It's time for your Everton FC morning headlines, on Wednesday, July 6.
Everton plans after departure of Duncan Ferguson from key role
Everton are not currently thought to have any plans to replace Duncan Ferguson following the Blues legend's departure as assistant manager.
Ferguson's exit was confirmed on Monday as the first-team squad returned to training at Finch Farm. The 50-year-old is leaving in order to pursue his ambition of becoming a manager. The iconic striker said: “It’s been a massive decision for me. An incredibly difficult one but I need to move on, to take that next step in my career and look for that new challenge. Being a caretaker manager has given me confidence to step into management."
Ferguson is the latest significant figure to depart the club. David Unsworth left his academy role in April to pursue his own managerial ambitions. But, while the technical setup has undergone sweeping changes since the appointment of Kevin Thelwell as director of football, Ferguson's exit is not connected to the strategic review designed to improve the club's footballing operation.
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That review has led to the creation of a series of new roles and the separation of the academy director and U23s head coach positions both formerly held by Unsworth. Ferguson had been working with the backroom staff brought in by Frank Lampard when he was appointed manager, with Joe Edwards employed as an assistant manager and Paul Clement and Chris Jones as first-team coaches.
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Incredible opportunities to work on Everton new stadium project at Bramley-Moore Dock released
Incredible opportunities to work on Everton's new stadium project at Bramley-Moore Dock have been released.
The Learning Foundry have teamed up with the Blues, Laing O'Rourke and The Skills Centre to give local people a fantastic opportunity to work on the state-of-the-art process with 20 construction apprenticeship places on offer. The positions would be starting from August 2022 at an exciting time for the waterfront work.
Everton have been on site at Bramley-Moore Dock for almost a year, having begun enabling processes in the area in July 2021. Over recent weeks in particular fans have been dealt with a huge number of exciting updates as the framework of the stands has started to rise over the top of the dock walls.
And now there is an opportunity for local people - living in Liverpool, Sefton, St Helens, Halton, Knowsley or Wirral - to apply for these incredible apprenticeships. The positions are fully funded for people who live in those areas, are aged 19 or over and are claiming a benefit.
The Learning Foundry's post about the opportunity reads: "We've got 20 new construction apprenticeship vacancies in Formwork and Steel Fixing that will play a key role in the construction of the new Everton Football Club stadium with Laing O’Rourke starting in August 2022. You won't find this opportunity anywhere else!
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