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This article is about the English men's football club. For the English women's football club, see Everton F.C. (women). For the Trinidad and Tobago club, see Everton F.C. (Trinidad and Tobago). For the Chilean men's football club, see Everton de Viña del Mar.
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Everton
Full nameEverton Football Club
Nickname(s)
  • The Blues[1]
  • The Toffees
  • The People's Club
  • The School of Science
Founded1878; 146 years ago (1878)
GroundGoodison Park
Capacity39,572[2]
OwnerFarhad Moshiri
ChairmanVacant
ManagerSean Dyche
LeaguePremier League
2023–24Premier League, 15th of 20
Websiteevertonfc.com
Current season
Departments of Everton
Men's football Women's football Academy

Everton Football Club (/ˈɛvərtən/) is a professional association football club based in Liverpool, England. The club competes in the Premier League, the top tier of English football. Founded in 1878, the club was a founding member of the Football League in 1888, and was a founding member of the Premier League in 1992, one of just three clubs to have been a founding member of both leagues. Everton are one of the oldest and most successful clubs in England, having won twenty-four major trophies: nine league titles, five FA Cups, one European Cup Winners' Cup and nine Charity Shields.

Everton won their first League Championship during the 1890–91 season.[3] After winning four more League championships and two FA Cups, the club experienced a post-Second World War lull until a revival in the 1960s. A period of sustained success came in the mid-1980s, when Everton won a further two League championships, one FA Cup, and the 1985 European Cup Winners' Cup. The club's most recent major trophy was the 1995 FA Cup.[4]

Everton is the club with the second-longest continuous presence in English top-flight football, and ranks third in the all-time points rankings.[5][6] As of August 2024, the club have competed in the top division for a record 122 seasons, having missed only four top-flight seasons (1930–31, 1951–52, 1952–53, and 1953–54).[7]

The club's traditional kit are royal blue shirts with white shorts and socks. Everton have played at their home ground Goodison Park since 1892, having moved from their original home at Anfield following a disagreement with the landowner John Houlding over their rent. The club's supporters are colloquially known as "Evertonians" or "Blues".[8] Everton have a long-standing rivalry with nearby club Liverpool, with whom they contest the Merseyside derby. The club is owned by Farhad Moshiri, after he bought 49.9% of the club's shares in 2016. As of May 2023, the club's value was $744 million. The club's revenue and operating income for the 2022–23 season were $242 million and -$23 million respectively.[9] In September 2024 it was reported that AS Roma owner Dan Friedkin who is a US billionaire is interested in purchasing the club.[10]

History

Main article: History of Everton F.C.
Chart showing the progress of Everton through the English football league system since 1889

Everton was founded as St. Domingo's FC in 1878[11][12] so that members of the congregation of St Domingo Methodist New Connexion Chapel in Breckfield Road North, Everton, could play sport year round – cricket was played in summer. The club's first game was a 1–0 victory over Everton Church Club.[13] The club was renamed Everton in November 1879 after the local area, as people outside the congregation wished to participate.[13][14]

The Everton team that won the first league title in 1891

The club was a founding member of the Football League in 1888–89 and won their first League Championship title in the 1890–91 season. The 1890–91 season started in superb form with five straight victories, with Fred Geary scoring in each of the first six matches.[15] By mid-January, Everton had completed all but one of their fixtures and were on 29 points, while Preston North End were eleven points adrift with seven games still to play. Everton than had to sit out the next two months as Preston completed their fixture list until they were only two points adrift with one match each left to play. Both teams played their final games of the season on 14 March, with Everton losing 3–2 at Burnley (Geary scored both Everton goals) and Preston going down 3–0 at Sunderland.[16] Everton were thus able to win the Football League Championship for the first time, by a margin of two points with fourteen victories from their 22 league games. Geary had been ever-present, and was the club's top goal-scorer with 21 goals.

Everton reached four FA Cup finals before the First World War, losing 1–0 against Wolverhampton Wanderers at Fallowfield Stadium, Manchester on 26 March 1893 and 3–2 against Aston Villa at Crystal Palace on 10 April 1897 before winning at their third attempt on 20 April 1906 against Newcastle United again at Crystal Palace. Everton then reached their second successive final on 20 April 1907, however, finished in a 2–1 defeat to Sheffield Wednesday.[17][18] 1914–15 was to be the final season before league football was suspended for the duration of the First World War. Everton won their second league title, one point ahead of Oldham Athletic, with Bobby Parker finishing the season as the leagues' top scorer on 35 goals.[19] The outbreak of the First World War in 1914 interrupted the football programme while Everton were reigning champions, which was something that would again occur in 1939.[20][21]

In 1925 the club signed Dixie Dean from Tranmere Rovers. In 1927–28, Dean set the record for top-flight league goals in a single season with 60 goals in 39 league games, which is a record that still stands. He helped Everton win their third League Championship that season.[22] However, Everton were relegated to the Second Division two years later during internal turmoil at the club. The club quickly rebounded and were promoted at the first attempt, while scoring a record number of goals in the Second Division. On return to the top flight in 1931–32, Everton wasted no time in reaffirming their status and won a fourth League Championship at the first opportunity.[23][24] Everton also won their second FA Cup in 1933 with a 3–0 win against Manchester City in the final. The era ended in 1938–39 with a fifth League Championship.[25][26]

