Everton

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NICKNAME – The Toffees, The Blues
FOUNDED – 1878
LOCATED IN – Liverpool, Merseyside
STADIUM – Goodison Park
BY TRAIN – Get off at Kirkdale and walk 20 minutes
CAPACITY – 39,572
PROMOTED – 1954
BEST EFL/PREMIER LEAGUE FINISH – Winners (9 times)
BEST FA CUP RUN – Winners (5 times)
BEST LEAGUE CUP RUN – Runners Up (Twice)
BEST EC/CL FINISH – QF (1970/1971)
BEST UC/EL FINISH – R16 (Twice)
BEST CWC FINISH – Winners (1984/1985)
RECORD GOALSCORER – Dixie Dean (383)
2022/2023 FINISH – 17th

FIVE FACTS ABOUT EVERTON
1. The club was initially called St. Domingo’s FC, after a Methodist church; the players were from its congregation.
2. Founder members of the league, they have competed in the most English top flight seasons.
3. Although Everton is named after the Everton district of Liverpool, they have never played there. The tower on the badge, the “Everton Lock-Up”, was a place to hold drunks and criminals before trial.
4. Dixie Dean scored 60 league goals for the Blues in the 1927/1928 season, a record that will probably never be beaten.
5. Stanley Park is all that separates Goodison Park from Anfield, Liverpool’s historic home.

FIVE FACTS ABOUT LIVERPOOL’S HISTORY
1. Liverpool was founded in 1207, but really began to grow in the 18th century when goods started arriving here from the West Indies.
2. In the mid-19th century, many Irish migrants began new lives in the city after fleeing the Great Famine.
3. At this time, Liverpool was on occasion richer than London and dubbed the “New York of Europe”.
4. The ill-fated “Titanic” and “Lusitania” cruise liners were both registered in the city.
5. In WWII, the “Battle of the Atlantic” was directed from Liverpool.

INTERESTING VIDEO LINKS
“Forever Everton”
Walkout music
1985 Cup Final Song
A look around Liverpool

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