Everton F.C.

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**Everton Football Club** is an English professional association football club based in the Walton area of the city of Liverpool, Merseyside. Nicknamed *The Toffees*, they currently compete in the Premier League and play their home games at the 39,414-capacity Goodison Park.

The club was founded in 1878 as *St Domingo FC*. Their first game was a 1–0 victory over Everton Church Club. The club was renamed *Everton* in November 1879 after the local area. Everton were a founder member of the Football League in 1888 and won their first league title in the 1890–91 season. They won the FA Cup for the first time in 1906 and won their second league title in 1915. It was not until 1927 that Everton's first sustained period of success began. In 1930, Everton were relegated to the Second Division for the first time during a period of internal turmoil at the club.

The 1960s saw Everton become a successful club once again when Harry Catterick was appointed manager. Catterick lead them to two league titles, the 1965–66 FA Cup, and two FA Charity Shields. Howard Kendall was appointed as manager in 1981 and also enjoyed a successful reign. Kendall guided Everton to a further two league titles, an FA Cup, three Charity Shields and the European Cup Winners' Cup in 1985. However, after the Heysel Stadium disaster and the subsequent ban of all English clubs from European football, Everton lost the chance to compete for more Continental trophies. Everton were a founder member of the Premier League in 1992. In 1995, they won the FA Cup for a fifth time.

After many steady mid-table finishes in the Premier League, Everton qualified for the UEFA Champions League for the first time in 2005 under the management of David Moyes. However, they failed to make it through the qualifying rounds and were subsequently transferred to the UEFA Cup which they were also eliminated from. They reached the last 16 of the UEFA Europa League in the 2014–15 season.

They are one of the few teams to have never been relegated from the Premier League.

## Rivalries

*Main article: Merseyside derby*

Everton's fiercest rivals are bitter city rivals Liverpool, with whom they contest the Merseyside derby. The rivalry stems from an internal dispute between Everton officials and the owners of Anfield, which was then Everton's home ground. The dispute resulted in Everton moving to Goodison Park and the formation of Liverpool FC in 1892. Following these events, a fierce rivalry has existed between Everton and Liverpool, however, it is one that is generally seen as more respectful than many other derbies in English football.

Other rivals to a lesser extent include Tranmere Rovers and Manchester United.

## Honours

### Domestic

* **First Division/Premier League:**
	+ **Champions (9)**: 1890–91, 1914–15, 1927–28, 1931–32, 1938–39, 1962–63, 1969–70, 1984–85, 1986–87
* **Second Division/Championship:**
	+ **Winners (1)**: 1930–31
* **FA Cup:**
	+ **Winners (5)**: 1905–06, 1932–33, 1965–66, 1983–84, 1994–95
* **FA Charity Shield:**
	+ **Winners (9)**: 1928, 1932, 1963, 1970, 1984, 1985, 1986 *(shared)*, 1987, 1995

### European

* **European Cup Winners' Cup:**
	+ **Winners: (1)**: 1984–85