David Moyes

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David William Moyes ( MOYZ ; born 25 April 1963 ) is a scottish professional football coach and erstwhile actor. He is presently the coach of Premier League club West Ham United. He was previously the coach of Preston North End, Everton, Manchester United, Real Sociedad and Sunderland. Moyes was the 2003, 2005 and 2009 League Managers Association Manager of the year. He is besides on the committee for the League Managers Association in an executive capacity. Moyes made over 540 league appearances as a centre-back in a play career that began with Celtic, where he won a championship decoration. He then played for Cambridge United, Bristol City, Shrewsbury Town and Dunfermline Athletic before ending his playing career with Preston North End. He became a coach at Preston, working his way up to adjunct director before finally taking over as director in 1998, his first managerial military position. Moyes led Preston to the Division Two entitle in 1999–2000 and the Division One play-off final the trace season. Moyes took over from Walter Smith as director of Everton in March 2002. Under him, the club managed a fourth-place finish in the league in 2004–05, their highest finish since 1988, and played in the qualify rounds for the UEFA Champions League the following season, the first gear fourth dimension they had taken function in UEFA ‘s most esteemed cup rival since 1970–71. Moyes besides led Everton to a runner-up eat up in the 2008–09 FA Cup, their best performance in the contest since winning it in 1995. Everton systematically finished between fifth and one-eighth in the league under Moyes, and at the time of his departure, he was the longest-serving stream director in the league behind Sir Alex Ferguson and Arsène Wenger, at 11 years and 3 months. He succeeded Ferguson as director of Manchester United in June 2013, but with the club in seventh invest in the league in April 2014 and ineffective to qualify for european competition, he was sacked after 10 months in the job. Moyes was appointed coach of spanish club Real Sociedad in November 2014, but was again sacked after just under a year in tear. In July 2016, he replaced Sam Allardyce as director of Sunderland, but resigned at the end of the 2016–17 season after the club was relegated to the EFL Championship. Moyes was appointed director of West Ham in November 2017 and led the club out of the relegation zone to a 13th-place finish, but left at the end of the season when his contract was not renewed. In December 2019, he was appointed to manage West Ham United for a moment prison term, following the net of Manuel Pellegrini .

Playing career [edit ]

Club career [edit ]

Born in Glasgow, [ 1 ] Moyes started his career at Icelandic club ÍBV, playing half a season with the young person team in 1978. [ 4 ] Moyes enjoyed a career that encompassed playing at a numeral of clubs, normally as a centre-half, beginning at Celtic, where he won a championship decoration and made 24 league appearances, and ending with Preston North End. [ citation needed ] As a player with Cambridge United, Moyes received abuse from teammate Roy McDonough for his religious beliefs ; Moyes is a practising Christian. McDonough felt that religion was distracting them from focusing on play ; talk of Moyes, Alan Comfort and Graham Daniels, he said : “ The three of them sat in the change room with a little black book, discussing their religion, when they should have been getting psyched up for a delegating scrap. ” [ 5 ] Following a 3–3 draw with Wigan Athletic on 9 March 1985, McDonough, who was 26 years erstwhile at the time, states that he “ battered ” Moyes for not putting sufficient feat into the game. [ 5 ] While playing for Shrewsbury Town in 1987, Moyes began coaching at the nearby private school, Concord College, on the recommendation of Jake King as a way to supplement his wages. [ 6 ] Moyes subsequently made over one hundred appearances for Dunfermline Athletic between 1990 and 1993, including a starting appearance in the 1991 Scottish League Cup Final. Moyes made over 530 league appearances in his career before becoming a bus at Preston, working his way up to adjunct director before finally taking over as coach in 1998. [ 7 ]

International career [edit ]

Moyes captained Scotland at under-18 old age group level. [ 8 ] [ 9 ] He played under early UEFA Technical Director Andy Roxburgh in 1980. [ citation needed ]

Managerial career [edit ]

Preston North end [edit ]

