Source: Liverpool_Echo
Australia tour could prove a home from home for Everton FC
Everton's Sandy Brown and Roy Vernon after arriving in Australia in 1964 460[LNB]EVERTON will arrive in Australia later this week to discover they have long been on the map there.[LNB]While previous trips in 1964 and 1987 may have gone some way to boosting the club's profile Down Under, Everton was already a familiar name in various parts of the country.[LNB]If Queensland had been added to the latest travel itinerary David Moyes and his squad could have stayed at the Everton Park Hotel in Everton Park, a suburb next to Everton Hills.[LNB]As it happens, the Blues will spend most of their time along the south east coast where the southern state of Victoria also boasts an Everton and Upper Everton.[LNB] The closest the Toffees will come to these, however, will be a three-hour drive away when they touch down in Melbourne for the second of a three-game tour of the country.[LNB]With the intention of making a name in their own right, Everton will meet Sydney FC at the ANZ Stadium on 10 July, A-League newcomers Melbourne Heart at the Etihad Stadium on 14 July and Brisbane Roar on 17 July at the Suncorp Stadium.[LNB]The sternest test is likely to come in the opening game from the Hyundai A-League champions.[LNB]Sydney FC will also have a familiar face among their ranks having invited former Aston Villa and Manchester United striker Dwight Yorke to take part in the exhibition match.
