The footballing life and times of David Moyes

PRESTON NORTH END

Moyes took over as Preston boss in January 1998, when the club was in danger of relegation. He led them to survival and reached the Division Two play offs the following season when they were beaten by Gillingham at the semi-final stage.

The following season, he guided the team to the Division Two title  and promotion. The next season they made it to the Division One play offs.  Preston lost 3–0 to Bolton in the 2001 First Division Play off Final missing out on promotion to the Premier League.  During his time with PNE  he took took charge of  234 matches, of which his team won 113, drew 58 and lost 63.

EVERTON

He joined Everton in  2002 and in the 2004-05 season finished fourth in the league and securing a place in the following season’s Champions League and receiving the LMA Manager of the Year award.

The Toffees  were battling relegation at the start of the 2005-06 but climbed from bottom place in late October to a secure 11th-place finish at the end of the season.

Moyes secured fifth place in the league in 2007-08 and reached the semi-final of the Football League Cup as well as the last 16 of the Uefa Cup.

Moyes’ took charge of his 600th match as a manager on 6 February 2010 and ended the season in eighth place, failing to qualify for Europe for the first time in four years.

In September 2010, he  admitted an improper conduct charge in relation to his behaviour towards referee Martin Atkinson following a 3–3 draw with Manchester United. 

In January 2012, Moyes became the fourth manager, after Alex Ferguson, Arsene Wenger, Arsene Wenger and Harry Redknapp to record 150 wins in the Premier League.

In May 2013, Moyes informed Everton that he would leave the club to succeed Ferguson.

MANCHESTER UNITED

On 11 August 2013, he won his only trophy with Manchester United in his first official game, a 2–0 win over Wigan in the Community Shield. He opened the season with a  a 4–1 victory against but it was all downhill after that as United suffered their worst ever start to a Premier League season. United were ninth in the table after 15 games.

In January 2014, they were knocked out of the FA Cup  and lost in the semi-final of the League Cup. Two more defeats saw crowd demonstrations begin and on  22 April 2014, Manchester United announced that they had sacked Moyes.

REAL SOCIEDAD

He was appointed on an 18 month deal on 10 November 2014  with the team lying in 15th in the table. He was sacked a year later – six months ahead of his contract conclusion.

SUNDERLAND

He was appointed on 23 July 2016, replacing Sam Allardyce. On 3 April 2017 he had managed to lead the club to relegation and resigned 24 hours later.

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