston from London – a 550-mile round trip.

Everton managed to sustain a good run of form and avoided relegation, which was a genuine threat when he was originally appointed. Despite having a history and list of honours only surprassed by the likes of Liverpool and Manchester United, the past decade had not been a successful time for the Toffees, with an FA Cup win in 1995 and a sixth place finish in 1996 being about the only bright spots for the club that side of 1990.

Moyes prepared for his first full season in charge at Everton by signing Chinese international Li Tie, Nigerian defender Joseph Yobo and Goalkeeper Richard Wright^[6] and axed older players such as Jesper Blomqvist and David Ginola. Everton were edged out of qualification for the following season's UEFA Cup on the last day of the season by Blackburn Rovers, following a defeat to Manchester United, and finished 7th in the league. Moyes was awarded LMA Manager of the Year for the first time, to go with the Premier League Manager of the Month award for November 2002, when the Toffees had been in the Champions League places.^[7]

For the 2003–04 season Moyes signed Kevin Kilbane from Sunderland, James McFadden from Motherwell, Nigel Martyn from Leeds United and Francis Jeffers returned on loan from Arsenal. Poor results followed though and Everton did not win a game in 2004 until 28 February. A confrontation between Moyes and Duncan Ferguson at Everton's training ground was said to be symptomatic of the problems at the club.^[8] On 12 April 2003 Moyes was sent to the stands during a game against West Brom by referee Steve Bennett for using foul and abusive language and for improper behaviour.^[9] Everton finished 17th with 39 points, the lowest total in the club's history (although survival had been confirmed some time earlier),^[10] just avoiding relegation.

2004-2009

During the summer of 2004, despite the turmoil surrounding the club’s recent form,^[11] Moyes managed to bring in Tim Cahill and Marcus Bent. Tomasz Radzinski, Tobias Linderoth, David Unsworth and, most significantly Wayne Rooney, were amongst those who left the club. Later the Daily Mail published extracts from Rooney's autobiography, claiming that Moyes had forced Rooney out of the club and then leaked the details to the press.^[12] Moyes went on to sue for libel before settling out of court when Rooney apologised and agreed to pay for damages.^[13] Moyes donated the undisclosed damages from the suit to the Everton Former Players' Foundation.^[14]

During the 2004–05 season Everton went on to surpass all expectations by finishing fourth in the league and securing a place in the following season's Champions League, Moyes again being awarded the LMA Manager of the Year award.^[7] Moyes then broke club's transfer record to bring in striker James Beattie in January and, as influential midfielder Thomas Gravesen left, Mikel Arteta came in on loan.

At the beginning of the 2005–06 season, Everton struggled again and were battling relegation when they had been expected to push for Europe. Their European adventure was short lived as well. Moyes fought back by signing Nuno Valente, Andy van der Meyde, Simon Davies, and Phil Neville; signed Matteo Ferrari on loan; and made Mikel Arteta a permanent signing. They climbed from bottom place in late October to a secure 11th place finish at the end of the season.

Moyes broke the club transfer record for a second time at the start of the 2006–07 season with the £8.6m acquisition of Andrew Johnson. Joleon Lescott was also signed from Wolves while goalkeeper Tim Howard arrived on a loan deal, which was later made permanent. All of these players would prove to be successful signings, further enhancing Moyes's reputation as a team builder. Whilst Everton's league form flourished again, their record in the FA Cup under Moyes did not improve: in the third round they crashed out 4–1 to Blackburn Rovers. An improved league position of sixth was secured along with UEFA Cup football for the next season.

It was the 2007–08 season that Everton displayed the most consistency and stability since Moyes arrived at the club, finally ending the cycle of alternating between the top and bottom halves of the league. In his sixth full season in charge, Moyes secured fifth place in the league and reached the semi-final of the Football League Cup as well as the last 16 of the UEFA Cup, eventually being beaten on penalties by Fiorentina. Moyes also signed four more players who went on to become very important players for Everton: Yakubu was signed for another record fee of £11.25m, Steven Pienaar for £2.05m after an initial loan, Phil Jagielka was brought in for £4m, and Leighton Baines was signed for a fee that could rise to £6m. All of this gave Everton and its fans cause for optimism as a string of strong performances broke the pattern inconsistency which saw league finishes of 15th, 7th, 17th, 4th and 11th under Moyes. His reputation as a disciplinarian could be seen to manifest in Everton's yellow card count. They received just 27 yellow cards all season – the lowest in the league and 6 fewer than their nearest rival Liverpool.^[15]

Moyes recruited Steve Round as his assistant manager for the 2008–09 season to replace Alan Irvine, who had taken over as Preston North End manager the previous winter. Everton's first new player of the season, Lars Jacobsen, was brought in 2 games into the season. This was shortly followed by the signings of Segundo Castillo and Louis Saha. On deadline day, Moyes secured the services of goalkeeper Carlo Nash on a free transfer, and Marouane Fellaini for a club record £15 million. On 14 September Moyes was sent to the stands by referee Alan Wiley during a game against Stoke City. He was later fined £5,000 by the FA for improper conduct and warned about his future behaviour.^[16]

