Moyes first won the Romantic Novelists' Association's Romantic Novel of the Year Award in 2004 for Foreign Fruit [26] and again in 2011 for The Last Letter From Your Lover. After the interview with the BBC's Vicki Sparks, while the microphone was still audible, Moyes, said: "It was getting a wee bit naughty at the end there so just watch yourself. In December, Manchester United lost Premier League matches at home to Everton and Newcastle United in the space of four days (United's first defeat at home to Everton in 21 years, and first at home to Newcastle in 41 years), [46] suffering back-to-back league defeats at Old Trafford for the first time since the 2001–02 season. On 9 May 2013, following Ferguson's retirement at Manchester United and with his own contract expiring at the end of the season, Moyes informed Everton that he would leave the club to succeed Ferguson. Despite disappointing spells at Real Sociedad and Sunderland after his Manchester United experience was cut short, Moyes never lost faith in his ability.

This was the chief reason for not bringing in a replacement for Haller last month when moves for initial striking reinforcements fell through, even though the only orthodox forward, Michail Antonio, has a patchy injury record.It freed him up to do more work for Uefa's technical department, analysing Champions League games to stay across coaching developments within the game.

David Moyes: I'm so proud to set a Premier League points record and lead West Ham United into Europe | West Ham United". After 28 games in 2021-22, West Ham were 7 th on 45 points, while Newcastle were 14 th with 31; now, Newcastle are 3 rd on 53 and West Ham are 15 th on 27. A decision on manager David Moyes potentially quitting West Ham is set to come later in the season, sources have told Football Insider. In his sixth full season in charge, Moyes secured fifth place in the league and reached the semi-final of the Football League Cup as well as the last 16 of the UEFA Cup, eventually being beaten on penalties by Fiorentina. I don’t think anybody could say the team we started with wasn’t a good team and wasn’t a team capable of winning or performing.

All of this gave Everton and its fans cause for optimism as a string of strong performances broke the pattern inconsistency which saw league finishes of 15th, 7th, 17th, 4th and 11th under Moyes.