Season summary

The Everton directors finally lost patience with Walter Smith

Walter Smith

Walter Smith, OBE is a Scottish football manager. His most recent job was at Scottish Premier League club Rangers.Smith had a relatively modest playing career, consisting of two spells with Dundee United which was split by a short time at Dumbarton.A pelvic injury meant he moved in to coaching at...

 when they sacked him on 13 March. Preston

Preston North End F.C.

Preston North End Football Club is an English professional football club located in the Deepdale area of the city of Preston, Lancashire, currently playing in the third tier of English league football, League One...

 boss David Moyes

David Moyes

David William Moyes is an association football manager and former player, currently managing English Premier League club Everton. He was the 2003, 2005 and 2009 League Managers Association Manager of the Year...

 was named as his successor, and did a good job of steering Everton clear of the drop zone – though they finished 15th in the table.

Kit

Everton retained the previous season's kit, manufactured by Puma

PUMA AG

Puma SE, officially branded as PUMA, is a major German multinational company that produces high-end athletic shoes, lifestyle footwear and other sportswear. Formed in 1924 as Gebrüder Dassler Schuhfabrik by Adolf and Rudolf Dassler, relationships between the two brothers deteriorated until the two...

 and sponsored by one2one.

Squad

Left club during season

Starting 11

Only considering Premiership starts

• GK: #13,   Steve Simonsen
  Steve Simonsen
  Steven Preben Arthur "Steve" Simonsen is an English footballer who plays for Sheffield United as a goalkeeper. Born in South Shields, Tyne and Wear he started his senior career at Tranmere Rovers before spells with Everton and Stoke City...
  
  , 25
• RB: #2,   Steve Watson
  Steve Watson
  Steven Craig "Steve" Watson is a former English footballer, who retired after being released by Sheffield Wednesday on 15 May 2009. As of November 13, 2010, he is the Development Coach at Football League One side Huddersfield Town.-Playing career:Watson began his career with Newcastle United,...
  
  , 24
• CB: #4,   Alan Stubbs
  Alan Stubbs
  Alan Stubbs is a retired English footballer who played as a centre back. He was forced to retire from professional football due to a troublesome knee injury on the 20 August 2008. The final match of his career was against Doncaster Rovers on 9 August 2008...
  
  , 29
• CB: #5,   David Weir, 36
• CB: #6,   David Unsworth
  David Unsworth
  David Gerald Unsworth is an English former footballer who played in the position of centre-back or left-back, and is currently first team coach at Preston North End....
  
  , 28
• LB: #3,   Alessandro Pistone
  Alessandro Pistone
  Alessandro Pistone is a former Italian footballer.-Early career:Pistone started his career at Solbiatese and Crevalcore, two small Italian teams who in recent years have slid to the lowest tier of professional Italian football, before moving to Vicenza for the duration of the 1995–96 season...
  
  , 25
• CM: #7,   Niclas Alexandersson, 28
• CM: #17,   Scot Gemmill
  Scot Gemmill
  Scotland 'Scot' Gemmill is a Scottish ex professional association footballer who is now a UEFA A Licensed Coach. He is currently helping to coach the Scotland Under 19 Team. He played as a midfielder, most recently for the New Zealand Knights...
  
  , 31
• CM: #15,   Gary Naysmith
  Gary Naysmith
  Gary Andrew Naysmith is a Scottish footballer, currently playing for Huddersfield Town in League One and has been capped for the Scotland national team 46 times...
  
  , 23
• CF: #9,   Kevin Campbell
  Kevin Campbell (footballer)
  Kevin Joseph Campbell is an English former football player who played as a striker.-Playing career:Campbell began his career as a trainee with Arsenal, joining the club on schoolboy forms in 1985...
  
  , 21
• CF: #8,   Tomasz Radzinski
  Tomasz Radzinski
  Not to be confused with the Czech footballer Tomáš RosickýTomasz Radzinski is a Canadian association footballer who plays as a striker. He is currently unattached.-Club career:...
  
  , 23