Everton

Everton F.C.

Everton Football Club are a professional English football club located in the city of Liverpool. The club competes in the Premier League and has contested more seasons in the top flight of English football than any other. Currently managed by David Moyes, Everton have won the League Championship nine times—the fourth highest of any team. Additionally, they have won the FA Cup five times and the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup once. The club's most recent major trophy was the 1995 FA Cup.

Everton were founded in 1878 and have a notable rivalry with Liverpool F.C., known as the Merseyside derby. Liverpool were formed fourteen years later than Everton (in 1892) after a dispute over the rent at Anfield, Everton's old ground; since then Everton have been based at Goodison Park as a result of the split. In 2006, it was announced that the club and Knowsley Council were discussing the construction of a new 55,000 seater stadium in Kirkby. The club have a large fanbase and regularly attracts large crowds, averaging over 36,000 (90% of capacity) during the 2005–06 season.

Numerous well-known footballers have had a career at Everton F.C. Since 2000, the club has annually recognised successful former players as "Giants" of the team. Dixie Dean, who played for the team in the 1920s and 1930s, is the most prolific goal-scorer in English football history, and in 1927-28 set the record for league goals in a single season by scoring 60 times.

Everton were founded as St. Domingo in 1878 so that people from the parish of St. Domingo's Methodist Church could play a sport in non-summer months (cricket was played in summer). A year later, the club was renamed Everton F.C. after the surrounding area, as people outside the parish wished to participate. The club was a founding member of the Football League in 1888, and won their first League Championship title in 1890–91. They won the FA Cup in 1905–06 and the League title again in 1914–15, but it was not until 1927 that Everton's first sustained period of success began. In 1925 the club signed Dixie Dean who, in 1927–28, set the record for league goals in a single season (60 goals in 39 league games, a record that still stands to this day), helping Everton to achieve their third league title.

Everton were relegated to the Second Division two years later but won the title and thus promotion at the first attempt. On their return to the top flight in 1931–32, Everton wasted no time in reaffirming their status and won a fourth League title at the first opportunity. They also won their second FA Cup in 1932–33 with a 3–0 win against Manchester City in the final. The era ended in 1938–39 with a fifth League title. The advent of World War II saw the suspension of League football, and when official competition restarted in 1946 the Everton team had been split-up and paled in comparison to the pre-war club. Everton were relegated again in 1950–51 and did not return until 1953–54, when they finished as runners-up in their third season in the Second Division. The club have been a top flight presence ever since.

Everton's second successful era started when Harry Catterick was made manager in 1961. In 1962–63, his second season in charge, Everton won the League title and in 1966 followed with a 3–2 FA Cup win over Sheffield Wednesday. Everton again reached the final two years later, but this time were unable to overcome West Bromwich Albion at Wembley. A year later in 1969–70, Everton won the First Division, nine points clear of nearest rivals Leeds United. However, the success did not last; the team finished fourteenth, fifteenth, seventeenth and seventh in the following seasons. Catterick retired but his successors failed to win any silverware for the remainder of the 1970s. Though the club mounted title challenges and finished third in 1977–78 and fourth the following season, manager Gordon Lee resigned in 1981, after Everton slid down the table and fell further behind local rivals Liverpool.

Howard Kendall took over as manager and guided Everton to their most successful era. Domestically, Everton won the FA Cup in 1983–84 and two league titles in 1984–85 and 1986–87. They were also runners-up to neighbouring Liverpool in both league and cup competitions in 1985–86 and were again on the losing side to Liverpool in the 1984 League Cup final and the 1988–89 FA Cup final. Everton won their first and only European trophy in 1984–85, the European Cup Winners' Cup. After first beating University College Dublin, Inter Bratislava and Fortuna Sittard, Everton defeated German giants Bayern Munich 3–1 in the semi-finals, despite trailing at half time (in a match voted the greatest in Goodison Park history) and recorded the same scoreline over Austrian club Rapid Vienna in the final. Having also won the league title that season, Everton came very close to winning a treble, but lost to Manchester United in the FA Cup final.

