Carlo Ancelotti and Mikel Arteta will not face each other on the touchline today when Everton meet Arsenal at Goodison. The incoming gaffers will wait in the wings, ‘running the rule’, no doubt gaining an insight into the size of their tasks.

Newcastle goalkeeper Shay Given will not be holding out the hand of friendship when he runs out to face Everton tomorrow.

Everton striker Duncan Ferguson will not be prosecuted for assaulting a burglar he caught in his home, police said today.