The outbreak of the Second World War again saw the suspension of league football, and when official competition resumed in 1946, the Everton team had been split up and paled in comparison to the pre-war team. Tommy Lawton was sold to Chelsea, Joe Mercer disagreed with the manager Theo Kelly and was sold to Arsenal, and they tried to sell T. G. Jones to Roma. Soon, only Ted Sagar was left. Under the management of the uninspired and under-financed Cliff Britton, Everton were relegated for the second time in 1950–51 and did not earn promotion until 1953–54, when they finished as the runner-up in their third season in the Second Division. The club has been a top-flight presence ever since.[27]

Everton's second successful era started when Harry Catterick was made manager in 1961. In 1962–63, his second season in charge, Everton won the League Championship.[28] In 1966 the club won the FA Cup with a 3–2 win over Sheffield Wednesday.[29] Everton again reached the final in 1968, but this time were unable to overcome West Bromwich Albion at Wembley.[30] Two seasons later in 1969–70, Everton won the League Championship, finishing nine points clear of nearest rivals Leeds United.[31] During this period, Everton were the first English club to achieve five consecutive years in European competitions – covering the seasons from 1961–62 to 1966–67.[32]

However, the success did not last; the team finished fourteenth, fifteenth, seventeenth and seventh in the following seasons. Harry Catterick retired, but his successors failed to win any silverware for the remainder of the 1970s despite finishing fourth in 1974–75 under manager Billy Bingham, third in 1977–78 and fourth the following season under manager Gordon Lee. Lee was sacked in 1981.[33]

Everton's FA Cup winning medals from 1906, 1933, 1966, 1984 and 1995

Howard Kendall took over as manager and guided Everton to their most successful era. Domestically, Everton won the FA Cup in 1984 and two League Championships in 1984–85 and 1986–87. In Europe, the club won their first, and so far only, European trophy by securing the European Cup Winners' Cup in 1985.[34] The European success came after first beating University College Dublin, Inter Bratislava and Fortuna Sittard. Then, Everton defeated German giants Bayern Munich 3–1 in the semi-finals, despite trailing at half time (in a match voted the greatest in Goodison Park history), and recorded the same scoreline over Austrian club Rapid Vienna in the final.[35] Having won both the League and Cup Winners' Cup in 1985, Everton came very close to winning a treble, but lost to Manchester United in the FA Cup final.[34] The following season, 1985–86, Everton was the runner-up to Liverpool in both the League and the FA Cup, but did recapture the League Championship in 1986–87.

After the Heysel Stadium disaster and the subsequent ban of all English clubs from continental football, Everton lost the chance to compete for more European trophies. A large proportion of the title-winning side was broken up following the ban. Kendall himself moved to Athletic Bilbao after the 1987 title triumph and was succeeded by assistant Colin Harvey. Harvey took Everton to the 1989 FA Cup final, but lost 3–2 after extra time to Liverpool.[36]

Everton was a founding member of the Premier League in 1992, but struggled to find the right manager. Howard Kendall had returned in 1990, but could not repeat his previous success. His successor, Mike Walker, was statistically the least successful Everton manager to date. When former Everton player Joe Royle took over in 1994, the club's form started to improve; his first game in charge was a 2–0 victory over derby rivals Liverpool. Royle dragged Everton clear of relegation and led the club to the FA Cup for the fifth time in their history by defeating Manchester United 1–0 in the final. The cup triumph was also Everton's passport to the Cup Winners' Cup, their first European campaign in the post-Heysel era. Progress under Royle continued in 1995–96 as the team climbed to sixth place in the Premiership.[34] A fifteenth-place finish the following season saw Royle resign towards the end of the campaign, and he was temporarily replaced by club captain Dave Watson.

Howard Kendall was appointed Everton manager for the third time in 1997, but the appointment proved unsuccessful as Everton finished seventeenth in the Premiership. The club only avoided relegation due to their superior goal difference over Bolton Wanderers. Former Rangers manager Walter Smith then took over from Kendall in the summer of 1998, but only managed three successive finishes in the bottom half of the table.[34] The Everton board finally ran out of patience with Smith, and he was sacked in March 2002 after an FA Cup exit at Middlesbrough and with Everton in real danger of relegation.[37] His replacement, David Moyes, guided Everton to a safe finish in fifteenth place.[38][39]

In 2002–03 Everton finished seventh, which was their highest finish since 1996. It was under Moyes' management that Wayne Rooney broke into the first team before being sold to Manchester United for a club record fee of £28 million in the summer of 2004.[40] A fourth-place finish in 2004–05 ensured that Everton qualified for the UEFA Champions League qualifying round. The team failed to make it through to the Champions League group stage and were then eliminated from the UEFA Cup. Everton qualified for the 2007–08[41] and 2008–09 UEFA Cup competitions, and was the runner-up in the 2009 FA Cup final. During this period, Moyes broke the club record for highest transfer fee paid on four occasions: signing James Beattie for £6 million in January 2005,[42] Andy Johnson for £8.6 million in summer 2006,[42] Yakubu for £11.25 million in summer 2007,[43] and Marouane Fellaini for £15 million in September 2008.[44]

