James Wallace joined the Academy set-up at 13 and in 2008 was made a full-time scholar.

The goalscoring midfielder is comfortable in possession and has impressed in his time at Everton.

So much so, that just months after signing a full-time contract with the Everton Academy, Wallace was called into the Everton first team for the pre-season friendly clash with PSV Eindhoven in August 2008 - making a late substitute appearance.

Indeed, he trained with the first team for much of the 2008/09 season and was a regular on the substitutes bench throughout the campaign.

He was also one of the reserves' most consistent performers and this was rewarded with a first team debut in August 2009 when he came on as a sub in the Europa League game at Sigma Olomouc.

James then underwent surgery on a double hernia problem and was sidelined until 2010.

He returned and was soon back in the reserve team fold before making a couple of substitute appearances for the first team during pre-season.

Wallace had a spell on loan at Bury limited to just one game because of bad weather and subsequently joined Stockport on a one-month deal in February.

That deal was eventually extended to last the rest of the season but Wallace couldn't prevent his temporary employers being relegated from League Two.

In November 2011 the midfielder joined Shrewsbury Town on an inital one month loan deal. The loan was extended for another month and Wallace made three appearances for the League Two club.

Wallace joined League One side Stevenage on loan for one month in January 2012.