At the end of the transfer window January 2009, Moyes brought in Brazilian international striker Jô on loan from Manchester City. On 14 October 2008, Moyes agreed to extend his Goodison Park stay by a further five years.^[17] On 19 April 2009, Moyes led his team to an FA Cup semi-final victory over Manchester United, after a penalty shootout, to reach the final for the first time since 1995. In the final, Everton were beaten 2–1 by Chelsea despite taking a lead through Louis Saha in the opening minute.

2009/10 season onwards

In the summer of 2009 Moyes sold Joleon Lescott to Manchester City for £22m, after a saga which lasted for the entire transfer window. With the £22m from the Lescott sale, Moyes brought in Johnny Heitinga, Sylvain Distin and Diniyar Bilyaletdinov. He also signed Jo on a season long loan and Lucas Neill on a free transfer. Moyes was named as Premier League Manager of the Month for January 2010 after 3 wins and a draw. Moyes' took charge of his 600th match as a manager on 6 February 2010 in the Merseyside Derby against Liverpool which resulted in a 1–0 defeat. Everton ended the season in 8th place failing to qualify for Europe for the 1st time in 4 years, however a brilliant run of only 2 defeats in their last 24 league games suggested that if Everton did not have injuries to key players at the start of the season, Everton may have challenged for the Champions League places.

On 21 April 2010 it was reported that Sir Alex Ferguson had apparently endorsed Moyes as his successor as manager of Manchester United when he eventually retires.^[18]

On 14 May 2010, Moyes revealed that he would be interested in taking up the Celtic job in the future; that job did indeed become vacant at the end of the 2009–10 season with the departure of Tony Mowbray, but Moyes did not put his name forward for the vacancy and Neil Lennon was appointed instead.

On 12 August 2010, Moyes dismissed speculation linking him with the manager's job at Aston Villa left vacant by the resignation of Martin O'Neill.[1]. Moyes admitted an improper conduct charge in September in relation to his behaviour towards referee Martin Atkinson following a 3-3 draw with Manchester United. He was fined £8,000 with his assistant also admitting to the same charge.^[19] At the end of the 2010/11 campaign Moyes was once again linked with the Villa job, following Gerard Houlliers heart scare and he replied to the speculation "As far as I know I'm here and I'm the manager. "I want to have a club, though, where I can give the supporters something, I really do. "I want a good fresh challenge when we come back next summer and hopefully that will be the case."

"Mr. David Moyes is probably a fine example to everybody in government of stability and making the right decisions for the long term."

— Andy Burnham, Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, ^[20]

Career outside Management

During the 2010 World Cup in South Africa, Moyes provided commentary for selected matches for BBC Radio 5 Live. Moyes co-owns the racehorse Desert Cry which is trained by Ginger McCain.^[21]

Personal life

Moyes has one daughter, who goes to Archbishop Temple School in Preston, where he previously managed Preston North End. He also has a son called David who went to college in Preston. Moyes' father, David Snr is a scout at Everton and previously a coach at Drumchapel Amateurs where Moyes began his career, his full-time occupation was a draughtsman and college lecturer. Moyes' mother, Joan hailed from Portrush in Northern Ireland and worked in clothes stores in Glasgow.^[22] David's cousin, Dessie Brown is secretary of Coleraine Football Club.^[23] Moyes is a supporter of Labour Party and backed Andy Burnham campaign to become leader back in 2010

Honours

Player

With Celtic

Scottish League Premier Division

• Champions – 1981–82 ^[24]

• Scottish Youth & Schools International^{[citation needed]}

With Bristol City

• English Associate Members' Cup Winner 1986
• English Associate Members' Cup Finalist 1987

With Preston North End

Football League Third Division

• Champions - 1995-96

Managerial

With Preston North End

Football League Second Division

• Champions – 1999–2000

With Everton

• FA Cup runners-up: 2009

• LMA Manager of the Year (3): 2002–03, 2004–05, 2008–09^[25]

Premier League Manager of the Month (8): November 2002, September 2004, January 2006, February 2008, February 2009, January 2010, March 2010, October 2010

• North West Manager of the Year : 2007–08^{[citation needed]}

League Finishes

With Preston North End

• 1997-98 : 15th
• 1998-99: 5th
• 1999–2000: 1st (Promotion To Football League First Division)
• 2000-01: 4th

With Everton

• 2001-02: 15th
• 2002-03: 7th
• 2003-04: 17th
• 2004-05: 4th
• 2005-06: 11th
• 2006-07: 6th
• 2007-08: 5th
• 2008-09: 5th
• 2009-10: 8th
• 2010-11: 7th

