DAVID MOYES has broken many records and established many benchmarks in his eight years as Everton manager.

But he never expected to be the manager who used more players than anybody else in a single season.

When Phil Jagielka came on in Portugal last week he was the 36th player picked for senior duty this season.

And that was one more than the trio of revolving door seasons which jointly held the record previously.

In 1888-89, the very first League season, football teams were constantly changing and Everton used 35 players in 22 games.

In 1919-20, the first season after the Great War, different reasons applied, with many players returning from active duty – while in 1998-99 Walter Smith was clearly experimenting trying to find a winning blend after taking over from Howard Kendall (34 players) in 1997-98.

The lowest number of players used in Everton’s history?

The 18 players selected by Harry Catterick in 1968-69, just one less than the following famous season – a campaign which saw only 16 players selected in league matches and three more in cup competitions.