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Everton F.C.

Everton football club started life as a St. Domingo Church school team which played in Stanley Park. They first played in black but adopted the royal blue colours in 1901. Everton were the first English club side to feature two Scottish Internationals in their ranks during 1898. They did originally play at Anfield until a dispute with the land lord forced them across Stanley Park to Goodison Park.

If they had managed to settle the dispute then it's highly unlikely that Liverpool F.C. would have ever been founded. Perhaps the greatest player to pull on the Everton jersey was Dixie Dean, the most prolific goal-scorer in English football history, he once managed to score sixty goals in one season. He finished his career with 383 goals in 433 appearances for Everton. A record never likely to be matched by any player in history. Up until the 1960's Everton were always noted as the big club in Liverpool, and certainly the most successful.

They are also the club who have spent the longest period of time in the first division of English football. As the Shankly revolution took hold of Liverpool F.C. during the late 60's and into the 70's the fortunes of Everton began to decline. The 70's was a period where little silverware was added to the shelves. The 1980's saw a resurgence under the leadership of Howard Kendell, and for a short period of time Everton were competing with Liverpool F.C. for all the major honours. The 90's however saw another decline after the departure of Howard Kendell, in the 92-93 season they barely escaped regulation. Needing to beat Wimbledon at home in the final game of the season, they were 0-2 down.

An inspired performance in the second half saw Everton win 3-2. Controversy has left a mark over the victory, as the Wimbledon goalkeeper was later suspected of match fixing. A 1995 FA Cup win was the only highlight of the decade. Things however picked up in the new millennium, the current manager is David Moyes. With little transfer funds he has made Everton competitive, and in one season managed to qualify for the Champions League.

In the same season they also finished above Liverpool F.C. in the league table, something which hadn't occurred in many years. The youth system was also responsible for producing Wayne Rooney. Always considered one of the big five clubs in England, they were responsible for creating the Premier League. They have however failed to live up to their big five billing like Spurs.