Moyes has transformed Everton's season

Moyes has masterminded a recovery after Everton went out of Europe and were rooted near the foot of the table.

Kenwright said: "I have always thought he was the right manager for the club.

"He has this thing about him - this majesty, this focus. Within 30 seconds of meeting him he said win, win, win and I knew he was the right man."

Everton's 3-1 win against Fulham kept up their late charge for a place in Europe after a disastrous start to the season.

And Kenwright said: "Even in the dark days before Christmas, while I wouldn't tell anyone we weren't worried, there was no panic.

He gets the manager of the year and four months later people are saying he has to go, you think, 'are you for real?' Bill Kenwright on David Moyes

"I remember around the end of November we sat down and he said, 'This is the plan'. He gave me a points target by 1 January, a points target by the end of February, a points target by Easter and a late run-in.

"We are ahead of that points target as we speak and that points target would probably see us finish ninth or 10th.

"We were sitting there and a creeping calm goes over your body; 'okay, that's what we are going to do'. I never thought it wouldn't be okay because of what David is like.

"He did predict a top-10 finish when the soothsayers were saying relegation. I never thought it was optimistic because I know the man.

"I have the relationship with him. He hadn't just gone, 'I'm going to see Bill, I better make some figures up'. He has looked at the picture and said I can do that."

Kenwright added: "The pressure is enormous and that is why when he gets the manager of the year and four months later people are saying he has to go, you think, 'are you for real?'

"There was never going to be a knee-jerk decision. The fans have to look for a scapegoat and all I ever think I can do is talk to them.

"So I said, 'so you want me to get rid of David Moyes?' But when I say it they think about that.