Winning the Premier League 2 championship in front of our own supporters at Goodison Park on Monday was extremely special. It was a night which made me proud of our players and my staff and proud of Everton Football Club.
We secured the title by beating Brighton & Hove Albion but that match was the culmination of an awful lot of hard work since we reported back for pre-season on July 1.
This success also reflects the vision we have for developing players at Everton.
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I firmly believe – and the Club’s ethos supports this – that we will produce more players equipped for first-team football if they grow up in a winning side and learn and train in a high-performance environment.