Read this the other day, don't know if it's true or not.
'I think Dixon has a problem with Everton because of the Kevin McLeod thing.
I was there, saw it happen, he brought it on himself.
He has spoken about it since, McLeod gave an interview about it not long ago to the Echo I think.
For those who don't remember, in a game 20+ years ago, Dixon was kicking the [Poor language removed] out of Idan Tal all game and the ref didn't do anything about it despite Everton players and the crowd complaining all game.
Unsworth (edited to correct) told McLeod (coming on as a sub) to do Dixon. McLeod told Dixon as we was running on what he was going to do to him, and then went through him with a horror challenge soon after.
Dixon had to go off, and while it's a myth it ended his career, he was north of 30 and he was never the same after and played sporadically until he retired.
He has genuinely hated Everton ever since and that is now something Pickford gets.'