Here’s 11 facts about Everton that Everton fans already know.
1. Everton have competed in the top division for a record 108 seasons, and have played more top-flight league games than any other English club.
2. The club has won the League Championship nine times – the fourth highest of any team.
3. Everton have remained in the top division since 1954, and were founding members of the Premier League in 1992.
4. Neville Southall holds the record for the most Everton appearances – he played 751 first-team matches between 1981 and 1997.
5. The club’s longest serving player is Goalkeeper Ted Sagar, who played for 23 years between 1929 and 1953, making a total of 495 appearances.
6. The club’s top goalscorer, with 383 goals in all competitions, is Dixie Dean.
7. Dixie’ Dean scored a record 60 league goals in the 1927-28 season. Dean’s 60 goals were finished off with a hatrick on the last day of the season against Arsenal.
8. The club’s badge features a reproduction of Prince Rupert’s Tower, which can be found in the heart of the Everton district.
9. Howard Kendall was manager in 1981 when the club experienced it’s most successful period in it’s history. The club won he League Title in the 1984/85 and 1986/87 seasons, the FA Cup in 1984 and Cup Winners’ Cup in 1984/85.
10. The club’s recrod inward transfer payment is the £25m Everton’s received from Manchester United for Wayne Rooney in 2004.
11. Everton’s experienced the biggest rise in Premier League finishing position from one season to next – 17th in 03-04, rising to 4th in 04-05.
Sources: Ben Sutherland, Graham Morris
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