After the Heysel Stadium disaster and the subsequent ban of all English clubs from continental football, Everton lost the chance to compete for more European trophies. A large proportion of the title-winning side was broken up following the ban; Kendall himself moved to Athletic Bilbao after the 1987 title triumph and was succeeded by assistant Colin Harvey. Everton were founder members of the Premier League in 1992, but struggled to find the right manager. Howard Kendall had returned in 1990 but could not repeat his previous success, while his successor, Mike Walker, was statistically the least successful Everton manager to date. When former Everton player Joe Royle took over in 1994 the club's form started to improve; his first game in charge was a 2–0 victory over derby rivals Liverpool. Royle dragged Everton clear of relegation, and also led the club to the FA Cup for the fifth time in its history, defeating Manchester United 1–0 in the final. The cup triumph was also Everton's passport to the Cup Winners' Cup—their first European campaign in the post-Heysel era. Progress under Joe Royle continued in 1995–96 as they climbed to sixth place in the Premiership.

The following season, 1996–97, was not as successful and the club finished in fifteenth place. Royle quit in March. Club captain, Dave Watson, was given the manager's job temporarily and he helped the club to Premiership survival. Howard Kendall was appointed Everton manager for the third time in 1997, but the appointment proved unsuccessful as Everton finished seventeenth in the Premiership; only avoiding relegation due to their superior goal difference over Bolton Wanderers. Former Rangers manager Walter Smith then took over from Kendall in the summer of 1998 but only managed three successive finishes in the bottom half of the table.

The Everton board finally ran out of patience with Smith and he was sacked in March 2002 with Everton in real danger of relegation. The current manager, David Moyes, was his replacement and delivered Everton to a safe finish in fifteenth place. 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 £23 million.

Moyes has broken the club record for highest transfer fee paid on four occasions, signing James Beattie for £6 million in January 2005, Andy Johnson for £8.6 million in summer 2006, Yakubu Aiyegbeni for £11.25 million in summer 2007, and Marouane Fellaini for £15 million in September 2008.

2006–07 saw Everton finish sixth in the league and attain UEFA Cup qualification. In 2007, Everton completed the takeover of the Toxteth Tigers basketball team, with the rebranding of Liverpool's first ever top-flight basketball franchise, the Everton Tigers. 2007-08 saw Everton once again gain European football with a fifth place league finish, although they were eliminated from the UEFA Cup prior to the group stages by Standard Liege.

During the first decades of their history, Everton had several different kit colours. The team originally played in blue and white stripes but as new players arriving at the club wore their old team's shirts during matches, confusion soon ensued. It was decided that the shirts would be dyed black, both to save on expenses and to instil a more professional look. The result, however, appeared morbid so a scarlet sash was added.

When the club moved to Goodison Park in 1892, they first played in salmon shirts with blue shorts before switching to ruby shirts with blue trim and dark blue shorts. The famous royal blue jerseys with white shorts were first used in the 1901–02 season. Occasionally Everton have played in lighter shades of blue (such as 1930–31 and 1997–98) but these have proved unpopular with fans. Everton's traditional away shirt was amber with either amber or royal blue shorts and various editions appeared throughout the 60s, 70s and 80s. Recently however black, white, grey and yellow away shirts have been used.

The kit today remains royal blue shirts, white shorts and white socks although when playing teams away who also wear white shorts Everton typically wear all blue. For the 2008–09 season, the away kit is a predominantly white shirt with a navy and grey trim across the chest, accompanied with navy shorts and socks. A third kit was issued consisting of luminous yellow shirt and socks with dark blue shorts, which will also be used as an away kit in European games. Everton's goalkeepers will wear a lime green shirt with light grey shorts and socks at home and all black away.

For the 2008–09 season Everton became the first Premier League team to sell junior replica jerseys without the current name or logo of its main sponsor Chang beer, following a recommendation from the Portman Group that alcoholic brand names be removed from kits sold to children.

The club have two megastores, one located near to Goodison Park on Walton Lane and the other at Birkenhead Pyramids shopping centre, and have a partnership deal with sportswear retailers JJB.

Everton's current shirt manufacturers are Umbro, who have designed the club's shirts for the majority of its history. However Everton have reportedly decided not to renew their deal with Umbro when it expires at the end of the 2008-09 season and are rumoured to be entering into a new deal with Le Coq Sportif for the 2009-10 season onwards. Le Coq Sportif already have a notable association with Everton, having previously designed the clubs shirts during the years 1983-86, arguably Everton's most successful era. It is also being reported that Kitbag will replace JJB as distributors.

At the end of the 1937–38 season, Everton secretary Theo Kelly, who later became the club's first manager, wanted to design a club necktie. It was agreed that the colour be blue and Kelly was given the task of designing a crest to be featured on the necktie. Kelly worked on it for four months, until deciding on a reproduction of Prince Rupert's Tower, which stands in the heart of the Everton district.