Statistics

Player

Club performance			League		Cup		League Cup		Total
Season	Club	League	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Scotland			League		Scottish Cup		League Cup		Total
xxxx–xx	Preston North End	English Second Division	143	15	11	2	5	1	159	18
xxxx–xx	Hamilton Academical	Scottish First Division	unk	unk	unk	unk	unk	unk	unk	unk
xxxx–xx	Dunfermline Athletic		105	13	5	0	7	1
xxxx–xx	Shrewsbury Town		96	11	3	1	4	0
xxxx–xx	Bristol City		83	3	5	0	6	0
xxxx–xx	Cambridge United		79	1	1	0	3	0
xxxx–xx	Celtic	Scottish Premier League	24	0	0	0	8	0

Manager

Team	Nat	From	To	Record
				G	W	D	L	Win %
Preston North End		12 January 1998	15 March 2002	&10000000000000234000000234	&10000000000000113000000113	&1000000000000005800000058	&1000000000000006300000063	&1000000000000004828999948.29
Everton		15 March 2002	Present	&10000000000000440000000440	&10000000000000183000000183	&10000000000000112000000112	&10000000000000145000000145	&1000000000000004159000041.59
Total				&10000000000000674000000674	&10000000000000296000000296	&10000000000000170000000170	&10000000000000208000000208	&1000000000000004392000043.92

As of 19 November 2011

References

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2. ^ "Moyes' lofty ambitions". BBC Sport. 14 March 2002. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/low/football/teams/e/everton/1870407.stm. Retrieved 20 January 2009. 
3. ^ Everton F.C. – Profile Retrieved 2 August 2011.
4. ^ "Moyes sets sights". BBC Sport. 15 March 2002. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/e/everton/1872234.stm. Retrieved 20 January 2009. 
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9. ^ "Moyes may face FA rap". BBC News. 12 April 2003. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_prem/2943197.stm. 
10. ^ "Attendance History". Toffeeweb. http://www.toffeeweb.com/history/records/attendances.asp. Retrieved 2009-03-05. 
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13. ^ Gammell, Caroline (2008-03-06). "Wayne Rooney settles autobiography libel dispute". London: The Daily Telegraph. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/celebritynews/2069407/Wayne-Rooney-settles-autobiography-libel-dispute-with-Everton-manager-David-Moyes.html. Retrieved 2009-03-05. 
14. ^ "Moyes wins libel pay-out after Rooney book claim". ESPN. 3 June 2008. http://soccernet.espn.go.com/news/story?id=542092&cc=3436. Retrieved 20 January 2009. 
15. ^ "English Premier League – Fair Play – 2007/2008". ESPN. http://soccernet.espn.go.com/stats/fairplay?league=eng.1&year=2007&cc=3436. Retrieved 20 January 2009. 
16. ^ "David Moyes fined 5000 for improper conduct". The Times (London). 18 November 2008. http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/football/premier_league/everton/article5181116.ece. 
17. ^ "Moyes signs new deal at Everton". BBC Sport. 14 October 2008. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/e/everton/7670405.stm. Retrieved 20 January 2009. 
18. ^ Sir Alex Ferguson Tips Everton Boss David Moyes To Succeed Him At Manchester United - Report - Goal.com
19. ^ "David Moyes fined £8,000 after admitting improper conduct charge over ref rant as Everton drew with Manchester United". Daily Mail (London). http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-1312683/David-Moyes-fined-8-000-admitting-improper-conduct-charge-ref-rant.html. 
20. ^ www.publications.parliament.uk
21. ^ Carr, David (25 October 2010). "Everton boss Moyes signs up Desert Cry". Racing Post. 
22. ^ Logan, Gabby (2009-05-19). "BBC Inside Sport Interview". 
23. ^ "Seaside memorial for Moyes". Coleraine Times. http://www.colerainetimes.co.uk/news/Seaside-memorial-for-Moyes39-mum.3768037.jp. Retrieved 2009-05-20. 
24. ^ "Profile: David Moyes". London: The Times. 10 January 2004. http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/football/premier_league/everton/article410745.ece. Retrieved 2009-03-05. 
25. ^ "Moyes scoops award". ThisIsNottingham.co.uk. 2009-05-26. http://www.thisisnottingham.co.uk/football/Moyes-scoops-award/article-1024375-detail/article.html. Retrieved 2009-05-26. 

External links

• David Moyes career stats at Soccerbase
• David Moyes management career stats at Soccerbase
• David Moyes profile at the League Managers Association
• David Moyes at the Internet Movie Database
• David Amongst Goliaths David Moyes article

Persondata
Name	Moyes, David William
Alternative names
Short description	Association football player and manager
Date of birth	25 April 1963
Place of birth	Bearsden, Scotland, United Kingdom
Date of death
Place of death