Supporters' Club Tour!

Everton's Supporters' Club tour kicked off on Tuesday evening with a trip to Southport.

Players and officials will be attending affiliated supporters clubs on a regular basis this year.

Everton defender Leighton Baines, legend Graeme Sharp, acting chief executive Robert Elstone, press officer Darren Griffiths and head of ticketing Andy Ward were all in attendance at the Mount Hotel, home of the Southport Blues.

First, Leighton and Graeme fielded questions about on-the-pitch matters, with plenty of positives discussed following Monday's derby draw.

Graeme Sharp and Leighton Baines present fan with signed shirt

After a short break for the prize draw, Robert and Andy addressed a whole range of questions from the supporters.

Topics such as a retail presence in the city centre, multi-year season tickets and away match issues were all covered.

Robert said: "This was the first of several planned visits to our supporters' clubs and it went very well.

"These organisations are vital to the Club on a number of different levels and we were only too happy to pay them a visit.

"We have certainly learned from the experience and hopefully the fans there did too."