The Tower has been inextricably linked with the Everton area since its construction in 1787. It was originally used as a bridewell to incarcerate criminals, and it still stands today on Everton Brow in Netherfield Road. The beacon was accompanied by two laurel wreaths on either side and, according to the College of Arms in London, Kelly chose to include the laurels as they were the sign of winners in those days. The crest was accompanied by the club motto, "Nil Satis Nisi Optimum", meaning "Nothing but the best is good enough". The ties were first worn by Kelly and the Everton chairman, Mr. E. Green, on the first day of the 1938–39 season.

The club rarely incorporated a badge of any description on its shirts. An interwoven "EFC" design was adopted between 1922 and 1930 before the club reverted to plain royal blue shirts, until 1973 when bold "EFC" lettering was added. The crest designed by Kelly was first used on the team's shirts in 1980 and has remained there ever since, undergoing gradual change to become the version used today.

Everton's most widely recognised nickname is "The Toffees" or "The Toffeemen", which came about after Everton had moved to Goodison. There are several explanations for how this name came to be adopted, the most well known being that there was a business near the ground called Mother Noblett's Toffee Shop which advertised and sold sweets, including the Everton Mint, on match days. This also led to the Toffee Lady tradition in which a girl walks around the perimeter of the pitch before the start of a game tossing free Everton Mints into the crowd. Another possible reason is that there was a house called Ye Anciente Everton Toffee House near the Queen's Head hotel in which early club meetings took place. The word "toffee" was also slang referring to Irishmen, of which there was a large population in the city at the turn of the century and who tended to support Everton rather than city rivals Liverpool.

Everton have had many other nicknames over the years. When the black kit was worn Everton were nicknamed "The Black Watch", after the famous army brigade. Since going blue in 1901, Everton have been given the simple nickname "The Blues". Everton's attractive style of play led to Steve Bloomer calling the team "scientific" in 1928, which is thought to have inspired the nickname "The School of Science". While the battling 1995 FA Cup winning side were known as "The Dogs of War". When David Moyes arrived as manager he proclaimed Everton as "The People's Club", which has been adopted as a semi-official club nickname.

Everton originally played in the southeast corner of Stanley Park, which is the site for the new Liverpool F.C. stadium, with the first official match taking place in 1879. In 1882, a man named J. Cruitt donated land at Priory Road which became the club's home before they moved to Anfield, which was Everton's home until 1892. At this time, a rent dispute with Anfield's owner, John Holding, led to Everton leaving the ground and to the formation of a new, rival team. The new club, Liverpool, made Anfield their home ground and Everton moved to Goodison Park, which has been their home ground to this day. Ever since those events, a fierce rivalry has existed between Everton and Liverpool, albeit one that is generally perceived as more respectful than many other derbies in English football. This was illustrated by a chain of red and blue scarves that were linked between the gates of both grounds across Stanley Park as a tribute to the Liverpool fans killed in the Hillsborough disaster.

Goodison Park has staged more top-flight football games than any other ground in the United Kingdom and was the only English club ground to host a semi-final at the 1966 FIFA World Cup. It was also the first English ground to have undersoil heating, the first to have two tiers on all sides and the first to have a three-tier stand. Goodison is the only stadium in the world that features a church in its grounds—St Luke the Evangelist—at the corner of the Main Stand and the Gwladys Street End.

On matchdays players walk out to the theme tune to Z-Cars, called Johnny Todd, a traditional Liverpool children's song collected in 1890 by Frank Kidson which tells the story of a sailor betrayed by his lover while away at sea.

Everton's reserves play at Halton Stadium in Widnes.

There have been indications since 1996 that Everton will move to a new stadium. The original plan was for a new 60,000-seat stadium to be built, but in 2000, a proposal was submitted to build a 55,000 seat stadium as part of the King's Dock regeneration. This was unsuccessful as Everton failed to generate the £30 million needed for a half stake in the stadium project, and it was dropped in 2003.

Late in 2004, driven by Liverpool Council and the Northwest Development Corporation, the club was in talks with Liverpool regarding sharing that club's proposed new stadium at Stanley Park. Negotiations broke down over ownership of the new facility – Liverpool wanted to retain sole ownership of Stanley Park while Everton sought an even share. On 11 January 2005, Liverpool announced that groundsharing was not a possibility, and they continue to plan for their own stadium.

