David Moyes has spent a fair period of his life on the roads around Halewood driving to Finch Farm — but on his approach to Everton's training base last weekend, he was a bag of nerves.
The Scotsman, who returned to management exactly 27 years after his first match as the fresh-faced boss of Preston, has taken charge of 698 Premier League games — more than double the next-closest active manager in the top flight. But still, he felt like a man on edge.
Ever since he reversed into his parking spot by the main entrance, though, he has been only moving forward, trying to get the club back on the straight and narrow, just like in 2002.