Jordan Pickford has lifted the lid on what it was like to stand directly behind Abdoulaye Doucoure as he scored the goal that kept Everton in the Premier League and has admitted he’ll “do anything” to try and help the Blues hold on for a victory.
Everton narrowly avoided a first relegation in 72 years despite posting the lowest equivalent points total in the club’s 135-year history in the Football League/Premier League and Pickford – one of seven players within Sean Dyche’s squad to have gone down before along with Ben Godfrey, Idrissa Gueye, Michael Keane, Dwight McNeil, James Tarkowski and match-winner Doucoure – admits he was relieved not just for himself and his team-mates but for the supporters and staff at the Blues.
Asked on BBC podcast Jill Scott’s Coffee Club, if there was a family feel to Everton, Pickford said: “Definitely, massively. Like I said when I first signed six years ago now – I’m getting old – I said it was an easy transition because it’s a family club.