On 16 June 2006, it was announced that Everton had entered into talks with Knowsley Council and Tesco over the possibility of building a new 55,000 seat stadium in Kirkby. The club took the unusual move of giving its supporters a say in the club's future by holding a ballot on whether or not to move to Kirkby. This ballot ended up in a yes vote (59.27% in favour) so negotiations will continue. However, an inquiry into the move to the Kirkby stadium was filed 6 August 2008, possibly delaying the construction by a year or more.

Everton have a large fanbase with the seventh highest average attendance in England. The majority of Everton's matchday support comes from the North West of England, primarily Merseyside and Cheshire. Everton also have many fans who travel from North Wales and Ireland. Everton also have many supporters' clubs worldwide, in places such as North America, Singapore, Lebanon, and Thailand. Everton also have a large supporter base in Australia, with midfield player Tim Cahill being Australian. The official supporters club is Evertonia, and there are also several fanzines including When Skies are Grey and Speke from the Harbour, which are sold around Goodison Park on match days.

Everton supporters sing several songs on matchdays but the most common is "It's a grand old team"; it is adopted from the version sung by Celtic supporters, making changes like "we don't care what the red side say"—a reference to red-wearing-rivals Liverpool. Also popular is singing the club name "Everton" to the tune of "Here we go". They are generally very welcoming to former players returning to Goodison while playing for new clubs. Notable exceptions include Wayne Rooney, who has become extremely unpopular with fans after he left Everton for Manchester United, having previously been pictured wearing a t-shirt declaring: "Once a Blue always a Blue" and is now roundly booed whenever he returns. Rooney claims Moyes forced him out of the club in his book, however David Moyes has taken legal action denying the claims made. David Moyes won in court and was awarded damages.

Everton's biggest rivalry is with fellow Merseyside team Liverpool, against whom they contest the Merseyside derby. This stems from Liverpool's formation after a dispute with Everton officials and the owners of Anfield (the ground Everton were using at the time). Religious differences have been cited as a division, with Everton usually placed on the Catholic side; however, both teams were founded with Methodist involvement, somewhat undermining the notion of a Catholic–Protestant split. The Merseyside derby is usually a sell out fixture and tends to be a scrappy affair; it has had more red cards than any other fixture in Premiership history.

On 14 January 2007, Sylvester Stallone was at Goodison Park to promote Rocky Balboa, and to watch Everton take on Reading in an English Premier League game. The match ended as a 1–1 draw. Stallone paraded on the field before the match adorned in a home team scarf and received a warm reception from the 40,000 fans. Stallone has claimed to be a keen football fan since filming Escape to Victory in the 1980s and now claims to be an official Everton fan.

The musician and former Beatle Paul McCartney also confirmed his official support for Everton, in an interview given to Liverpool's CityTalk FM. Former Beatles drummer Pete Best, himself an Everton supporter, has recently confirmed that McCartney's fellow Beatle and songwriting partner the late John Lennon was also an Evertonian.

Other famous Everton supporters include John Parrott, John Hurt, Judi Dench, Jennifer Ellison, the late Kenny Everett, Derek Hatton, the late Leonard Rossiter, Freddie Starr, Claire Sweeney, Matt Dawson, Alan Khan, Austin Healey and Roger McGough.

Everton F.C. has a training ground at Finch Farm which provides facilities for both the first team and the Academy. A number of players have successfully graduated from the Academy to the first team, including Wayne Rooney and Francis Jeffers.

The following players are considered "Giants" for their great contributions to Everton. A panel appointed by the club established the inaugural list in 2000 and a new inductee is announced every season.

As of 9 May 2007.

At the start of the 2003–04 season, as part of the club's official celebration of their 125th anniversary, supporters cast votes to determine the greatest ever Everton team.

A number of Everton players have received testimonials, normally for playing 10 or more years for the club.

The Football League 100 Legends is a list of "100 legendary football players" produced by The Football League in 1998, to celebrate the 100th season of League football.

Neville Southall holds the record for the most Everton appearances, having played 751 first-team matches between 1981 and 1997. The late centre half and former captain Brian Labone comes second, having played 534 times. The longest serving player is Goalkeeper Ted Sagar who played for 23 years between 1929 and 1953, both sides of the war, making a total of 495 appearances. The club's top goalscorer, with 383 goals in all competitions, is Dixie Dean; the second-highest goalscorer is Graeme Sharp with 159. Dean still holds the English national record of most goals in a season, with 60.

