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FC HISTORYEST. 1878
Everton ↗
Founded
1878
Known as
The Toffees
Home turf
Goodison Park (historic home)
From
Merseyside
The long read
More than a scoreline.
From local beginnings to the big occasions. This is Everton.
An introductory history of the men’s first team, from the club’s origins through 1995. Selected turning points and honours, rather than a complete season archive; later results are outside this edition.
Two clubs, one dividing moment
Everton’s origins date to 1878 and St Domingo’s. They became Football League founders in 1888 and won their first championship at Anfield in 1891. A dispute over the ground led to the 1892 move to Goodison Park; Liverpool was then established at Anfield. Source →
Dean and the pre-war titles
The 1927–28 championship is inseparable from Dixie Dean’s 60 league goals. Everton won further league titles in 1932 and 1939, with an FA Cup in between. The record makes clear that the club’s strongest eras stretch far beyond one famous team. Source →
Kendall’s Everton
Howard Kendall’s side won the FA Cup in 1984, then the league and Cup Winners’ Cup in 1985. Another league title followed in 1987. The European trophy remains a defining achievement of a team that excelled both at home and abroad. Source →
The 1995 cup
Everton beat Manchester United 1–0 in the 1995 FA Cup final. It was the club’s fifth success in the competition. This introduction stops at that victory, with Goodison as the setting for the history told here. Source →
The moments that mattered
Through the years.
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1878
St Domingo’s beginnings
The club’s origins lie in a church-associated team. [source]
1888
League founders
Everton join the inaugural Football League. [source]
1890–91
First championship
The title is won while Everton play at Anfield. [source]
Everton played at Anfield before moving to Goodison Park in 1892. Goodison is the historic ground for the period covered here; it is not presented as the men’s team’s current home.
Kendall’s playing career and trophy-winning management spells.
A growing record
Our first chapter is an introduction, not an exhaustive archive. We credit existing research and will expand the collection as more material is checked. Our editorial approach ↗