Everton F.C.

Everton Football Club are an English football club from the city of Liverpool, founded in 1878. They are one of the most successful clubs in English football, having played more seasons in the top division (103 of a possible 107) and won more points in the top division than any other team.

Trivia

• Everton were the first club to install undersoil heating in their stadium. They were also the first club to install a net behind the goalposts and bar.
• They were the first team to wear the numbers 1-11 on their shirts in a football match. The match was the 1933 FA Cup Final against Manchester City, who wore numbers 12-22. Everton won 3-0, and Dixie Dean was the first ever number 9.
• They appeared in the first live, fully televised football match, against Arsenal in 1936
• Goodison Park, built in 1892, was the world's first complete purpose-built football ground.
• Goodison Park was ajudged to be of such a high standard in 1966 that it was the only English club ground to host a semi-final in the 1966 World Cup. After playing all their matches at Goodison in 1966, the Brazilian national team were so impressed with the facilities at Everton's Bellefield training ground they took photographs and measurements and copied a similar format back in Brazil.
• Everton, along with Tottenham Hotspur, were invited to participate in a tournament in Argentina in 1909 to help encourage the fledgling Argentinian game.
• Everton were the first English club to appear in European competitions five seaons running (1962-63 to 1966-67).
• Former player Dixie Dean and former manager Harry Catterick, both Everton legends, both passed away at Goodison Park, in 1981 and 1985 respectively.

Everton are the only club to have played 100 seasons in the top flight, and were one of the 12 founding members of the Football League in 1888, and have spent only four seasons outside the highest division since then, the last being in 1953-54. Only Arsenal have had a longer unbroken run in the top flight. During the club's remarkable top flight run, their top three positions have been as follows:

Related Topics:
Football League - 1888 - 1953 - 54 - Arsenal

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• 1st: 9 times
• 2nd: 7 times
• 3rd: 7 times

Everton are the only founder member of the Football League never to have been relegated below the second level of English football.

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