Everton squad for the UEFA Europa League round of 16 against Dynamo Kyiv in 2015

At the end of the 2012–13 season, Moyes left his position at Everton to take over at Manchester United, and was replaced by Roberto Martínez.[45] Martínez led Everton to 5th place in the Premier League in his first season while amassing the club's best points tally in 27 years with 72.[46] The following season, he led Everton to the last 16 of the 2014–15 UEFA Europa League, where they were defeated by Dynamo Kyiv,[47] whilst domestically finishing 11th in the Premier League. Everton reached the semi-finals of both the League Cup and the FA Cup in 2015–16, but were defeated in both. After a poor run of form in the Premier League, Martínez was sacked following the penultimate game of the season, with Everton lying in 12th place.[48]

Martínez was replaced in the summer of 2016 by former Southampton manager Ronald Koeman.[49] In his first season at the club, he qualified for the Europa League, but a poor start to the 2017–18 season left Everton in the relegation zone after nine games, and Koeman was sacked on 23 October following a 5–2 home defeat to Arsenal.[50] Sam Allardyce succeeded him,[51] but he resigned at the end of the season amid fan discontent at his style of play.[52]

Wayne Rooney, who returns to the club after becoming Manchester United's record goalscorer – celebrates for Everton after his goal against Liverpool in the 2017–18 Premier League

Marco Silva was named Everton manager in May 2018.[53] In November that year, the club was banned from signing academy football players from their youth clubs for two years.[54] Silva led Everton to finish 8th in his first season in charge, but after a poor start to the following season which left the team in the relegation zone, he was sacked on 5 December 2019.[55] His last league match was a 5–2 loss to Liverpool at Anfield. Former player and first-team coach Duncan Ferguson stepped in as caretaker manager for the next three games before his replacement, Carlo Ancelotti; Ferguson stayed as assistant manager.[56][57]

Ancelotti left the club in June 2021 to rejoin former club Real Madrid as manager, having led the club to a 10th-place finish in his only full season at the club.[58] Former Liverpool manager Rafael Benítez was appointed as his replacement, subsequently becoming only the second person to manage both Liverpool and Everton.[59] He was dismissed in January 2022 following 9 losses in his last 13 games in charge at the club,[60] and was replaced by former Chelsea boss Frank Lampard.[61] Lampard was later also dismissed in January 2023 after a poor run of results.[62] Everton narrowly escaped relegation with a 1–0 win over Bournemouth in their last game of the 2022–23 Premier League under the management of new boss Sean Dyche.[63]

On 17 November 2023, the club received a 10-point deduction with immediate effect for breaches of the Premier League's profit and sustainability rules. The club had made losses of £124.5 million in the three years up to 2021–22, with the limit being £105 million.[64] It was the biggest points deduction in Premier League history, surpassing the nine taken from Portsmouth in 2010.[65] Everton submitted an appeal to the decision, arguing that the commission was biased and that the punishment was excessive and unfair.[66] On 24 January 2024, Everton were charged with further breaches of Premier League financial rules after "sustaining losses above the permitted thresholds for the assessment period ending season 2022-23".[67]

Colours and badge

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Everton's first home colours

Everton's traditional home colours are royal blue shirts, white shorts and white socks. However, during the first decades of their history, Everton had several different kit colours. The team originally played in white and then blue and white stripes, but as new players arriving at the club wore their old team's shirts during matches, confusion soon ensued. It was decided that the shirts would be dyed black, both to save on expenses and to instill a more professional look. However, the kit appeared morbid, so a scarlet sash was added.[68] When the club moved to Goodison Park in 1892, the colours were salmon pink and dark blue striped shirts with dark blue shorts. The club later switched to ruby shirts with blue trim and dark blue shorts. Royal blue jerseys with white shorts were first used in the 1901–02 season.[68] The club played in sky blue in 1906; however, the fans protested, and the colour reverted to royal blue. Occasionally, Everton have played in lighter shades than royal blue (such as in 1930–31 and 1997–98).[69] The home kit today is royal blue shirts with white shorts and socks. The club may also wear all blue to avoid any colour clashes. Everton's traditional away colours were white shirts with black shorts, but from 1968 amber shirts and royal blue shorts became common. Various editions appeared throughout the 1970s and 1980s. Black, white, grey, and yellow away shirts have also been used.

Monochrome Everton crest (2000–2013)
2013–14 season crest
The Everton Lock-Up has featured on Everton's crest since 1938

At the end of the 1937–38 season, Everton secretary Theo Kelly, who later became the club's first manager, wanted to design a club necktie. It was agreed that the colour be blue, and Kelly was given the task of designing a crest to be featured on the necktie. He worked on it for four months until deciding on a reproduction of Everton Lock-Up, which stands in the heart of the Everton district.[70] The Lock-Up has been linked with the Everton area since its construction in 1787. It was originally used as a bridewell to incarcerate mainly drunks and minor criminals and it still stands on Everton Brow. The Lock-Up was accompanied by two laurel wreaths on either side and, according to the College of Arms in London, Kelly chose to include the laurels as they were the sign of winners. The crest was accompanied by the club motto, "Nil satis nisi optimum", meaning "Nothing but the best is good enough".[70] The ties were first worn by Kelly and the Everton chairman, Mr. E. Green, on the first day of the 1938–39 season.[70]

The club rarely incorporated a badge of any description on their shirts. An interwoven "EFC" design was adopted between 1922 and 1930 before the club reverted to plain royal blue shirts until 1972 when bold "EFC" lettering was added. The crest designed by Kelly was first used on the team's shirts in 1978 and has remained there ever since, while undergoing gradual change to become the version used today.

