Official name: Goodison Park
(Nickname: "The Grand Old Lady")
Location: Liverpool, England
Date opened: 24 August, 1892
Current capacity: 40,157
Field dimensions: 101 x 68 m

Major matches hosted:
Goodison Park became the first Football League ground to hold an FA Cup Final, in 1894. The ground hosted five matches including a semi-final for the 1966 FIFA World Cup. And in 1973 Goodison hosted Northern Ireland's home games against Wales & England.

Everton Football Club
Goodison Park
Goodison Rd
Liverpool, England

Tel: +0871 663 1878
Email: boxoffice@evertonfc.com
Website: www.evertonfc.com

Full name: Everton Football Club
Founded: 1878 as St. Domingo F.C.
Nickname(s): The Toffees, The Blues, The People's Club, The School of Science
Stadium: Goodison Park
Color: Blue and white
Manager: David Moyes
League: Premier League
Motto: Nil Satis Nisi Optimum (Latin: for "nothing but the best is good enough")

Everton Football Club are an English professional football club from the city of Liverpool. Having competed in the top division for a record 107 seasons, they have played more top-flight league games than any other English team and have won the League Championship 9 times - the fourth highest of any team. The club competes in the Premier League, being ever-present since the league was founded in 1992.

Formed in 1878, Everton were founder members of The Football League in 1888 and won their first league championship two seasons later. Following four league titles and two FA Cup wins, Everton experienced a lull in the immediate post world war two period until a revival in the 1960s, winning two league championships and an FA Cup. The mid-1980s represented their most recent period of success, with two league victories, an FA Cup, and the 1985 European Cup Winners' Cup - their first continental trophy. The club's most recent major trophy was the 1995 FA Cup.

The club have a large fanbase and regularly attracts high attendances, averaging over 36,000, 95% of stadium capacity and is often referred to as "The People's Club". Everton have a notable rivalry with neighbours Liverpool F.C. and matches between the two sides are known as the Merseyside Derby. Liverpool F.C. were formed in 1892 by a breakaway group consisting of Everton's former president and a few players. The dispute also resulted in Everton leaving Anfield, their home ground at the time. The club have been based at their current home ground, Goodison Park, since 1892. Plans to move to a new 50,000 seater expandable stadium in Kirkby on the Liverpool city border have been delayed due to a public inquiry.

The club's home colours have traditionally been royal blue and white, with notable footballers donning the Everton shirt. The most famous is Dixie Dean, who scored a record 60 league goals in the 1927-28 season. Since 2000, the club has annually recognised notable former players, nominating an "Everton Giant" at the beginning of each season.

Everton’s current manager, David Moyes, replaced former manager Walter Smith as Smith only managed to archive three successive finishes in the bottom half of the table since the summer of 1998. The Everton board finally ran out of patience with Smith and he was sacked in March 2002 with Everton in real danger of relegation. Moyes however delivered Everton to a safe finish in fifteenth place that year. After that harrowing season, Everton finished seventh, seventeenth, fourth (their highest ever Premiership finish) and eleventh. It was under his management that Wayne Rooney broke into the first team, before being sold to Manchester United for a club record fee of £27 million.

2006-07 saw Everton finish sixth in the league and attain UEFA Cup qualification. In the 2007-08 season Everton once again gain European football with a fifth place league finish, although they were eliminated from the 2008-09 UEFA Cup prior to the group stages by Standard Liege. The domestic 2008-09 season saw Everton reach the FA Cup Final for the first time since 1995.

English league champions (9):
1890-91, 1914-15, 1927-28, 1931-32, 1938-39, 1962-63, 1969-70, 1984-85, 1986-87

FA Cup (5):
1906, 1933, 1966, 1984, 1995

FA Charity Shield (9):
1928, 1932, 1963, 1970, 1984, 1985, 1986 (shared),1987, 1995

Full Members Cup (2):
1989, 1991

European Cup Winners' Cup (1):
1985

World Soccer Magazine World Team of the Year (1):
1985