The record attendance for an Everton home match is 78,299 against Liverpool on 18 September 1948. Goodison Park, like all major football grounds since the recommendations of the Taylor Report were implemented, is now an all-seater and only holds just over 40,000, meaning it is unlikely that this attendance record will ever be broken at Goodison. Everton's record transfer paid was to Standard Liege for Belgian midfielder Maurouane Fellaini for a sum of £15m. Everton bought the player on the deadline day of the 2008 summer transfer window.

Everton have a link with Republic of Ireland football academy Ballyoulster United based in Celbridge, Canada's Ontario Soccer Association, and the Football Association of Thailand where they have a competition called the Chang-Everton cup which local schoolboys compete for.

Everton also host annual friendlies with both Bury and Preston North End, the latter because of manager David Moyes previous involvements.

The club also own and operate a professional basketball team, by the name of Everton Tigers, who compete in the elite British Basketball League. The team was launched in the summer of 2007 as part of the clubs' Community programme, and play their home games at the Greenbank Sports Academy.

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Corporación Deportiva Everton de Viña del Mar

Everton de Viña del Mar, is a Chilean football club based in the city of Viña del Mar. The club was founded June 24, 1909 by visiting sailors from Liverpool and named after Everton F.C. of England, and are the current champions of the Primera División. Everton are Chile's sixth most successful team, having won the national title 4 times, an achievement shared with both Audax Italiano and Magallanes. Additionally, it is the second most successful provincial team, behind Cobreloa of Calama.

The club are nicknamed "Ruleteros" (English: roulette players), after Viña del Mar's status as a gambling resort.

On June 24, 1909, a group of British immigrants led by David Foxley decided to create in the Cerro Alegre region of Valparaiso a sports club which they named Everton Football Club. This election is, to date, a mystery although different theories on this, including the commonly accepted one is that this was chosen in honor of the city of Liverpool, which was, by then, making a tour of Argentina. Another version says the name of a candy or caramel sweet at the time. The first president was Francisco Boundy, while David Foxley was appointed honorary chairman.

The first meeting disputed by Everton in their history was against Graphie FC and the starting line was composed of Arturo Foxley in porter; Percy Holmes and Francisco Boundy defense; Alberto Gonzalez, Carlos Gonzalez and Hugo Boundy as midfielders and forwards J. Escobar, A. Aravena, David Foxley, V. Estay and Malcolm Frazer.

Originally the club, was a compendium of various sport disciplines, emphasizing athletics, swimming, badminton, rugby, gymnastics and basketball, which gave way to football.

Everton in 1929.A beginning of 1911 the club decided to join the league of Valparaiso of the Federación de Fútbol de Chile, once inside the competition was gradually consolidated, winning among other titles in 1928 and 1931. However, due to various institutional problems the club went into recess in 1933.

In 1936 the club resumed its activities thanks to the efforts of Ives Beke, Luis Izarnótegui, Victor and Roberto Loyola Bolocco, among others. It is worth mentioning that during this period the stock of the club's first team was formed by ten players of Peruvian nationality, in addition to an Argentine.

In 1939 the club again went into recess which lasted until 1943, after years in which they kept unbeaten in a series of friendlies secured their entry to the professional league of the Football Association, made his debut the following year. It was during this period when the club moved to Viña del Mar.

In his first season in the professionalism of finalizing the results were discreet in the last position on twelve teams. In the years following, slowly climbing the club was finishing ninth positions in 1945 and tenth in 1946.

After consolidating at the institutional level, the club adopted a sports policy which was to strengthen the lower grades instead of acquiring foreign players, so for 1950 the stock was made up largely of players trained at the club plus some additions such as Rene Melendez, Carlos Barraza, among others. Towards mid-season, although the campus led by Argentine Martin Garcia had a good campaign while he was away from first place, however after a great second round Everton managed to reach Unión Española after defeat in the penultimate date by 3 to 0 , This way of forcing a match tiebreaker, which was played on January 14, 1951, Everton won for 1 to 0 with goals from Rene Melendez before 45,000 spectators at the Estadio Nacional. Everton thus became the first club in Havana did not get the national title.

In 1951 ranked second in the first part of the tournament behind Audax Italiano, but after a patchy second phase finished fourth to just five points in the championship. The following year, the club even led by Martin Garcia again got the Championship First Division after winning by 4 to 0 to Audax Italiano in the absence of two dates for the end of the tournament. On campus again stressed champion Jose Maria Lourido, Elijah Cid and Rene Melendez, top scorer of the championship with 30 so many, at this time Everton also won significant victories over international club, including a 5 to 0 to Independiente de Avellaneda.

