Season › 2013-14 › News Blues stroll to friendly win over Accrington Michael Kenrick , 17 July, 0comments | Jump to most recent Accrington Stanley 1 - 4 Everton Accrington are managed by Everton old boy, James Beattie — his first venture into management, and the game was plugged as a celebration of 125 years since the formation of the Football League. Lawrence Wilson wearing #3 for Accrington Stanley, once of Everton Academy and Reserves. Nice passing to start, and it earned an early corner taken by Oviedo. Everton were soon in the lead with a nicely placed corner played directly to Gibson on the edge of the area and he sidefooted home. Everton kept working on perfecting their neat passing possession game and the second goal soon came, a textbook header close in for Anichebe off a great Mirallas cross. Everton settled into a comfortable pattern of play for teh rest of teh half until Mirallas stepped up to curl in a nice free-kick around the wall and just inside the foot of the left-hand post. But the home side got a goal back after Oviedo was beaten too easily by Hunt and he crossed well for Murphy to slot home unmarked at the back post. A bit of a 'Wigan' goal to concede, no doubt! Wholesale changes at the break, with first glimpses of Alcaraz and Kone, with only Robles, Fellaini and Gibson staying on the pitch. Luke Clark made a very reckless challenge on Pienaar that upset the South Africa who lashed out. Yellow card to the home player.... could have been red inn a real game. Osman then got on the end of a nice Coleman cross and planted a nice header well clear of the keeper to make it 1-4. Accrington Stanley: Dunbavin; Hunt, Wilson, Clark, Aldred; Atkinson, Murphy, Miller; Webber, Naismith, Hatfield. Subs: Dawber, Liddle, Windass, Carver, McCartan, Winnard, Watson. Everton: Joel; Hibbert (46' Coleman), Distin (46' Alcaraz), Jagielka, Oviedo (46' Baines); Osman , Gibson, Fellaini, Naismith (46' Gueye); Mirallas (46' Pienaar) , Anichebe (46' Vellios). Subs: Springthorpe, Grant, Junior, Duffy, Kone, Heitinga, Jelavic, Coleman, Pienaar, Baines, Alcaraz, Vellios. About these ads © ToffeeWeb