David Moyes

David Moyes returned for a second spell as Everton Senior Men’s Manager in January 2025.

The appointment marked a reunion with the Club where Moyes enjoyed an impressive period as manager between 2002 and 2013, taking charge of 516 games and becoming Everton’s longest-serving manager for 51 years.

During his time with the Toffees, he secured top-eight finishes in each of his final seven seasons, while also sealing UEFA Champions League qualification through a fourth-placed position at the end of the 2004/05 campaign – the Club’s highest-ever Premier League placing to date.

Moyes also signed a host of players for Everton who would go on to become big hits in the Premier League, including the likes of Tim Cahill, Mikel Arteta, Leighton Baines, Phil Jagielka, John Stones, Joleon Lescott, Marouane Fellaini, Steven Pienaar and current Club captain Seamus Coleman.

His most-recent managerial role was with West Ham United between 2019 and 2024, when Moyes guided the Hammers to a second-ever major European trophy by winning the Europa

Conference League in 2023. The season before, Moyes’ West Ham had reached the semi-finals of the UEFA Europa League, losing to eventual winners Eintracht Frankfurt.

One of the Premier League’s most-experienced managers of all time, only Arsene Wenger (828) and Sir Alex Ferguson (810) have taken charge of more games in the competition than Moyes.

After a playing career of 18 years Moyes immediately began his first managerial role at Preston North End in 1998. The team won the Second Division title and were promoted in May 2000.

Preston narrowly missed out on promotion to the Premier League the next season with a defeat against Bolton Wanderers in the First Division play-off final.

A move to Everton followed in March 2002 for the Scotsman, who guided ‘The People’s Club’ – a phrase coined by Moyes in his maiden press conference at Goodison Park – to Premier League safety.

Everton continued to improve, securing a seventh-placed finish during his first full season at the Club, before going on to seal consistent top-half positions.

Alongside strong league performances, Everton enjoyed an impressive FA Cup run in 2008/09, reaching the final of the competition.

During the Cup campaign, Moyes’ Toffees overcame the likes of Liverpool in the fourth round and Manchester United in the semi-finals, before being narrowly beaten by Chelsea in the final, losing 2-1 at Wembley Stadium.

Departing Everton in 2013, he was selected to replace Ferguson at Manchester United. A role at Real Sociedad in La Liga followed for Moyes, who eventually returned to England with Sunderland in 2016.

Two spells at West Ham came after, guiding the London club to Premier League safety during the 2017/18 season, before being re-appointed in December 2019.

Again, he lifted the Hammers towards top-flight survival, and the following year, managed West Ham to their record Premier League points total of 65, finishing sixth and qualifying for the Europa League.

They reached the semi-finals of the competition, while the same season saw Moyes’ West Ham secure a top-seven finish and Conference League football for 2022/23.

Moyes led the Hammers to victory in the tournament, beating Fiorentina in the final and claiming the club’s first major European trophy since 1965.