Season › 2013-14 › News Blues fans urged to raise the roof , 1 November, 0comments | Jump to most recent Roberto Martinez has acknowledged the tremendous backing that Everton receive, particularly away from Goodison Park, where a succession of sold-out away allocations has boosted the team as fans travel in their droves to support the Blues. Each of Everton's five away games so far this season have been sell-outs and that has not gone unnoticed on the touchline or in the dressing room according to there manager. "The fans are the reason why we all get excited in the first place," the Spaniard is quoted on evertonfc.com. "Remember, the passion and the history that we have is very much alive in the way that our fans support our team and it is the feeling of feeling at home when we go away from home and we see our fans in the stands that is something we really appreciate. "It's something we're going to carry on throughout this season — we want the fans to know we appreciate them and we are very aware of that, and everything we do is to not let them down. We want them to feel extremely proud of Everton and extremely proud of the team." That passionate support has been rewarded with five wins, three draws and just one defeat so far this season and a packed and Martinez says that a raucous house for the visit of Tottenham this Sunday could again be crucial. "We're a group of players that are ready to compete against whoever," the Spaniard concluded, "and with the support of Goodison behind us, we need to make sure we look forward to the occasion and look forward to the game." About these ads © ToffeeWeb