Subsequent to this successful stage, the club began to decline in sport performance, finishing fourth in 1953 and thirteenth in 1954, just three points in the fall. After a brief rebound in 1955, only took up positions Everton Secondary ending the decade of 1950 in a modest eighth place.

The 1960s started good way to the table viñamarino reaching the fourth position in the national championship just five points in the championship. In the years since Everton continued to make good campaigns placing fifth in 1961 sixth in 1963 the fifth and again in 1965, counting also with good facilities, among which highlighted Eladio Rojas (author of the goal for which Chile conquered the third place in the 1962 FIFA World Cup) or Daniel Escudero, scorer of the tournament in 1965 and scorer of the historic club.

But in the second half of the decade began a series of poor results primarily motivated by an obvious crisis of popularity and leadership directive, which led the club to move the fourteenth in 1966 and 1967 ending in the latter to dropped only three points of San Luis de Melton. The change in format of the competition does not change this trend the decade ending in the tenth position.

Surprisingly Everton managed to start the decade in good position as sixth in the national championship,However in the years following the administrative problems were unsustainable in the club finished sixteenth position in 1971 and the eighteenth in 1972 with only seven wins in thirty-four games, consumption of its first decline this way.

In his first campaign at Everton climb, under the leadership of technical Jose Perez, ranked third and therefore had to remain in the category of silver,which he left in 1974 with the arrival of coach Ramon Climent and after beating in Last date Ñublense the thus to obtain the subcampeonato from the then second division (now First B).

On his return to first division club is located on the eleventh, the following year took over as club president Antonio Martínez who continued with support from the Casino de Vina del Mar, which made available to the various club officials began a plan restructuring of the club. In early 1976 came to the club's banking Pedro Martinez with whom Morales had contact from this exercise as the second coach of the Chilean selection of Germany during the World Cup 1974, also arrived lot of players between those who emphasized Leopoldo Vallejos, Jorge Américo Spedaletti and Mario Galindo, among others. By mid Everton's championship will be positioned in forward positions, in addition to including Sergio Ahumada and Jose Luis Ceballos. After a close fight in the last leg of the tournament with Spanish Union, both clubs finished the tournament with identical scores so as occurred in 1950 had to define the champion in two matches of definition, the first encounter ended with marker 0 0 , Everton finally got the title after all Hispanic imposed by 3 to 1 on Nov. 27, 1976 with annotations by Sergio Ahumada, Mario Salinas and Jose Luis Ceballos.

In 1977, Everton was on the verge of repeating the title, however, and notwithstanding the championships with five consecutive victories had to settle for the subcampeonato just two points of Spanish Union. In the years after the dismantling of much of the campus not allowed for good campaigns the decade ending in the fourteenth position.

Under the chairmanship of Blois Antonio Cotroneo Everton again formed a large campus with the goal of re-sited in outposts, but in 1980 managed to improve the previous season finishing in seventh place the following year and despite good way to start the season reaching the semifinals of the Open championship, the package viñamarino made a bad role in the national tournament being located in the penultimate position which earned him down to second division.

Everton stayed just one season on the rise, as with Ricardo Contreras on the bench was promoted to first division after placed second with 55 points behind Fernandez Vial, in addition to winning the Open Championship second division after defeat in the final Sports Colchagua to so many by 2 to 0.

En su vuelta a primera división Everton ocupó el octavo puesto, la temporada siguiente comenzó de gran manera obteniendo, con Fernando Riera was manager, la Copa Chile tras derrotar en la final a Universidad Católica por 3 a 0, sin However in a national championship that was divided into two regions and fell in which eight teams, the club made a presentation irregular placing eighth in the south to just one point in the fall. Everton managed to reverse this situation in 1985, reaching the last date of the national championship as a leader along with Cobreloa both with 50 points, though the team led by Armando Tobar and highlighting among other figures like Sunday Sorace, Carlos Rojas, Marco Antonio Figueroa and Leonel Contreras, failed to replicate the triumph of 1976 after falling in front of Catholic University by 2 to 0 in Santiago.

After the good results were expected a promising future for the table in Garden City, though the economic crisis suffered by the Chilean football during the 1980s ended with the few institutional foundation that could still be rescued. In early 1986, Everton failed to classify Copa Libertadores, in the national championship again failed to lift the club head being located in the fourteenth post rescued from decline by goal difference. In subsequent years, and despite the fact that with great figures like Ivo Basay, Johnny Aswell, Edgardo Geoffroy, among others, things did not improve except 1987 and Everton were always positioned in the bottom of the table.

