Only a few hours ahead of an FA Cup match against Peterborough United, Everton have sacked manager Sean Dyche. Dyche has overseen the Toffees since January of 2023 with the team failing to finish in the top half of the table during any of that tenure.

Everton's FA Cup third-round match against Peterborough on Thursday night is set to go ahead despite icy conditions on Merseyside.

Even in a world where it is competing for attention with an ever growing panoply of club competitions, where the relative prize money and fixture list sends it careening down manager's priority list,

Everton will hold a safety meeting early this afternoon (Thursday) ahead of their FA Cup third-round tie at home to Peterborough United tonight. It comes after Merseyside was hit with a weather warning for the sixth day in succession.

Everton kick off their FA Cup campaign this evening when they take on Peterborough United in the third round. Things are far from perfect in Merseyside with the Toffees languishing in 16th place. With just one point separating them from 18th place Ipswich, pressure continues to mount on Sean Dyche.

BBC Sport football expert Chris Sutton has made his predictions for all 32 FA Cup third round games and given his verdict on who will make it into round four. For this week's matches he is up against actor and musician Billy Bob Thornton,