Moyes took over as Preston North End director in January 1998, replacing Gary Peters as the club struggled in Division Two and were in risk of relegation. He had spent a lot of his playing career preparing for management, taking coach badges at merely 22 years of senesce and compiling notes on managers he had played under, their techniques and tactics. [ 10 ] Preston avoided delegating at the end of the 1997–98 season and reached the Division Two play-offs the succeed season, where they were beaten by Gillingham at the semi-final phase. The pursue season, Moyes guided Preston to the Division Two claim and a promotion to Division One. An even greater accomplishment possibly was to steer Preston into the Division One play-offs the season after that, with largely the same squad. Preston lost 3–0 to Bolton Wanderers in the 2001 Football League First Division play-off Final, missing out on promotion to the Premier League. One month by and by, Moyes signed a newfangled five-year contract with the club. [ 11 ] Towards the end of the surveil season, he left for Everton, to take over from colleague Scotsman Walter Smith in March 2002. Moyes took charge of Preston for 234 matches, of which his team won 113, drew 58 and lost 63 .

Everton [edit ]

Moyes joined Everton on 14 March 2002 [ 12 ] and at his unveil press conference, declared that Everton were ‘The People ‘s Club ‘ on Merseyside. He said :

“ I am from a city ( Glasgow ) that is not unlike Liverpool. I am joining the people ‘s football club. The majority of people you meet on the street are Everton fans. It is a fantastic opportunity, something you dream about. I said ‘yes ‘ proper away as it is such a adult club. ” [ 13 ]