In May 2013, the club launched a new crest to improve the reproducibility of the design in print and broadcast media, particularly on a small scale.[71] Critics suggested that it was external pressure from sports manufacturer Nike, Inc. that evoked the redesign as the number of colours had been reduced and the radial effect was removed, which made the kit more cost efficient to reproduce.[72][73] The redesign was poorly received by supporters, with a poll on an Everton fan site registering a 91% negative response to the crest.[74] A protest petition reached over 22,000 signatures before the club offered an apology and announced a new crest would be created for the 2014–15 season with an emphasis on fan consultation. Shortly afterwards, the Head of Marketing left the club. The latest crest was revealed by the club on 3 October 2013. After a consultation process with the supporters, three new crests were shortlisted. In the final vote, the new crest was chosen by almost 80% of the supporters that took part[75][76] and began being used in July 2014.[77]

Nickname

Everton's most widely recognised nickname is "The Toffees" or "The Toffeemen", which came about after Everton had moved to Goodison. There are several explanations for how this name came to be adopted with the best known being that there was a business in Everton village, between Everton Brow and Brow Side, named Mother Noblett's, which was a toffee shop that sold sweets including Everton Mints (a type of humbug). It was also located opposite the lock-up on which Everton's club crest is based. The Toffee Lady tradition, in which a girl walks around the perimeter of the pitch before the start of a game tossing free Everton Mints into the crowd, symbolises the connection. Another possible reason is that there was a house named Ye Anciente Everton Toffee House in nearby Village Street, Everton, run by Ma Bushell. The toffee house was located near the Queen's Head hotel in which early club meetings took place.[78]

Everton have had many other nicknames over the years. When the black kit was worn, the team were nicknamed "The Black Watch" after the famous army regiment.[79] Since going blue in 1901, the team have been given the simple nickname "The Blues". Everton's attractive style of play led to Steve Bloomer calling the team "scientific" in 1928, which is thought to have inspired the nickname "The School of Science".[80] The battling 1995 FA Cup winning side were known collectively as "The Dogs of War". In 2002, when David Moyes arrived as manager, he proclaimed Everton "The People's Club", which has been adopted as a semi-official club nickname.[81]

Stadiums

Early grounds

Further information: Stanley Park, Liverpool and Anfield
A black-and-white portrait photograph of a bearded man in a dark three-piece suit.
George Mahon arranged for Everton to move to Goodison Park

Everton originally played in the southeast corner of Stanley Park. The first official match took place in 1879. In 1882, a man named J. Cruitt donated land at Priory Road which became the club's home. In 1884 Everton became tenants at Anfield, which was owned by John Orrell, a land owner who was a friend of Everton F.C. member John Houlding. Orrell lent Anfield to the club in exchange for a small rent. Houlding purchased the land from Orrell in 1885 and effectively became Everton's landlord by charging the club rent, which increased from £100 to £240 a year by 1888 – and was still rising until Everton left the ground in 1892.[82][83] The club regarded the increase in rent as unacceptable.[83] A further dispute between Houlding and the club's committee led to Houlding attempting to gain full control of the club by registering the company, "Everton F.C. and Athletic Grounds Ltd". Everton left Anfield for a new ground, Goodison Park, where the club has played ever since. Houlding attempted to take over Everton's name, colours, fixtures and league position, but was denied by The Football Association. Instead, Houlding formed a new club, Liverpool F.C.[84]

Goodison Park

Main article: Goodison Park
Aerial image of Goodison Park. The stadium that Everton has used since 1892

Goodison Park, the first major football stadium to be built in England, was opened in 1892.[85] Goodison Park has staged more top-flight football games than any other ground in the United Kingdom and was the only English club ground to host a semi-final at the 1966 FIFA World Cup. It was also the first English ground to have under-soil heating and the first to have two tiers on all sides. The church grounds of St Luke the Evangelist are adjacent to the corner of the Main Stand and the Howard Kendall Gwladys Street End.[86]

On match days, in a tradition going back to 1962, players walk out to the tune "Johnny Todd", played in the arrangement used when it was the theme song for Z-Cars.[87] It is a traditional Liverpool children's song collected in 1890 by Frank Kidson and tells the story of a sailor betrayed by his lover while away at sea.[88] On two occasions in 1994, the club walked out to different songs. In August 1994, the club played 2 Unlimited's song "Get Ready For This". A month later, the club used a reworking of the Creedence Clearwater Revival classic "Bad Moon Rising". Both songs were met with complete disapproval by Everton fans.[89]

Everton Stadium

Main article: Everton Stadium
Everton Stadium under construction in April 2023

Talks regarding a new Everton stadium began in 1996. The original plan was for a 60,000-seat stadium, followed by a proposal for a 55,000-seat stadium at King's Dock, which was rejected due to funding issues.[90] In 2004, Everton entered talks with Liverpool F.C. about sharing a proposed stadium on Stanley Park, but negotiations broke down as Everton could not raise 50% of the costs.[91]

