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Sean Dyche has left his post at Goodison Park ahead of upcoming Premier League fixtures against Tottenham Hotspur and Aston Villa.
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Everton have confirmed today that manager Sean Dyche has been sacked from his post at Goodison Park with ‘immediate effect’ after an underwhelming first half to the season on Merseyside.
The Toffees sit 16th in the top flight after 19 matches, just one point above the relegation zone. Everton are four points behind London outfit Crystal Palace in 15th place, but do have a game in hand on the Eagles. West Ham are six points clear of Everton in 14th.
Everton face Peterborough United in the FA Cup tonight before taking on Aston Villa in the Premier League on Wednesday. It’s then the visit of Ange Postecoglou’s Tottenham Hotspur and a trip to Brighton before the end of the month.
Everton sack Sean Dyche
A club statement today read: “Everton Football Club can confirm that Sean Dyche has been relieved of his duties as Senior Men’s First Team Manager with immediate effect. Ian Woan, Steve Stone, Mark Howard and Billy Mercer have also left the Club.
“The process to appoint a new manager is under way and an update will be provided in due course. Under-18s Head Coach Leighton Baines and Club Captain Seamus Coleman will take charge of first-team affairs on an interim basis.”
Dyche was appointed Everton manager in January 2023 and has spent two years in the role. The Toffees finished 17th in 2023, narrowly avoiding relegation, and then placed 15th in the 2023/24 campaign.
Sean Dyche aware his Everton side had ‘miles to go’
Everton were beaten 1-0 away at AFC Bournemouth last weekend, the Cherries picking up all three points thanks to a David Brooks goal in the 77th minute. That result made it five matches without a win for the club, their last victory coming in a 4-0 win over Wolves at the start of December. That is the only top flight fixture Everton have won since mid October.
Reacting to the defeat to Bournemouth, when asked if his side were in a relegation battle, Dyche said: “No, I've never said I never anything different than the facts are the facts. At the beginning of the season there was all this noise about ‘we've had this big window and we could do this and do that, it is the last season in the Old Lady’ and all that sort of stuff. I made it clear, I said I don't know where that has all come from. I made it clear at the beginning of the season, I made it clear at the end of last season, because you were there when I said, ‘by the way, there is miles to go with this story’.
“There were miles to go and there still is. The new ownership will bring stability, they have made that clear. And over time they'll build that. That is it. The rest of it is as it is. It is working constantly with a group of players to try and win football matches. But I tried to make it clear, everyone said they wanted the truth, I told them the truth. Then if you don’t want the truth, what do you want me to tell you? I've tried to be honest with you. You keep asking me and I keep reflecting on the truth. I've told you.”