Clyde 2 - 2 Everton XI: Moyes looks on as Clyde hold young Everton XI

Published on Tuesday 20 July 2010 20:24

EVERTON manager David Moyes raced north to Cumbernauld after arriving home with his first team squad from a tour of Australia to watch the cosmopolitan Goodison Park second-string play out a draw with Third Division Clyde.

The Bully Wee players failed to give Moyes and his side a warm welcome, however, and were leading 2-1 at the interval, before England Under-21 international striker James Vaughan struck in the second half to level the score.

Stuart Millar's re-cast side took the lead before two minutes had been played when Marc McCusker ignored claims for offside to get on the end of a long ball on the right hand side of the Toffees' box

McCusker listed on the team sheet as a trialist, as the deal to purchase him from Albion Rovers has not yet been agreed, steadied himself before firing a diagonal drive low into the far corner with Adam Davies rooted to the spot.

Everton should have been level within a minute when Vaughan worked his way clear of the home defence, however he blasted tamely wide with Clyde's summer signing from Camelon, JC Hutchison bearing down on him.

James Wallace, who Moyes selected for Europa League duty last season, showed great skill on the edge of the Clyde box in 37 minutes to create space for a left foot shot, however Hutchison got down low to his right to save. He was beaten two minutes later despite a heroic effort when he blocked a fierce drive from Portuguese under-21 internationalist Joao Silva only for Ross Barkley to sidefoot home.

The home side hit back a minute later when former Pollok team-mates John Sweeney and Bryan Dingwall combined and 34-year old-striker Dingwall scored from eight yards.

Vaughan equalised when he took a pass from substitute Hope Akpan in his stride before firing in a low right-foot shot to bring Everton level on 64 minutes.

The game slowed down after this as a total of 13 substitutes were made with Everton youngster Nathan Craig coming closest to a winner with a cheeky lobbed effort from 30 yards. Forfar on Friday night is the next stop for the Everton youngsters as Clyde travel to Partick on Saturday on ALBA Challenge Cup duty.

Clyde: Hutchison (Allan 67), Park (Girvan 68), McGowan, McMillan, Henderson (Gray 51), Stevenson (Cochrane 54), Finlayson, McCusker (Stewart 54), Dingwall (Mills 54), Sweeney (Trialist 67), Strachan

Everton XI: Davies, Thompson, Garbutt (Bidwell 46), Wallace (Savic 80), Nsiala, Mustafi, Schepers (Akpan 60), Barkley (Craig 69), Vaughan (Hope 73), Silva (Kinsella 54), Baxter

Referee: B Winter