Everton manager Sean Dyche has applauded the resilience and loyalty of the Club's supporters while reiterating his belief in his squad's ability to get back on the winning trail again soon.

Quoted in the Liverpool ECHO, in an interview originally conducted by evertontv, Dyche said: "I’ve never questioned the fans: good, bad or indifferent, I don’t think actually I ever have because you know I was a fan when I was a kid. Believe it or not, I’d support Kettering Town, my local side, but everyone deserves the right to have their opinion, I haven’t got a problem with that.

"Generally, we’ve played our part, they’ve played their part without a doubt. There’s time when they (Everton’s squad) get questioned, that’s part of being footballers, that’s part of being a football manager, part of being a player, part of being a fan.

“I’ve got no problem with that at all because generally the fans here have been absolutely amazing and continue to be so, they travel everywhere. The biggest one for me was Crystal Palace away, it was amazing, the FA Cup (third round) we had four thousand there.

"I’ve been in football a long time and I was like wow, I haven’t seen that for that type of game very often in my life. So total respect goes out to the fans and are they deserving more?

"Possibly, over the last number of years. But we are a work in progress, we are where we are.

"We are reality bound and I’ve tried to inform the fans. I thought the underlying message when I got here – not to me but to the club – was ‘just tell us the truth’ as they called it, that’s what came to me.

"I’ve tried to be as truthful in all of my business as I can. You can’t please everyone all the time, I know that from football, but at the end of the day I’m trying to say: ‘Look, you wanted the truth, I think we’ve done some work to get to a more truthful position, not just in our words but the way the team are performing, wearing the shirt with pride, the work ethic, the belief in what they’re doing,’ I think we’ve come some way with that."

Keeping with the ECHO, the local outlet reports that Everton in the Community and the LFC Foundation have come together to help invest in a brand new learning centre.

In partnership with The Steve Morgan Foundation and the University of Liverpool, the new facility opened in Kirby and will help provide academic support, mentoring and aspiration raising activities to young disadvantaged people in the local area. 

EITC's Chief Executive, Sue Gregory was at the launch and said: "Today we are watching four great organisations to come together in Kirkby to inspire young people and open up the possibilities of higher education.

"It is our city, it is our young people. It doesn't matter what colours you wear, education is important, what's going on in our communities is important.

"We are both passionate clubs and we are are competitive but when it comes to our communities, we are one city."