Everton is the English Football Club from Liverpool. The club takes part in the English Premier League. It had the most number of matches among the other clubs in the highest division of England. The club participated in the very first championship of England in the season of 1888/89.The club was formed in 1878 and it was one of the clubs to form The Football League in 1888 and  the club won their first league championship two seasons later. After that the club had really unsuccessful years and the team revived only in the 1960s. They won two League Championships and the FA Cup. The 80s was the next period when the team had success as the club won two League Championships, the FA Cup, the European cup Winner’s Cup. The club’s recent trophy was the FA Cup in 1995.The club has many fans and it usually has very good attendance records.

History

Everton was founded as St. Domingo's in 1878 so that people from the parish of St. Domingo's Methodist Church could play a sport in non-summer months.  A year later, the club was renamed Everton F.C. after the local area.

The club was one of the founding members of the Football League in 1888-1889, and they won their first League Championship title in 1890–1891.

Everton won the FA Cup in 1905–1906 and the League title again in 1914

Everton was moved to the Second Division two years later because of some turmoil in the team. But very soon the club was promoted as they scored the record number of goals in the division. Coming back to the division the club didn’t waste time as they won the Fourth League title. The team also won the FA Cup in 1932-1933. The period of success ended in 1938-1939 when they took the fifth League title.

The World War II suspended football matches, and when the competitions were resumed in 1946 Everton had a split and it was regulated and didn’t return until 1953 -1954.

The second successful era started for Everton when Harry Catterick became the manager in 1961. They won the League title, and in 1966 the FA Cup and then the League Championship.
But the success didn’t last very long. The manager retired and the predecessors didn’t manage to repeat the success.

Some time later Howard Kendall became a manager and he started a new era for the team. Everton won the FA Cup in 1983 -1984 and the League titles in 1984-1985 and in 1986-1987

In 1984 the club had their only European trophy – the European Cup Winner’s Cup.

Everton was the founder member of the Premier League in 1992 and they desperately looked for the manager. Joe Royle – the former Everton player – became a coach in 1994 and the club began to improve. He led the team to the fifth FA Cup.

The cup triumph was also Everton's way to the Cup Winners' Cup—their first European campaign after the ban.  The progress under Joe Royle continued in 1995–96 as they got the sixth place in the Premiership. The following seasons saw many cases of manager changes which didn’t contribute to the club’s good results.
In 2006–07 Everton finished the sixth in the League and got UEFA Cup qualification. In 2007, Everton completed the takeover of the Toxteth Tigers basketball team; it got the name - the Everton Tigers. In 2008–09 Everton reached the FA Cup Final for the first time since 1995.

Club uniform

During the first decades of its history, Everton had several different kit colors. The team firstly played in white and blue and white stripes, but later it was decided that the shirts would be black, both to save on expenses and to have a more professional look.
Everton's traditional colors were white shirts with black shorts, but from 1968 amber shirts and blue shorts became common. Different variants appeared throughout the 70s and 80s. Recently black, white, grey and yellow away shirts have been used. The current kit is all black with pink trim.
The kit today remains royal blue shirts, white shorts and white socks. Everton typically wear all blue.

Crest

At the end of 1937–38 Everton secretary Theo Kelly wanted to design a club necktie. It was decided that the color would be blue and Kelly was given the task to design a crest. Kelly worked on it for about four months and it was decided to reproduce the Prince Rupert's Tower, which is in the heart of the district.
The tower was accompanied by two laurel wreaths on each side. They were chosen to symbolize the winners. The crest was accompanied by the club motto, "Nil Satis Nisi Optimum", meaning "Nothing but the best is good enough".

Nickname

Everton's most famous nickname is "The Toffees". There are several versions which explain the nickname. The first one is that there was a business which sold sweets. They did it on the days of Everton matches.
The team also has one more nickname. When the team worn the black uniform it was called “The Black Watch”. When their kit became blue they go the nickname “The Blues”.

Club Stadium

The club originally played at Goodison Park, which was the first major football stadium to be built in England. It was opened. It staged many important matches such as the 1966 FIFA World Cup.
In 1996 there were some ideas to move to a new stadium. But because of the poor teams financing, the plans failed. Later the club had talks with Liverpool to use their stadium Stanley Park, but again the club failed to raise 50% of the costs. In 2006 the team started the negotiations to build a new stadium in Kirkby. But in August 2008 the construction was said to be delayed by 18 months.

Achievements:

The Championship of England: 1890/91, 1914/15, 1927/28, 1931/32, 1938/39, 1962/63, 1969/70, 1984/85, 1986/87
The Cup of England: 1906, 1933, 1966, 1984, 1995
The English Super Cup: 1928, 1932, 1963, 1970, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1995
The Cup Winners’ Cup: 1985
The First division: 1931

The current squad

1.    Carlo Nash (goal-keeper)
2.    Tony Hibbert (defender)
3.    Leighton Baines (defender)
4.    Joseph Yobo (defender)
5.    John Heitinga (defender)
6.    Phil Jagielka (defender)
7.    Diniyar Bilyaletdinov (midfielder)
8.    Louis Saha (forward)
9.    Mikel Arteta (midfielder)
10.    Jô (on loan from Manchester City) (forward)
11.    Iain Turner (goal-keeper)
12.    Sylvain Distin (defender)
13.    Tim Cahill (midfielder)
14.    Phil Neville (captain) (midfielder)
15.    Dan Gosling (midfielder)
16.    Steven Pienaa (midfielder)
17.    Leon Osman (midfielder)
18.    Yakubu Aiyegbeni (forward)
19.    Lucas Neill (defender)
20.    Tim Howard (goal-keeper)
21.    Marouane Fellaini (midfielder)
22.    Jack Rodwell (midfielder)
23.    Victor Anichebe (forward)
24.    Séamus Coleman (defender)
25.    Shane Duffy (defender)
26.    Kieran Agard (forward)
27.    Jose Baxter (forward)
28.    James Wallace (midfielder)
29.    Cody Arnoux (forward)
30.    Shkodran Mustafi (defender)
31.    Anton Peterlin (midfielder)

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