Everton secured planning permission for the new Everton Stadium stadium in July 2021. Construction began in August 2021, with contractors Laing O'Rourke leading the project. The first phase involved infilling the dock with 500,000 cubic metres of sea-dredged sand and installing 2,500 vertical concrete piles. The stadium will have a capacity of 52,888 and is set to open for the start of the 2025–26 season, replacing Goodison Park, at an estimated cost of £760 million.[92][93]

Training grounds

Main article: Finch Farm

From 1966 to 2007, Everton trained at Bellefield in the West Derby area of Liverpool.[94] In 2007, the club moved to the Finch Farm training complex in Halewood after acquiring it the previous year. The first team squad officially moved to the complex on 9 October 2007. The training ground is now used by both the Everton men and women's first team and the youth academy.[95] The training ground features 10 full-size grass pitches across three slabs, one of which is a floodlit pitch along with a synthetic pitch with additional floodlights and dedicated training areas for fitness and goalkeeping training, as well as a recreated Goodison Park pitch. Within the training complex, there are changing facilities for senior players and academy players. Facilities include: fitness centre, synthetic indoor training pitch, hydrotherapy pool, spa, sauna, physiotherapy room, media centre, video lounge including video editing suite.[96]

Support

Main article: Everton F.C. supporters
Everton supporters at Goodison Park in August 2022

Everton has a large fanbase, with the eighth-highest average attendance in the Premier League in the 2008–09 season.[97] The club's supporters are colloquially known as Evertonians or Blues.[8] The majority of Everton's matchday support comes from the North West of England, primarily Merseyside, Cheshire, West Lancashire and parts of Western Greater Manchester along with many fans who travel from North Wales, Ireland, and Scotland. Within the city of Liverpool, support for Everton and city rivals Liverpool is not determined by geographical basis with supporters mixed across the city. Everton also has many supporters' clubs worldwide[98] in places such as North America,[99] Singapore,[100] Indonesia,[101] Lebanon, Malaysia,[102] Thailand, India,[103][104] and Australia.[105][106] Paul McCartney is an Everton supporter.[107] The official supporters club is FOREVERTON,[108] and there are also several fanzines including When Skies are Grey and Speke from the Harbour, which are sold around Goodison Park on match days.

Everton regularly take large numbers away from home both domestically and in European fixtures. The club implements a loyalty points scheme offering the first opportunity to purchase away tickets to season ticket holders who have attended the most away matches. Everton often sell out the full allocation in away grounds, and tickets sell particularly well for North West England away matches. In October 2009, Everton took 7,000 travelling fans to Benfica,[109] which was their largest ever away crowd in Europe since the 1985 European Cup Winners' Cup Final.

Rivalries

Main article: Merseyside derby
Everton playing against rivals Liverpool in the Merseyside derby, in March 2006

Everton's biggest rivalry is with neighbours Liverpool, against whom the club contests 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 subsequent formation of Liverpool F.C. in 1892. Following these events, a fierce rivalry has existed between Everton and Liverpool, albeit one that is generally perceived as more respectful than many other derbies in English football. This was illustrated by a chain of red and blue scarves that were linked between the gates of both grounds across Stanley Park as a tribute to the Liverpool fans killed in the Hillsborough disaster.[110] The derby is usually a sellout fixture and has been known as the "friendly derby" because both sets of fans can often be seen side by side dressed in red and blue inside both Anfield and Goodison Park.[111] On the field, matches have tended to be extremely stormy affairs; the derby has had more red cards than any other fixture in Premier League history.[112]

Ownership and finances

Everton F.C. is a limited company with the board of directors holding a majority of the shares.[113] The club's most recent accounts, from May 2014, show a net total debt of £28.1 million, with a turnover of £120.5 million and a profit of £28.2 million.[114] The club's overdraft with Barclays Bank is secured against the Premier League's "Basic Award Fund",[115] which is a guaranteed sum given to clubs for competing in the Premier League.[116] Everton agreed to a long-term loan of £30 million with Bear Stearns and Prudential plc in 2002 for a duration of 25 years. The loan was a consolidation of debts at the time as well as a source of capital for new player acquisitions.[117] Goodison Park is secured as collateral. On 27 February 2016, it was announced that Farhad Moshiri would buy a 49.9% stake in the club.[118] On 15 September 2023, Everton announced that Miami-based 777 Partners had signed an agreement with Farhad Moshiri to acquire his full 94.1% stake in the club, pending ratification by the Premier League through the owners' and directors' test.[119] The takeover collapsed as it did not meet its deadline of 1 June 2024.[120] This deal collapsed on July 19th 2024 due to issues in regards to debts to 777 partners and A-Cap Holdings[121]

On June 21 2024, Everton announced an exclusivity agreement with the Friedkin Group, owners of Serie A club A.S. Roma. [122][123] On 23 September 2024, Everton and the Friedkin Group released a joint statement that an agreement on the terms of sale had been reached pending approval from the Premier League, the Football Association and the Financial Conduct Authority.[124]


Position Name Number of shares owned Notes
Owner, Club Owner Farhad Moshiri 127,031 Bought 49.90% of Everton Football Club February 2016. In 2018 he bought all of Jon Woods' shares taking ownership to 58.8% of Everton. In September 2018 he increased his shares to 68.6%. Moshiri increased his shares again in 2022 to 94.1%.
Chairman Vacant – –
Total amount of club owned by board members 128,781
Interim Chief Executive Officer/Director Colin Chong – Appointed in June 2023 following the departure of Denise Barret-Baxendale.