His first game in charge was two days late, against Fulham at Goodison Park. Everton won the plot 2–1, with David Unsworth scoring after equitable 30 seconds. [ 14 ] Everton managed to sustain a adept run of imprint and avoid delegating, which was a actual terror when he was in the first place appointed. Despite having a history and number of honours merely surpassed in English football by Liverpool, Arsenal and Manchester United, the past decade had not been a successful time for the Toffees, with an FA Cup win in 1995 and a sixth-place end in 1996 being about the alone bright spots for the club that slope of 1990. Moyes prepared for his first full moon season in charge at Everton by signing chinese international Li Tie, nigerian defender Joseph Yobo and goalkeeper Richard Wright [ 15 ] and released older players such as Jesper Blomqvist and David Ginola. On 12 April 2003, Moyes was sent to the stands during a crippled against West Bromwich Albion by referee Steve Bennett for using foul and abusive terminology and for improper behavior. [ 16 ] Everton were edged out of reservation for the come season ‘s UEFA Cup on the survive day of the season by Blackburn Rovers, following a get the better of by Manchester United, and finished one-seventh in the league. Moyes was awarded LMA Manager of the class for the first fourth dimension, to go with the Premier League Manager of the Month award for November 2002, when the Toffees had been in the Champions League places. [ 17 ] For the 2003–04 temper, Moyes signed Kevin Kilbane from Sunderland, James McFadden from Motherwell, Nigel Martyn from Leeds United and Francis Jeffers returned on lend from Arsenal. Poor results followed though and Everton did not win a game in 2004 until 28 February. A confrontation between Moyes and Duncan Ferguson at Everton ‘s aim ground was said to be diagnostic of the problems at the club. [ 18 ] Everton finished 17th with 39 points, the lowest full in the baseball club ‘s history ( although survival had been confirmed some clock time earlier ), [ 19 ] barely avoiding relegation .
Moyes was director of Everton for 11 years. During the summer of 2004, despite the convulsion surrounding the club ‘s recent form, [ 20 ] Moyes managed to bring in Tim Cahill and Marcus Bent. To this day, Cahill is considered to be one of Moyes ‘ best signings, scoring 15 goals in his first season toy for Everton. Those who left the club were Tomasz Radzinski, Tobias Linderoth, David Unsworth and, most importantly Wayne Rooney, who joined Manchester United for a reported £25.6 million. Later, the Daily Mail published extracts from Rooney ‘s autobiography, claiming that Moyes had forced Rooney out of the club and then leaked the details to the press. [ 21 ] Moyes went on to sue for libel before settling out of court when Rooney apologised and agreed to pay for damages. [ 22 ] Moyes donated the undisclosed damages from the become to the Everton Former Players ‘ Foundation. [ 23 ] During the 2004–05 season, Everton went on to surpass all expectations by finishing fourth in the league and securing a place in the pursuit season ‘s third qualification round for the UEFA Champions League, Moyes again being awarded the LMA Manager of the Year award. [ 17 ] Moyes then broke Everton ‘s transfer record to bring in hitter James Beattie in January and, as influential midfielder Thomas Gravesen left, Mikel Arteta came in on lend. At the beginning of the 2005–06 season, Everton struggled again and were battling relegation. Their bid to play in the Champions League ended with a loss to Villareal in the qualify round, and the club were defeated 5–1 at FC Dinamo București in the beginning round of the UEFA Cup. Moyes signed Nuno Valente, Andy van five hundred Meyde, Simon Davies, Per Krøldrup, and Phil Neville ; signed Matteo Ferrari on loan ; and made Arteta a permanent wave sign. They climbed from bottom place in late October to a procure 11th-place finish at the end of the season. Moyes broke the club transportation record for a second gear time at the begin of the 2006–07 temper with the £8.6 million acquisition of Andrew Johnson. Joleon Lescott was besides signed from Wolverhampton Wanderers while goalkeeper Tim Howard arrived from Manchester United on a loan deal, which was former made permanent wave. All of these players would prove to be successful signings, far enhancing Moyes ‘s reputation as a team builder. Whilst Everton ‘s league form flourished again, their record in the FA Cup under Moyes did not improve : in the third base round they crashed out 4–1 to Blackburn Rovers. An better league side of sixth was secured along with UEFA Cup football for the adjacent season. It was the 2007–08 season that Everton displayed the most consistency and constancy since Moyes arrived at the club, ultimately ending the cycle of alternating between the top and bottom halves of the league. In his sixth wide temper in charge, Moyes secured fifth plaza in the league and reached the semi-final of the Football League Cup equally well as the last 16 of the UEFA Cup, finally being beaten on penalties by Fiorentina. Moyes besides signed four more players who went on to become identical important players for Everton : Yakubu was signed for another commemorate fee of £11.25 million, Steven Pienaar for £2.05 million after