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Everton
Full nameEverton Fitbaw Club
Nickname(s)The Toffees, The Blues,
The School of Science,
The People's Club.
Foondit1878; 147 years ago (1878) as St Domingo's F.C.[1]
GroundThe Hill Dickinson Stadium
Ground Capacity40,157[2]
CEOThe Friedkin Group[3]
ChairmanDan Friedkin
ManagerDavid Moyes[4]
LeaguePremier League
2024–25Premier League, 13t o 20
WabsteidClub wabsteid
Current saison

Everton Fitbaw Club is a Inglis fitbaw team. Thay wur foondit in 1878. Thay pley thir gemmes at The Hill Dickinson Stadium in Liverpuil. The Hill Dickinson Stadium haes 52,769 seats.[5]

History

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Everton won thir first League Championship durin the 1890–91 season. Efter winnin fower mair League championships an twa FA Cups, the club haed a post-Secont Warld War lull till a revival in the 1960s. A period o sustained success cam in the mid-1980s, whan Everton won twa mair league championships, wan FA Cup, an the 1985 European Cup Winners' Cup. The club's maist recent muckle trophy wis the 1995 FA Cup.

Everton is the club wi the secont-langest continuous presence in Inglis tap-flicht fitbaw, an ranks third in the aw-time pynts rankings.[6]As o August 2025, the club hae competit in the tap division fur a record 123 seasons, haein missed anely fower tap-flicht seasons (1930–31, 1951–52, 1952–53, an 1953–54).[7]

The club's traditional kit are ryal blue sarks wi white shorts an socks. Everton pley at Hill Dickinson Stadium as o the 2025–26 season. Everton haed pleyed at thir previous hame grund Goodison Pairk sin 1892, haein flittit fae thir original hame at Anfield follaein a disagreement wi the laund ainer John Houlding ower thir rent. The club's supporters are colloquially kent as "Evertonians", "Toffees" or "Blues". Everton hae a lang-staundin rivalry wi Liverpuil, wi wha thay contest the Merseyside derby. The club wis ained bi Farhad Moshiri, efter he bocht 49.9% of the club's shares in 2016. In December 2024, American billionaire Dan Friedkin bocht the club.

Crest an colors

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The crest o Everton haes the Everton Lock-Up, a symbol o the Everton district. Everton is eften shortent til "EFC", lettres that the auld crest haed.

Honours

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  • First Division Titles: 9
    • 1890–91, 1914–15, 1927–28, 1931–32, 1938–39, 1962–63, 1969–70, 1984–85, 1986–87 (9)
  • FA Cups: 5
    • 1905–06, 1932–33, 1965–66, 1983–84, 1994–95
  • Chairity Shields: 9
    • 1928, 1932, 1963, 1970, 1984, 1985, 1986 (shared), 1987, 1995
  • European Cup Winners' Cup: 1
    • 1985
  • (Auld) Seicont Diveesion title: 1
    • 1930-31

Aw time scorers

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Tap 10 aw time goal-scorers:

  1. Dixie Dean - 383
  2. Graeme Sharp - 159
  3. Bob Latchford - 138
  4. Sandy Young - 125
  5. Joe Royle - 119
  6. Dave Hickson - 111
  7. Roy Vernon - 111
  8. Edgar Chadwick - 110
  9. Tony Cottee - 99
  10. Jimmy Settle - 97

References

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  1. ↑ "Everton F.C. website". Everton F.C. Archived frae the original on 3 December 2009. Retrieved 7 Mairch 2010.
  2. ↑ "Premier League Handbook Season 2013/14" (PDF). Premier League. Archived frae the original (PDF) on 31 Januar 2016. Retrieved 17 August 2013.
  3. ↑ "Friedkin Group completes Everton takeover". BBC Sport (in Inglis). 19 December 2024. Retrieved 14 November 2025.
  4. ↑ "Everton appoint Moyes as manager for second time". BBC Sport (in Inglis). 11 Januar 2025. Retrieved 14 November 2025.
  5. ↑ "Everton: What is the new stadium called? How big is it? What will happen to Goodison?". BBC Sport (in Inglis). 21 August 2025. Retrieved 14 November 2025.
  6. ↑ "League - My Football Facts" (in Inglis). 16 Apryle 2025. Retrieved 14 November 2025.
  7. ↑ Tales (14 December 2023). "When did Everton last get relegated from the Premier League?". Tales From The Top Flight (in Inglis). Retrieved 14 November 2025.

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