Figures taken from 2013 to 2014 accounts.[125]

Total amount of shares owned by board members will remain at 128,781 until further clarification regarding the future of late Chairman Bill Kenwright CBE's shares in the club.

Shirt sponsors and manufacturers

Since the 2022–23 season, the club's primary shirt sponsor has been online betting company Stake.com, after the club announced the early termination of the previous deal with SportPesa in February 2020.[126] Partners with Stake became a club-record sponsorship deal.[127] Ahead of the Premier League season, the Stake.com features on the front of the men's and women's playing shirts as well as appearing on screens and media backdrops at Goodison Park and Finch Farm.[128] The sponsorship does not extend to the club's women's team, who for the first time are able to sign their own shirt sponsor.[126] Previous sponsors include Cazoo (2020–2022), SportPesa (2017–20),[129][130] Chang Beer (2004–17) Hafnia (1979–85), NEC (1985–95), Danka (1995–97), one2one (1997–2002) and Kejian (2002–04). For the 2008–09 season, Everton sold junior replica jerseys without the current name or logo of their main sponsor Chang beer, which followed a recommendation from the Portman Group that alcoholic brand names be removed from kits sold to children.[131]

Everton's kit manufacturers from 2020-2024 were Hummel, after a previous deal with Umbro was terminated early by the club.[132] Umbro have been the club's kit manufacturer four times (1974–83, 1986–2000, 2004–09, and 2014–20).[133] Other previous manufacturing firms are Le Coq Sportif (1983–86, 2009–12),[134] Puma (2000–04) and Nike (2012–14).[135]After Everton's contract with Hummel ended at the end of the 2023-24 season, on June 14 2024 the club entered a multi-year agreement with UK based kit manufacturer Castore.[136]

The club currently has two 'megastores': one located near Goodison Park on Walton Lane named 'Everton One' and one located in the Liverpool One shopping complex named 'Everton Two', which gives the second store the address 'Everton Two, Liverpool One'.[137]


Period Brand Shirt Sponsor (chest) Shirt Sponsor (sleeve)
1974–1979 Umbro None None
1979–1983 Hafnia
1983–1985 Le Coq Sportif
1985–1986 NEC
1986–1995 Umbro
1995–1997 Danka
1997–2000 one2one
2000–2002 Puma
2002–2004 Kejian
2004–2009 Umbro Chang
2009–2012 Le Coq Sportif
2012–2014 Nike
2014–2017 Umbro
2017–2020 SportPesa Angry Birds
2020–2022 Hummel Cazoo None
2022–2023 Stake.com BOXT
2023–2024 Kick
2024-2025 Castore Christopher Ward

Financial Fair Play

In March 2023, the Premier League referred Everton to an independent commission to investigate alleged breaches of Financial Fair Play from the 2021–2022 season.[138] The investigation concluded in November 2023 that Everton breached Financial Fair Play regulations after reporting a loss of £371.8m over three years, where under Premier League rules, clubs are allowed to lose a maximum of £105m over three years.[139] As a result, Everton were deducted 10 points, the heaviest punishment in Premier League history.[140] At the time, Everton were on 14 points after 12 games, sitting 14th in the league table; the points deduction dropped Everton to 19th, in the Premier League's relegation zone.[141] Everton said they were "both shocked and disappointed by the ruling of the Premier League's Commission" and had communicated their "intention to appeal the decision to the Premier League."[142] Liverpool MP Ian Byrne took the 10-point deduction to the House of Commons calling for the suspension of any proceedings and sanctions, describing the deduction as "grossly unfair".[143]

In the community

Everton's community department, Everton in the Community (EitC), is a charity that provides sports and other social activities for the local community including for people with disabilities.[144] EitC represents the club in the European Multisport Club Association.[145]

Relationships with other clubs

Everton is connected to many other sports clubs and organisations. It has links with Irish football academy Ballyoulster United in Celbridge,[146] the Canadian Ontario Soccer Association,[147] and the Thai Football Association (where there is a competition named the Chang-Everton Cup, competed for by local schoolboys).[148] The club also has a football academy in the Cypriot city of Limassol[149] and a partnership agreement with American club Pittsburgh Riverhounds.[150][151]

Everton has links with Chilean team Everton de Viña del Mar, who were named after the club.[152][153] On 4 August 2010, the two Evertons played each other in a friendly match at Goodison Park named the "Copa Hermandad" to mark the centenary of the Chilean team.[154] The occasion was organised by the Ruleteros Society, which was founded to promote connections between the two clubs.[155] Other Everton clubs also exist in Colonia in Uruguay,[156] La Plata and Río Cuarto in Argentina,[157][158] Elk Grove in the U.S. state of California,[159] and Cork in Ireland.[160] There was also a team named Everton in Trinidad and Tobago. There was an Everton club in Auckland, New Zealand from 1907 to 1915 named because of the first FA Cup win.[161]

