DEVELOPMENT SQUAD

BIG WIN OVER EVERTON

Four goals and three points for the second time in five days – our Under-23s rounded off a fine spell with a 4-0 victory over Everton at Stevenage last Friday night (26 November).

Carrying on from where we left off in the previous Monday’s 4-1 triumph at Leicester City, we went ahead inside 27 seconds against the Toffees through Jack Clarke and although visiting captain Ryan Astley nearly got his side back on level terms with a pair of first-half headers, we pushed on to win comfortably in the end.

Captain Harvey White was influential as we scored three goals after half-time, the midfielder setting up Dilan Markanday to sweep home for 2-0 before crashing a shot in off the underside of the bar to put us out of sight with just over an hour gone.

Adding to his two goals against Leicester, he subsequently provided a second assist of the night as defender Malachi Fagan-Walcott powered in his second goal in as many games.

Tom Cannon struck the post late on for Everton but we were well on our way by that point, moving up to third in the Premier League 2 table.