Everton training base the perfect place, says Academy boss Ray Hall
Mar 19 2009
by Dominic King, Liverpool Echo
HAVING once been at bases eight miles apart, there are certain to be benefits now that Everton’s Academy share the same training ground as the senior team.
Whereas David Moyes used to have to drive 10 miles from West Derby to Netherton if he wanted to check on the progress of an exciting schoolboy, now all he needs to do is stroll down a corridor.
Of course, it was inevitable that there would be teething troubles when Everton’s entire operation was moved to Finch Farm but now Academy manager Ray Hall is confident that things are starting to take proper shape.
“It’s been like two rivers joining – after the initial turbulence, it settles down to a fast flowing river again and I think we’re just coming out of the turbulence,” he said.
“This is a significant advantage for the players. On any one day Andy Holden and Alan Stubbs might be short of a couple of players and they’ll borrow a couple of our boys.