The club owned and operated a professional basketball team by the name of the Everton Tigers, who competed in the top-tier British Basketball League. The team was launched in the summer of 2007 as part of the club's Community programme and played their home games at the Greenbank Sports Academy in Liverpool's Mossley Hill suburb. The team was an amalgam of the Toxteth Tigers community youth programme, which started in 1968. The team quickly became one of the most successful in the league by winning the BBL Cup in 2009 and the play-offs in 2010. However, Everton withdrew funding before the 2010–11 season and the team was re-launched as the Mersey Tigers.[162]

Film and TV

Ken Loach's 1969 television film The Golden Vision combined improvised drama with documentary footage to tell the story of a group of Everton fans for whom the main purpose of life—following the team—is interrupted by such inconveniences as work and weddings. Everton forward Alex Young, whose nickname was also the title of the film, appeared as himself.[163]

Paul Greengrass's 1997 television film The Fix dramatised the true story of a match-fixing scandal in which the club's newest player Tony Kay (played by Jason Isaacs) is implicated in having helped to throw a match between his previous club Sheffield Wednesday and Ipswich Town. The majority of the story is set during Everton's 1962–63 League Championship winning season, with manager Harry Catterick played by Colin Welland.[164]

In the 2015 Rocky film Creed, Goodison Park serves as the venue of the climactic fight scene. Footage of the stadium and crowd during a home game against West Bromwich Albion was used for the scene. Liverpool-born boxing champion Tony Bellew, a lifelong Everton fan,[165] plays Creed's opponent and wore the Everton badge on his training gear and shorts.[166]

Music

The club entered the UK singles chart on four occasions under different titles during the 1980s and 1990s, when many clubs each released a song to mark reaching the FA Cup Final. "The Boys in Blue", released in 1984, peaked at No. 82.[167] The following year, the club scored their biggest hit when "Here We Go" peaked at No. 14.[168] In 1986, Everton released "Everybody's Cheering the Blues", which reached No. 83.[169] "All Together Now", a reworking of a song by Liverpool band The Farm, was released for the 1995 FA Cup final and reached No. 27.[170] By the time the club reached the 2009 FA Cup final, the tradition had largely been abandoned by all clubs and no song was released

Players

As of 17 September 2024[171]

First-team squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK England ENG Jordan Pickford
2 DF Scotland SCO Nathan Patterson
5 DF England ENG Michael Keane
6 DF England ENG James Tarkowski (vice-captain)
7 FW England ENG Dwight McNeil
8 MF Belgium BEL Orel Mangala (on loan from Lyon)
9 FW England ENG Dominic Calvert-Lewin
10 FW Senegal SEN Iliman Ndiaye
11 FW England ENG Jack Harrison (on loan from Leeds United)
12 GK Portugal POR João Virgínia
14 FW Guinea-Bissau GNB Beto
15 DF Republic of Ireland IRL Jake O'Brien
No. Pos. Nation Player
16 MF Mali MLI Abdoulaye Doucouré
17 FW Portugal POR Youssef Chermiti
18 DF England ENG Ashley Young
19 DF Ukraine UKR Vitaliy Mykolenko
22 FW Albania ALB Armando Broja (on loan from Chelsea)
23 DF Republic of Ireland IRL Séamus Coleman (captain)
27 MF Senegal SEN Idrissa Gueye
29 FW Denmark DEN Jesper Lindstrøm (on loan from Napoli)
31 GK Bosnia and Herzegovina BIH Asmir Begović
32 DF England ENG Jarrad Branthwaite
37 MF England ENG James Garner
42 MF England ENG Tim Iroegbunam

Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
— GK England ENG Billy Crellin (at Accrington Stanley until 30 June 2025)
— GK England ENG Harry Tyrer (at Blackpool until 30 June 2025)
No. Pos. Nation Player
— DF Jamaica JAM Mason Holgate (at West Bromwich Albion until 30 June 2025)
— FW France FRA Neal Maupay (at Marseille until 30 June 2025)

Reserves and Academy

Main article: Everton F.C. Reserves and Academy

Former players

Further information: List of Everton F.C. players, List of Everton F.C. international players, and Category:Everton F.C. players

Club captains

Since 1888, 48 players have held the position of club captain for Everton. The club's first captain was Nick Ross, who captained Everton during the 1888-89 season. The longest-serving captain is Peter Farrell, who was club captain for 9 years – from 1948 to 1957. Despite his long tenure, Peter Farrell never won a trophy at Everton. Kevin Ratcliffe, who captained Everton during their most successful period in history, is Everton's most decorated captain. He won 7 trophies as captain, including 2 First Division titles, 4 Charity Shields, and 1 Cup Winners' Cup. Everton's current captain is Séamus Coleman. He has been captain since Phil Jagielka left the club in 2019.[172]

