With over 1200 supporters currently expected to be making the trip up north to Goodison Park this weekend, our head coach wanted to express her gratitude to our fanbase.
Speaking in her pre-Everton press conference at the Sobha Realty Training Centre on Thursday, Renée Slegers spoke about the following we’ve had home and away throughout 2025.
“I think I can take a moment to thank the fans so far for 2025,” she said. “There's three games left to play for us, no more home games. But if you look at it, travelling early, as well as the early kick-off against Liverpool and the amount of fans that we get at the Emirates.
“I know some have been travelling from far away to see us so early in the day. We appreciate it, we don't take it for granted. I'm very thankful for the support we get as a team.
“That's the home games for 2025 done and we have three away games left. It's incredible that there will be so many fans at Everton away. I take a moment to say thank you to the fans for 2025, they've been incredible.”
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This will be our first visit to Goodison Park in the Barclays Women’s Super League, and Renée is looking forward to visiting the ground for the first time on Saturday.
“It’s great, I know it’s a stadium with a lot of history,” she said. “I haven’t been there yet so it will be my first time but of course great. I think Everton have been part of the WSL for a long time and pushing.
“Brian [Sorensen] is doing so much as well, on the pitch on a daily basis but also things in the background. It will be a nice moment to go to Goodison Park and play there.
“I highly respect Everton and Brian for the team they are. They're a very unpredictable team. They can do different things, so it's always, at the start of the game, having a good look at what their plan is and what their structure is and what they try to do.
“Transitions, they've been extremely clinical from their transitions, so we have to manage that really well because we know the strength they have with the quality of players that can set it up and the quality of players that can finish it. They have quality and speed up top, so we'll have to manage that really well. It's one of their big weapons.
“If you look at the way they defended their last game when they got the 1-0 win, they defended for their lives in the box. The goalkeeper saves a lot of shots and moments, so we expect the same. I can imagine they take a lot of belief out of that performance. We expect a hard game against Everton.
“I think if you look at the Twente game, we might be asked similar questions or similar challenges, but I think the physicality, the tempo, I think they have a lot of threat on transition.”
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