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Big Dunc delighted with Under-18 trophy

There's a great interview on the Official Everton Website, with Duncan Ferguson talking about the success of his Under-18 charges winning the Gothia Cup in Sweden, and his own progress as an Everton coach working with Kevin Sheedy.

“We are delighted and the boys did fantastic. It [Gothia Cup] was a good tournament to be involved in and good for their development,” Ferguson told evertontv. “You enter tournament football to win. It's good for their development because there is a bit of pressure on them.

“The boys are picking it up; we are in the fourth week of pre-season. We played six games in six days — it was only 30 minutes each way but it was a heavy schedule getting to the final.

“It was warm as well, so they are increasing the tempo as the weeks go on. There are still a number of weeks away from the start of the season but they are picking it up.

“The kids have come back in good shape. They got a [summer] programme from the physios and they all came back in good nick.

“They are very professional and knew how hard it was going to be when they got back, so the lads have been different class.”

Ferguson, 41, is about to start his third season with the Everton academy after re-joining the Club in a coaching capacity in the autumn of 2011.

In that time he has been working in tandem with former Republic of Ireland international Sheedy — someone he is soaking up as much knowledge from as possible.

Ferguson added: “I'm enjoying pre-season. I loved it last year — me and Sheeds [Kevin Sheedy] are working great together.

“Going back to last year, it was very close to a fantastic season. We got to the quarter-final [of the FA Youth Cup] and semi-final [of the league season], and now we have won this.

“The team has got to gel and the staff have got to gel as well. I get on well with Sheeds. He's an experienced man and I've been learning a lot from him.”

Quotes or other material sourced from EvertonFC.com

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