Séamus Coleman is the current captain of Everton, serving since 2019
Name Period
Scotland Nick Ross 1888–1889
Scotland Andrew Hannah 1889–1891
England Johnny Holt 1891–1893
England Bob Howarth 1893–1894
Scotland Dickie Boyle 1894–1896
Scotland Billy Stewart 1896–1897
Scotland Dickie Boyle 1897–1898
Scotland Jack Taylor 1898–1900
England Jimmy Settle 1900–1901
England Tom Booth 1901–1904
England Billy Balmer 1904–1905
Scotland Jack Taylor 1905–1908
England Jack Sharp 1908–1910
England Harry Makepeace 1910–1911
Scotland John Maconnachie 1911–1914
Scotland Jimmy Galt 1914–1915
England Tom Fleetwood 1919–1920
Name Period
England Dickie Downs 1920–1921
Scotland Jock McDonald 1921–1922
Scotland Hunter Hart 1922–1927
England Warney Cresswell 1927–1929
Scotland Hunter Hart 1929–1930
Wales Ben Williams 1930–1931
England Dixie Dean 1931–1937
Republic of Ireland Billy Cook 1937–1938
Scotland Jock Thomson 1938–1939
England Norman Greenhalgh 1946–1948
Republic of Ireland Peter Farrell 1948–1957
England T.E. Jones 1957–1961
Wales Roy Vernon 1961–1965
England Brian Labone 1965–1970
England Alan Ball 1970–1971
England Howard Kendall 1972–1974
Name Period
England Roger Kenyon 1974–1976
England Mick Lyons 1976–1982
England Billy Wright 1982–1983
England Mark Higgins 1983–1984
Wales Kevin Ratcliffe 1984–1992
England Dave Watson 1992–1997
Wales Gary Speed 1997–1998
England Dave Watson 1998–2001
England Kevin Campbell 2001–2002
Scotland Duncan Ferguson 2002–2004
England Alan Stubbs 2004–2005
ScotlandDavid Weir 2005–2007
England Phil Neville 2007–2013
England Phil Jagielka 2013–2019
Republic of Ireland Séamus Coleman 2019–

Player of the Season

Further information: Everton F.C. Player of the Season

Hall of Famers

Further information: Gwladys Street's Hall of Fame

Club officials

As of 30 January 2023

Executive

Position Name
Chairman Vacant
Chief Executive Officer England Colin Chong
Director of Football England Kevin Thelwell
Club ambassadors England Graham Stuart[173]
Scotland Graeme Sharp[174]
England Ian Snodin[175]

Coaching staff

Sean Dyche has been the manager of the club since 2023
Position Name
First Team Manager England Sean Dyche[176]
First Team Assistant Manager England Ian Woan
First Team Coach England Steve Stone
First Team Goalkeeper Coach Republic of Ireland Alan Kelly
First Team Physical Performance Coach England Jack Dowling
First Team Physical Performance Coach England Sean Miller
Head of Sports Science England Mark Howard
Head of Academy Coaching Wales Carl Darlington
Under-21s Head Coach England Paul Tait
Under-18s Head Coach England Leighton Baines

Notable managers

Further information: List of Everton F.C. managers

The club's current manager is Sean Dyche.[177] There have also been four caretaker managers, and before 1939 the team was selected by either the club secretary or by committee. The club's longest-serving manager has been Harry Catterick, who was in charge of the team from 1961 to 1973 for 594 first team matches.[178] The Everton manager to win the most domestic and international trophies is Howard Kendall, who won two First Division championships, the 1984 FA Cup, the 1985 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup, and three FA Charity Shields.[179]

Records and statistics

Further information: List of Everton F.C. records and statistics
Goalkeeper Neville Southall made a record 751 first-team appearances for Everton between 1981 and 1997

Neville Southall holds the record for the most Everton appearances with 751 first-team matches between 1981 and 1997. The late centre half and former captain Brian Labone comes in second with 534 matches. The longest serving player is goalkeeper Ted Sagar, who played for 23 years between 1929 and 1953. This tenure covered both sides of the Second World War and included a total of 495 appearances. Southall also previously held the record for the most league clean sheets during a season with 15. However, this record was beaten during the 2008–09 season by American goalkeeper Tim Howard, who ended the season with 17 clean sheets.[180] The club's top goalscorer, with 383 goals in all competitions, is Dixie Dean; the second-highest goalscorer is Graeme Sharp with 159. Dean still holds the English national record of most goals in a season with 60.[181]

Finishing positions in the top flight between 1955 and 2011

The record attendance for an Everton home match is 78,299 against Liverpool on 18 September 1948. Remarkably, there was only one injury at this game, which occurred when Tom Fleetwood was hit on the head by a coin thrown from the crowd whilst he marched around the perimeter and played the cornet with St Edward's Orphanage Band. Goodison Park, like all major English football grounds since the recommendations of the Taylor Report were implemented, is now an all-seater and only holds just under 40,000, meaning it is unlikely that this attendance record will ever be broken at Goodison.[181] Everton's record transfer paid was to Swansea City for the Icelandic midfielder Gylfi Sigurðsson for a sum of £45m in 2017.[182] The sale of Romelu Lukaku to Manchester United the same year was for an initial sum of £75m, the largest sum Everton has received for a player and then the largest transfer between two English clubs.[183]

Everton hold the record for the most seasons in England's top tier (Division One/Premier League), with 119 seasons out of 123, as of completion of the 2021–22 season (the club played in Division 2 in 1930–31 and from 1951 to 1954). They are one of six teams to have played in every season of the Premier League since its inception in August 1992 – the others being Arsenal, Chelsea, Liverpool, Manchester United, and Tottenham Hotspur. Everton against Aston Villa is the most played fixture in England's top flight. As of the 2023–24 season, the two founding members of the Football League have played a record 212 league games.[184]

Honours

Main article: List of Everton F.C. records and statistics § Honours

Domestic

League

Cup

European

Doubles

See also

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