HO, HO, HO! IT’S BIG SAM-TA

SURROUNDED by his little helpers, Sam Allardyce was at Alder Hey Children’s Hospital yesterday to bring a little Christmas cheer to the young patients, their families and carers. The entire Everton squad made the annual visit and Allardyce said: ‘If we’ve been able to cheer them up even a little then we’re privileged to have been able to do that.’