Frank Lampard is an Everton throwback as Farhad Moshiri makes change

Frank Lampard is seen by many as a 'young' Everton manager and given that three of his last four predecessors were all in their 60s, that may seem the case, but in fact his appointment is more of a return to what seems to be the more natural age for Blues bosses.

Current owner Farhad Moshiri had previously hired the four oldest managers in Everton history at the time of their appointment but history shows us that for a long time it was actually more of a younger man's job and Lampard, 43, is more in keeping with this.

Indeed the Blues' first nine bosses were all younger than Lampard when they first took charge and it wasn't until 1990 with the return of Howard Kendall - who was also the club's youngest-ever manager from the start of his first stint in 1981 - that they selected a manager older than the new gaffer is now.

That started a run of five consecutive managers older than Lampard before a 38-year-old David Moyes in 2002.

Here's the full run-down of Everton managers' ages at the time of their arrival.

Everton were one of the last major clubs to appoint a conventional manager having previously relied on selection committees and 'secretary-managers'.

Goodison stalwart Kelly, the man who devised Everton's crest and motto, was from a similar administrative background and stepped up from secretary to take the job.

After a poor start to the 1948/49 season, the Blues sent Kelly back to his secretarial office in search of a more experienced 'football man'.

Bristol-born Britton, the club's only manager from the south of England before Lampard, had made 242 appearances as a wing-half for Everton before the Second World War before cutting his managerial teeth with Burnley.

Perhaps the oddest appointment in Everton