an initial lend, Phil Jagielka was brought in for £4 million, and Leighton Baines was signed for a fee that could rise to £6 million. All of this gave Everton and its fans cause for optimism as a bowed stringed instrument of impregnable performances broke the design inconsistency which saw league finishes of 15th, 7th, 17th, 4th and 11th under Moyes. His repute as a martinet could be seen to manifest in Everton ‘s yellow batting order count. They received equitable 27 yellow cards all season – the lowest in the league and six fewer than their nearest rival Liverpool. [ 24 ] Moyes recruited Steve Round as his assistant director for the 2008–09 season to replace Alan Irvine, who had taken over as Preston North End coach the previous winter. Everton ‘s first new musician of the season, Lars Jacobsen, was brought in two games into the season. This was curtly followed by the signings of Segundo Castillo and Louis Saha. On deadline day, Moyes secured the services of goalkeeper Carlo Nash on a free transfer, and Marouane Fellaini for a cabaret record £15 million. On 14 September, Moyes was sent to the stands by referee Alan Wiley during a crippled against Stoke City. He was late fined £5,000 by The Football Association for improper conduct and warned about his future behavior. [ 25 ] At the end of the transfer windowpane January 2009, Moyes brought in brazilian international hitter Jô on loan from Manchester City. On 14 October 2008, Moyes agreed to extend his Goodison Park quell by a further five years. [ 26 ] On 19 April 2009, Moyes led his team to an FA Cup semi-final victory over Manchester United, after a punishment shoot-out, to reach the final for the first time since 1995. In what would be Everton ‘s only appearance in a final during Moyes ‘s time at the clubhouse, Everton were beaten 2–1 by Chelsea despite taking a lead through Louis Saha in the open hour. [ 27 ]
Moyes managing Everton against Wigan Athletic in January 2010 In the summer of 2009, Moyes sold Joleon Lescott to Manchester City for £22 million, after a saga that lasted for the entire transfer window. With the money from the Lescott sale, Moyes brought in Johnny Heitinga, Sylvain Distin and Diniyar Bilyaletdinov. He besides re-signed Jô on a season-long lend and Lucas Neill on a detached transfer. Moyes was named as Premier League Manager of the Month for January 2010 after three wins and a trace. Moyes ‘ took blame of his 600th couple as a director on 6 February 2010 in the Merseyside Derby against Liverpool which resulted in a 1–0 defeat. Everton ended the season in eighth place, failing to qualify for Europe for the first base time in four years despite a run of only two defeats in their concluding 24 league games. On 14 May 2010, Moyes revealed he would be matter to in taking up the celtic speculate in the future ; that job did indeed become vacant at the end of the 2009–10 season with the passing of Tony Mowbray, but Moyes did not put his diagnose forward for the void and Neil Lennon was appointed rather. In August 2010, Moyes dismissed speculation linking him with the director ‘s occupation at Aston Villa left vacant by the resignation of Martin O’Neill. [ 28 ] In September 2010, Moyes admitted an improper conduct charge in relation back to his behavior towards referee Martin Atkinson following a 3–3 draw with Manchester United. He was fined £8,000 with his adjunct Steve Round besides admitting to the like charge. [ 29 ] In January 2012, Moyes became the fourth director, after Alex Ferguson, Arsène Wenger and Harry Redknapp, to record 150 wins in the Premier League. [ 30 ] He celebrated his four-hundredth Premier League plot in November 2012 with a 2–1 succeed against Sunderland. [ 31 ] Upon reaching his tenth anniversary at the club Moyes received praise from many companion managers including Sir Alex Ferguson, Arsène Wenger and Kenny Dalglish for his achievements at Everton. [ 32 ] His service to Everton was besides praised in Parliament by Steve Rotheram MP. [ 33 ] On 9 May 2013, following Ferguson ‘s retirement at Manchester United and with his own narrow expiring at the goal of the season, Moyes informed Everton that he would leave the club to succeed Ferguson. [ 34 ] [ 35 ] Three days after being named as Ferguson ‘s successor at Manchester United, Moyes took charge of his final bet on with Everton at Goodison. He received a guard of honor by his own players prior to the post-match lap of appreciation, and Everton fans held banners with messages such as “ Goodbye and Good luck ”, and “ Thanks for the memories ”. On his reception, Moyes stated, “ It was truly emotional. All the stewards were standing clapping me when I came in and I did n’t know what to do. I am gobsmacked and grateful and humbled for what the people of Everton have shown me today ”. [ 36 ] Some fans at Everton dubbed Moyes “ Dithering Dave ”, criticising what they saw as indecisive management, particularly regarding transfers. [ 37 ] [ 38 ] Another criticism of his football team years at Everton was his off record against the “ big Four ” ( the four best Premier League teams of the last decade ), Manchester United, Chelsea, Arsenal and Liverpool. In 43 matches at Old Trafford, Stamford Bridge, Highbury / Emirates Stadium and Anfield, his Everton team failed to win a single crippled. [ 39 ]