In the early 1990s the institutional breakdown and sports was more than evident, which meant that the club should struggle year after year by staying. After vie for three consecutive seasons of the Liguilla promotion in which the descent and managed to permit a slight improvement during 1993 and 1994, Everton finally consummated a further decline in 1995 after finishing last with only 27.78% of the performance, low - driving technique Eduardo de la Barra, who had assumed that post in the final leg of the championship.

The following year he assumed a new directive headed by businessman Jorge Castillo viñamarino who posed as a goal to return quickly to the first division, for it created a campus with outstanding players of the era between those who emphasized Daniel Moron, Gustavo de Luca, Juan Carlos Ibanez and Jaime Pizarro, but the results were not expected the club located in a quiet seventh place. In 1997, with new leadership and with Leonardo Veliz Everton on the bench in undertook a campaign ending 1 First B in the Apertura tournament along with Rangers de Talca, and therefore had to define the rise in dual-match definition of tying the first 0 to 0 and dropping the second in as many by 4 to 2. In the Clausura tournament finished second to a champion of the Sports Iquique and therefore had to stay in the Primera B.

After an uneven 1998 season in 1999 under the leadership of Jorge Luis Siviero technical Everton pulled out of the tournament, and great form despite his performance declined in the final leg of the tournament was again a First Division after defeating Deportes Iquique in the Liguilla promotion for 1 to 0.

Everton stayed just one season in the Primera Division, since after a poor campaign under the leadership of Jorge Aravena Everton fell after a draw in the last day of the tournament in front of Santiago Wanderers, ending this way in the fifteenth position.

In the 2001 season came to the economic problems threaten the continuation of the club, while on the pitch things did not improve occupy the eighth position of First B championship, the worst position since he joined Everton professionalism. After placed fourth in 2002, the year after Everton secured a further climb after take the title of First B of the hands of coach Jorge Socías after defeating Lota Schwager by 5 to 3 on the champion team highlighted among others the names of Marco Estrada and Marcelo Suarez.

Again on the division of honor, Everton managed to access the stage of the playoffs in tournament where he was eliminated by closing Colo-Colo in the quarterfinals. The following year despite a good campaign in the run could not regulate access to the critical stage after falling into the empty Repêchage off Coquimbo United. In the second half the results were not expected in reaching the third position in their group.

The current era is marked by Everton in the reorganization. It has been economically and institutionally managed to clean up the club. Resolved the conflicts that make it almost disappear. In 2006, the club is transformed into a public limited sports (SAD), which was ratified by club members with about 80% of the votes. In 2007, the project was headed by sports The coach Juvenal Olmos, but failed in its attempt to reach - but the championship-advanced one place in the table of positions of the Chilean soccer championship. After the cessation of Juvenal Olmos took over the leadership of the team coach of the club's youth ranks Jorge Garcia, who was subsequently replaced by former coach of the football selection of Chile, Nelson Acosta. Everton finally ranked last in the Clausura championship and the seventeenth in table accumulated only four units of the Liguilla of promotion.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the Torneo Apertura 2008, Everton came back to places of advanced Chilean football. While in bad shape began the tournament losing the first two matches, starting from the third day, the team secured a series of good results, achieving reach first place in the table of positions for the first time since 1985. However, towards the end of the regular scored irregular stage, reaching fifth place. The play-offs began in bad way to Everton, losing as local by 3 to 0 in front of Audax Italiano. However, back in the match, defeating Audax in Santiago by 4 goals to 1, ranking thus semifinals, where they beat Universidad de Chile after winning at the National Stadium by 3 to 1 and a draw at the Estadio Sausalito. In the first game of the final, played before Colo-Colo, Everton defeated fell by 2 to 0, however, back in the match, played in Vina del Mar on June 3, 2008, managed to reverse this situation then imposed to Colo-Colo for 3 to 0 with so many endorsements Ezequiel Miralles to 46 ', Jaime Riveros to 71' and again Miralles to 76 ', and thus to obtain its fourth national title and classifying the Copa Libertadores de America the second time in its history.

Classic Porteño during the amateurismoEl traditional rival Everton is Santiago Wanderers of Valparaiso, compared to that dispute the Classic Porteño. The first clashes both clubs dating back to 1910, a period in which Everton joined the Football Association of Chile. The rivalry with the club Caturra began to take towards the second half of the 1930s and was intensified with the move to Everton in Viña del Mar. The first encounter in professional football happened on 9 July 1944 with victory for Everton 2 many to 0.

