Everton have been the first club to achieve a wide variety of things over the course of our proud history, here are just some…..
Founder members of the Football League
Founder members of the Premier League
First club to be presented with the League Championship Trophy
First Club to present medals for winning the Championship
First Club to stage an FA Cup Final
First Club on Merseyside to win the FA Cup
First Club to win a Championship on two different grounds
First Club to build a purpose built football stadium
First Club to boast all four sides of the stadium with double-decker stands
First Club to boast a triple decker stand at a Football Stadium
First Club to be visited by a reigning Monarch
First Club to issue a weekly matchday programme
First Club to wear shirts numbered 1-11
First Club to employ a Coach / Manager
First Club to have a church in it’s ground
First Club to use football nets
First Club to install Dug-outs
First Club to install under-soil heating
First Club to position floodlighting across stands instead of on Pylons
First Club to win a European Penalty shoot-out
First Club to play officially in Blue and White (1901)
First Club to go on an Overseas football tour
First Club to play 3000 top flight matches
First Club to achieve 5000 points in the League
First Club to achieve 100 years in the Top Flight
First (and only!) Club to have a player score 60 league goals in a season
First English Club to have an England International striker win The Golden Boot at a World Cup (Gary Lineker)
First British Club to stage a World Cup Semi-Final
First club to appear in a live, fully televised football match. The fixture was Arsenal versus Everton in 1936
Everton were the first English club to complete five consecutive years of competing in European competitions – 1962/63-1966/67.
First Club to have a scoreboard half-time/full-time facility
First club to play a match with six officials (Europa League 2009)
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