manchester United [edit ]

Moyes signed a six-year contract with Manchester United, and formally took up his managerial military position on 1 July 2013. [ 34 ] [ 35 ] Moyes had been hand-pick as coach by Sir Alex Ferguson and after his appointment a streamer reading “ The Chosen One ” was displayed at Old Trafford. [ 40 ] His first unofficial game as United director ended in kill as Teeratep Winothai scored the only goal for Singha All Stars in Bangkok on 13 July 2013. [ 41 ] On 11 August 2013, he won his only trophy with Manchester United in his first gear official plot, a 2–0 win over Wigan Athletic in the FA Community Shield. [ 42 ] It meant he became the first United coach in history to win a trophy instantaneously in his first season in charge. [ 43 ] Less than a week belated, he won his first league game in charge of the club, opening the season with a 4–1 victory against Swansea City, but after that, United suffered their worst ever start to a Premier League season, leading the beginning of his reign to be described as “ black ” following a 1–0 kill at Liverpool, a 4–1 defeat at Manchester City and a 2–1 family defeat by West Bromwich Albion ( United ‘s beginning kill to West Brom at home since 1978 ), [ 44 ] with several journalists stating the pressure was now on despite it being early in his reign. [ 45 ] [ 46 ] [ 47 ] On 2 September 2013, Moyes signed Marouane Fellaini on a four-year contract, with the option of extension of another temper, reuniting with his early player in a £27.5 million deadline day deal. [ 48 ]

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 ), [ 44 ] suffering back-to-back league defeats at Old Trafford for the first clock time since the 2001–02 season. [ 49 ] United were ninth in the table after 15 games, 13 points behind leaders Arsenal. [ 50 ] Moyes said that he took “ arrant duty ” for United ‘s defeats but said he was confident his team would improve. [ 51 ] Moyes did however have a positivist beginning to his beginning Champions League campaign with the club. United finished top of their group after winning four of their six group stage matches. [ 50 ] In January 2014, United were knocked out of the FA Cup in the third base cycle by Swansea City, losing 2–1 at home ( Swansea ‘s first always win at Old Trafford ), [ 44 ] [ 52 ] and lost in the semi-final of the Football League Cup, with Sunderland winning a penalty shoot-out. In February, United lost 2–1 at Stoke ( Stoke ‘s first winnings over United in 30 years ). [ 44 ] Following consecutive 0–3 dwelling defeats against Liverpool and Manchester City, a flyover was staged by United fans with the standard displaying “ amiss One – Moyes Out ” in seven-foot gamey inscription during a home match against Aston Villa in March. After the pit, which United won 4–1, Moyes said the majority of fans had been “ identical supportive ” of him. [ 53 ] [ 54 ] The club reached the quarter-final stage of the Champions League, after beating Olympiacos, but were defeated 4–2 on aggregate by Bayern Munich. [ 55 ] On 24 January 2014, Chelsea had accepted a transfer extend from Manchester United for Juan Mata to travel to Manchester to undergo a aesculapian, after the musician said he was “ in truth happy to go ”. [ 56 ] Manchester United confirmed later in the day that a transfer fee had been agreed, but that the conduct was however contingent on Mata agreeing personal terms and passing a aesculapian. [ 57 ] The transportation was completed the follow day, with Manchester United paying Chelsea a then cabaret criminal record tip of £37.1 million, with Mata signing a sign until the summer of 2018. [ 58 ] On 20 April 2014, United lost 2–0 at Everton ( the first clock time Everton had beat United family and aside in 44 years ). [ 44 ] Two days later, United announced that they had sacked Moyes. [ 59 ] Moyes was in tear of United for 10 months, the third-shortest managerial least sandpiper in United history [ 59 ] and the inadequate in 82 years, despite calls from several respected ex-Manchester United players such as Denis Law [ 60 ] and David Beckham [ 61 ] calling for Moyes to be given more prison term at the baseball club. [ 62 ] At the time of his sack, United were seventh in the Premier League mesa, 13 points behind fourth-placed Arsenal with four matches remaining, ensuring United would fail to qualify for the Champions League for the first gear time since 1995 and complete outside of the top three for the beginning time in Premier League history. [ 63 ] Moyes had won 5 points from a potential 24 against Liverpool, Chelsea, Manchester City, and Arsenal ( the exceed four at the time of sacking ). [ 59 ] He was replaced in the interim by long-serving player Ryan Giggs and permanently by Louis van Gaal. [ 64 ] Moyes was awarded £5 million in compensation following the sacking. [ 65 ] Moyes was critiqued for his perceive defeatist attitude while at United. He had referred to their rivals Liverpool as the “ favourites ” ahead of their trip to Old Trafford ( Liverpool coach Brendan Rodgers responded “ I would never say that at Liverpool – even if I was buttocks of the league ” ), [ 66 ] and on Man United, the defend champions, Moyes stated their city rivals Manchester City were “ at the sort of level we are aspiring to ”. [ 67 ] Calling the date of Moyes Ferguson ‘s moment biggest mistake as Man United director, the Manchester Evening News stated, “ Moyes never sounded or managed like a United coach. United got an Everton director, Everton coaches, an Everton player and achieved an Everton polish ; seventh ”. [ 66 ]

