Everton kids’ derby bid

Craig ShakeSpeare has challenged the players who feature in everton’s europa League dead rubber against apollon Limassol tonight to force their way into Sam allardyce’s derby plans. The majority of everton’s first team have not travelled to Cyprus for the final game of a listless european campaign but assistant coach Shakespeare — overseeing the side because allardyce has stayed home to attend a medical appointment — said: ‘The team for Sunday against Liverpool hasn’t been picked, so there is an opportunity.’