Moyes beat Fulham in his first game as Everton manager in 2002, but never looked like repeating the trick here. Villa, relative equals during his previous spell at Goodison, are now light years ahead.

Everton manager David Moyes admits that his team need to take chances when they come their way after Dominic Calvert-Lewin squandered an inviting opportunity to grab a stoppage time equaliser in the 1-0 defeat to Aston Villa at Goodison Park.

This is Everton, but not quite as Moyes remembered them. He is the last great Goodison manager, gone for almost 12 years, his previous game in the home dugout some 4266 days earlier. He returned waving to all four stands,

The second David Moyes era at Everton gets under way when they face Aston Villa at Goodison Park on Wednesday night - and he faces a mammoth task to revive this fallen giant of English football. Moyes has made a good impression on his return with ambitious talk about the brighter future and "elite" signings under new American owners,

David Moyes has said it is ‘really important’ that Everton ‘add quality’ to the squad in the January transfer window.Moyes’s return to the Everton dugout ended in defeat on Wednesday night,