Dyche: I was right to leave

SEAN DYCHE says it was the right time to leave Everton amid "one of the toughest periods in their history". Dyche (above) was sacked less than four hours before the FA Cup tie with Peterborough last Thursday, with Everton only one point above the relegation zone. Within 48 hours, David Moyes was announced as his replacement on a two-and-a-half-year contract to resume a role he held between 2002 and 2013.

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But Dyche appears to hold no bad feelings, saying: "It was an honour to manage Everton, a football club with a significant heritage and an enormous following in Liverpool and all over the world, through one of the toughest periods in its history.