PHIL NEVILLE has challenged Everton FC to produce another strong second half to the season and target European qualification.

David Moyes’s Everton FC side began 2012 with a dramatic late victory at West Bromwich Albion on New Year’s Day.

Having started the season in a traditionally slow manner, the Goodison outfit are in the top half of the table having extended their mini-unbeaten run to four matches.

And Neville is hopeful the triumph at The Hawthorns can prove a catalyst for the remainder of the campaign.

“It is a massive win for us, it is a great start to the year,” said the 34-year-old. “Hopefully now we can kick on and challenge for a European place because that is where we want to be.

“When you play teams like West Brom and it is so tight, you’ve got to take your chances, particularly away from home.

“Roy Hodgson has his team really well drilled, probably the most well drilled team in the league, with two banks of four and good pace and quality upfront.

“If you don’t take your chances, and that has probably been the story for the last year and a half, then it is a battle.

“Luckily we had one chance near the end of the game and we took it.”