real Sociedad [edit ]

Moyes as a coach of Real Sociedad in 2015 On 10 November 2014, Moyes was appointed as the modern head coach of La Liga club Real Sociedad on an 18-month deal after the dismissal of Jagoba Arrasate, with the team lying in 15th on the board. [ 68 ] His managerial debut was an away league match against Deportivo La Coruña on 22 November, which ended in a scoreless guide. [ 69 ] Six days later, in his first home match at Anoeta, he earned his first victory as the club ‘s coach, Carlos Vela scoring a hat-trick in a 3–0 succeed over Elche. [ 70 ] On 4 January 2015, Moyes led Sociedad to a 1–0 win over Barcelona, [ 71 ] a consequence which journalists compared to his management of Everton and contrasted with his results at Manchester United. [ 72 ] Ten days belated, in a 2–2 dwelling draw against Villarreal which eliminated his team from the Copa del Rey, Moyes was sent to the stand and by and by given a two-match touchline banish for arguing over an offside decision. [ 73 ] He was sacked on 9 November 2015 after coming under increasing atmospheric pressure due to a inadequate begin to the season. [ 74 ]

sunderland [edit ]

On 23 July 2016, Moyes was appointed as the surrogate for Sam Allardyce as director of Sunderland, returning to the Premier League for the first time since his sacking as United foreman in April 2014. [ 75 ] On 3 April 2017 it was revealed that Moyes had made a controversial comment after a post-match interview after Sunderland ‘s scoreless draw with Burnley on 18 March. After the interview with the BBC ‘s Vicki Sparks, while the microphone was still audible, Moyes, said : “ It was getting a wee act blue at the end there so just watch yourself. You placid might get a bang tied though you ‘re a woman. Careful the next time you come in ”. Moyes apologised for the incident. The FA wrote to Moyes to ask for his observations on the incident. [ 76 ] In June that year, he was fined £30,000 for the comments, a decision that was upheld by an independent panel the following month. [ 77 ] Sunderland were confirmed to be relegated to the EFL Championship for the first meter in ten years on 29 April 2017, after a 1–0 loss to AFC Bournemouth, marking the first delegating of Moyes ‘ career. After the match, he stated that he would like to remain as coach. [ 78 ] however, on 22 May, one day after the goal of the Premier League season, Moyes resigned. [ 79 ]

West Ham United [edit ]

Moyes was appointed coach of West Ham United on 7 November 2017, with the team in the relegation zone. [ 80 ] Moyes marked his first game in consign of West Ham, and his five-hundredth Premier League game, with a 2–0 loss away to Watford on 19 November. [ 81 ] On 9 December, he won as Hammers coach for the first clock, Marko Arnautović scoring the alone goal of a win over reigning champions Chelsea at the London Stadium. [ 82 ] On 13 January 2018, West Ham registered a 4–1 win away to Huddersfield, which became Moyes ‘s two-hundredth victory as a Premier League director, he became merely the one-fourth to reach this milestone, after Sir Alex Ferguson, Arsène Wenger and Harry Redknapp. [ 83 ] Following a 2–0 win at Leicester City on 5 May 2018 and with two games remaining of the season, Moyes managed West Ham to Premier League survival for the 2017–18 season. [ 84 ] His six-month share with West Ham expired on 13 May 2018 and he left the golf club on 16 May 2018 after he was not offered a new compress. [ 85 ] [ 86 ]

return to West Ham United [edit ]

