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EVERTON manager David Moyes has expressed his delight that new striker Jermaine Beckford is already showing the potent goalscoring form he ‘knew’ he was capable of.
Hot-shot Beckford, who had terrorised League One defences for the past two seasons – breaking the 30-goal barrier in back-to-back campaigns for Leeds United – opened his Everton account in style at Preston North End on Saturday, netting twice in a 3-0 rout of Darren Ferguson’s Preston North End at Deepdale with Louis Saha also on target.
A coolly-taken one-on-one with the keeper and a thunderous volley showed Beckford’s versatility in front of goal and weren’t a bad afternoon’s work given that he was only on the field for 43 minutes in his first Everton outing on English soil.
Beckford’s summer ‘Bosman-stlye’ switch to Goodison Park completes an amazing climb up the football pyramid for Ealing-born frontman who as recently as 2006 was turning out for Isthmian League side Wealdstone while working as a windscreen fitter for the RAC but Moyes insists he recruit is ready to make the big step up.
