David Moyes celebrates after Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall scores for Everton against Manchester United at Old Trafford. Photo by Carl Recine/Getty Images

Three years ago this week, I was in Australia covering Everton. It feels like a lifetime ago.

This was a trip of interviewing Ashley Cole under the Sydney Harbour Bridge, sitting down with Frank Lampard in the team hotel and balancing watching Everton overcome Celtic and Western Sydney Wanderers with the World Cup that had caused the Premier League season to halt.

I was reminded of those heady days when a reader sent me a photo of a picture he had taken with me, him and his son during the trip - a lovely reminder of the reception the club (and I) received as we started the festive season Down Under.

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