In the following decades there was an almost complete parity between the two teams recorded between 1944 and 1972 by 65 Premier League matches with 24 victories in 23 Wanderers and Everton. This trend began to break down during the decade of the 1970s, in which Everton secured a streak of 7 consecutive victories, which earned him an advantage in achieving the balance that maintains historic to the present.

In total by the number of honor have faced in 91 opportunities. Everton won in 35 and Wanderers in 29, ending the 27 matches remaining in a tie. For official matches (considering Cup Championships Opening and Chile) have played 137 times with 54 victories in 46 of Wanderers and Everton. The maximum win for Everton in front of its traditional rival for first division matches took place on August 3, 1952, by which time Everton won by 5 to 2 with so many endorsements Rene Melendez, Elijah Cid, Jose Maria Lourido and Adolfo Rodriguez .

Their home games are played at the Estadio Sausalito, which has a capacity of approximately 22,000 seats. The stadium was used as one of the venues for the 1962 FIFA World Cup. The semi-final between Czechoslovakia and Yugoslavia was played at the ground.

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Liverpool Everton (UK Parliament constituency)

Liverpool Everton was a borough constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elected one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election.

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Everton railway station, Victoria

Everton is a closed station of the the closed Bright line. Everton was the former junction station for the Yackandandah line. Only the platform remains at this station where a new shelter and toilets have been built as part of a rail trail project. A plaque and commemorative buffer stop have also been erected on the platform.

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Everton Antônio Pereira

Everton Antônio Pereira, commonly known as Everton, (born 15 November 1979 in São José do Rio Preto) is a Brazilian footballer (midfielder) playing currently for Jagiellonia Białystok. He joined the club from FC Vilnius in summer 2007.

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Éverton Cardoso da Silva

Éverton Cardoso da Silva or simply Éverton (born December 11, 1988 in Nortelândia, MT), is a Brazilian Attacking Midfielder who currently plays for Flamengo.

On August 19, 2008, Everton joined Campeonato Brasileiro Série A club Flamengo. On August 31, 2008, he debuted for Flamengo already playing in the first team, in the Fla-Flu derby, when his club and Fluminense drew 2-2 for the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A.

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Éverton Santos da Costa

Éverton Santos da Costa or simply Éverton (born January 6, 1986 in Ponta Grossa), is a Brazilian striker. He currently plays for Paulista on loan from Adap Galo Maringá.

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Electoral district of Everton

The Electoral District of Everton is a Queensland Legislative Assembly electoral division in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.

The division encompasses suburbs in Brisbane's north west between the Kedron Brook and the South Pine River, including Everton Park, Everton Hills, McDowall and Albany Creek. Parts of Mitchelton are located in the electorate.

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Everton L.F.C.

Everton Ladies Football Club are a women's team in England, playing in the Women's Premiership. They were runners up to Arsenal in the 2005/06 season. They have won the title once in 1998 and the FA Cup also on one occasion in 1989. On February 28, 2008 Everton beat Arsenal 1-0 to lift the 2008 Premier League Cup.

The ladies play at Rossett Park in Crosby, Merseyside which is the home of local men's amateur side Marine F.C. and are managed by Mo Marley.

The club started life as began life as Hoylake WFC in 1983. They merged with Dolphins YC to become Leasowe, adding Pacific to their title in a sponsorship deal. In 1987/88 they came to l prominence winning the North-West League and reaching the 1988 FA Women's Cup final, losing to Doncaster Belles 3-2. However they were back the following year and this time they beat Fulham, this time on the right end of a 3-2 scoreline. By 1991/92 they had won their regional league five years running, and when a regular national competition started the next season they were admitted to division one north and promptly finished top to join the FA Women's Premier League.

In 1995 the club became known as Everton Ladies and continued to make their mark. In 1997 they reached the final of the Premier League Cup only to lose to Millwall Lionesses 1-2. The following year, however, Everton Ladies were crowned National Premier League Champions which is their biggest success to date.

In 1999 the club again lost in the League Cup final, 1-3 to Arsenal Ladies, and in 2005 reached the FA Women's Cup final only to lose 0-1 to Charlton Athletic after a disappointing display. Still, revenge of sorts came two years later when Everton pipped Charlton to second place in the Premier League, which as champions Arsenal had already won the European Cup meant a European debut for the Toffees in 2007/08.

The ladies' first foray into UEFA competition was to end in disappointment however. Despite beating Valur Reykjavík 3-1 in their final group game, Everton only finished third and failed to progress into the Quarter-finals amidst much controversy.

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