On 29 December 2019, Moyes returned to his former situation as the director of West Ham United on an 18-month contract. [ 87 ] He replaced Manuel Pellegrini, who had left them in 17th in the Premier League table, one point above the delegating zone. [ 87 ] Speaking about his reelect to West Ham, Moyes said, “ I think there ‘s only two or three managers with a better Premier League acquire record. That ‘s what I do, I win. I ‘m here to get West Ham wins and get them away from the bottom three. ” [ 88 ] His first game on return resulted in a 4–0 acquire, against Bournemouth, in the Premier League on 1 January 2020. [ 89 ] West Ham finished in 16th set in the Premier League with 39 points, their lowest points run since 2010–11 when they gained 33 points and finished bottom. Moyes ’ 19 games in bang produced 20 points, one more than the former 19 games managed by Manuel Pellegrini. [ 90 ] In the 2020–21 season, Moyes guided West Ham to a record Premier League points full, with 65, finishing in sixth place and qualifying for the 2021–22 UEFA Europa League. The team won 19 Premier League games, including nine away, both being records for the clubhouse. [ 91 ] Owing to these potent performances, West Ham supporters have dearly given the director the nickname of ‘Moyesiah ‘. [ 92 ] In June 2021, Moyes signed a new three-year shrink with West Ham. [ 93 ]

personal liveliness [edit ]

Moyes lives in Preston. He has a daughter, Lauren Moyes and a son, David Moyes. He besides has a grandchild from his daughter, Austin Moyes. Moyes ‘ church father, David Sr, is a scout at Everton and previously a coach at Drumchapel Amateurs, where Moyes began his career. [ 2 ] His full-time occupation was as a pattern-maker and later a lecturer at Anniesland College in North Glasgow. Moyes ‘ mother, Joan, hailed from Portrush in Northern Ireland and worked in clothes stores in Glasgow. [ 94 ] His cousin, Dessie Brown, is repository of Coleraine Football Club. [ 95 ] Moyes is a devout Christian who would often discuss religion with Alan Comfort and Graham Daniels, although he is often reluctant to talk about his faith in interviews. [ 96 ] He is a supporter of the Labour Party and in 2010 backed Andy Burnham to be drawing card in the Labour Party leadership election. [ 97 ] During the 2014 scottish independence referendum he was a athletic supporter of the Better Together political campaign against scottish independence. In 2005, Moyes received an honorary family from Myerscough College near Preston. [ 99 ] In December 2017, Moyes received another honorary fellowship from the University of Central Lancashire. [ 100 ] In April 2020, during the COVID-19 pandemic, Moyes accepted a 30 % cut to his wage as West Ham looked to retain jobs allowing them to pay 100 % of non-playing staff salaries. [ 101 ] He left London during the pandemic and worked in his home greenwich village in Lancashire delivering fruit and vegetables to those in motivation. [ 102 ] On 22 September 2020, shortly before an EFL Cup fastness against Hull City, Moyes and players Josh Cullen and Issa Diop tested incontrovertible for COVID-19 and left the background before the game. His place was taken by Alan Irvine as West Ham won 5–1. [ 103 ] He then returned a second positive test three days late. [ 104 ] In April 2021, Moyes spoke in party favor of merging the English and Scottish football league pyramids and expanding the Premier League into two divisions. [ 105 ]

early work [edit ]

During the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa, Moyes provided some comment for selected matches for BBC Radio 5 Live. Moyes co-owns the racehorse Desert Cry, which was trained by Ginger McCain. [ 106 ]