Frank Lampard is seen by many as a 'young' Everton manager and given that three of his last four predecessors were all in their 60s, that may seem the case, but in fact his appointment is more of a return to what seems to be the more natural age for Blues bosses.
Current owner Farhad Moshiri had previously hired the four oldest managers in Everton history at the time of their appointment but history shows us that for a long time it was actually more of a younger man's job and Lampard, 43, is more in keeping with this.
Indeed the Blues' first nine bosses were all younger than Lampard when they first took charge and it wasn't until 1990 with the return of Howard Kendall - who was also the club's youngest-ever manager from the start of his first stint in 1981 - that they selected a manager older than the new gaffer is now.
