Lescott picked up the fans' player of the year and the players' player of the year trophies on Wednesday night at a glittering club awards dinner at Liverpool's St George's Hall.

But Everton still have unfinished business on Sunday when they face Newcastle United at Goodison Park in their final Barclays Premier League match of the campaign.

And the Toffees - whose 1-0 win over Derby County is their only victory in eight matches - still need one more point to be sure of fifth and UEFA Cup competition next term.

If Everton lose on Sunday and Aston Villa win at West Ham United, the UEFA Cup prize will be snatched from them and they will have to be content with a place in the Intertoto Cup.

So Lescott, 25, understandably still has other things on his mind before celebrating his double triumph.

He said: "It is a great honour to win these awards, and we have achieved a lot this season. But it means nothing if we do not finish fifth and get back into Europe."

Everton have had an impressive 10-match UEFA Cup run this term, ending unluckily on penalties in the last 16 against Fiorentina, and they desperately want to qualify for the tournament again.

Lescott said: "We have been in the Carling Cup semi-final and had a great run in Europe. But it is not over yet, this weekend means everything and we still have so much to play for in the final match.

"You can be sure we will be pushing hard right to the end to get the one more point we feel we deserve to be sure of fifth.

"And we all feel that we still owe something to the fans. Everybody looks back at the season and sees that we could have had the odd point here or there that wasn't claimed.

"So we all feel that although we have achieved a lot this season, we still have a long way to go to make it a real success."