Everton F.C. records

This is a list of records for the Everton F.C. football club.

Player Records

Appearances

* Youngest Ever Player: Jose Baxter, 16 yrs and 191 days old , 2-3 v Blackburn Rovers, 16 August 2008
*Youngest Ever Player in Europe: Jack Rodwell, 16 yrs and 284 days old, 3-2 v AZ Alkmaar, 20 December 2007
* Oldest Ever Player Ted Sagar, 42 yrs 281 days old, 0-1 v Plymouth Argyle, 15 November 1952
*Most League Appearances: Neville Southall, 578 1981-1998
*Most FA Cup Appearances: Neville Southall, 70
*Most League Cup Appearances: Neville Southall, 65
*Most Premiership Appearances: David Unsworth, 271
*Most European Appearances: Brian Labone and Colin Harvey, 19
*Most Substitute Appearances: Duncan Ferguson, 82

"All current players are in bold". Includes substitution appearances.

All competitions appearances

"As of August 22 2006

FA Cup appearances

"As of August 22 2006

Goalscorers

* Most League goals in a season – 60, Dixie Dean, (1927-28)
* Most goals in a single match – 6, Jack Southworth ("v." West Bromwich Albion F.C., Football League Division 1, 30 December, 1893)
* Most goals in the League – 349, Dixie Dean "(as of 17 May, 2006)"
* Most goals in the FA Cup – 28, Dixie Dean
* Most goals in the League Cup – 19, Bob Latchford
* Most goals in European competition – 6, Fred Pickering
* Youngest goalscorer – James Vaughan, 16 yrs and 271 days ( "v." Crystal Palace, 10 April 2005 (also the Premiership's youngest goalscorer)

All Competitions Top scorers

"As of August 22, 2006 (competitive matches only):"

FA Cup scorers

"As of August 22, 2006"

Transfer records

Record transfer fees paid

Club records

Wins

*Most League wins in a season – 29 in 42 matches, First Division, 1969-70
*Fewest League wins in a season – 9 in 22 matches, First Division, 1912-13 and 9 in 42 matches, 1979-80
9 in 38 matches FA Premier League, 1997-98 and 2003-04

Defeats

*Most League defeats in a season – 22 in 42 matches, FA Premier League, 1993-94
*Fewest League defeats in a season – 1 in 22 matches, First Division, 1890-91

Goals

* Most League goals scored in a season – 121 in 42 matches, Second Division, 1930-31
* Fewest League goals scored in a season – 34 in 38 matches, Premier League, 2005-06
* Most League goals conceded in a season – 92 in 42 matches, First Division, 1929-30
* Fewest League goals conceded in a season – 27 in 40 matches, First Division, 1987-88

Points

* Most points in a League season (2 for a win) – 66 in 42 matches, First Division, 1969-70
* Most points in a League season (3 for a win) – 90 in 42 matches, First Division, 1984-85
* Fewest points in a League season (2 for a win) – 20 in 22 matches, First Division, 1888-89
* Fewest points in a League season (3 for a win) – 39 in 38 matches, Premier League, 2003-04

Matches

Firsts

*First FA Cup match – "v." Bolton, First Qualifying Round, 12 November, 1887 (drew 0-0) [ Everton originally drew Rangers F.C. in 1886 but only played it as a friendly as they had ineligible players. Although they beat Bolton in a replay, they didn't go through as they fielded 7 ineligible players. The game itself was a replay as the first game was declared void after Bolton had fielded an ineligible player.]
*First League match – "v." Accrington, First Division, 8 September, 1888 (won 2-1)
*First match at Goodison – "v." Bolton, First Division, (won 4-2)
*First European match – "v." Dunfermline F.C., Fairs Cup, September 25, 1962 (won 1-0)
*First League Cup match – "v." Accrington Stanley, (won 3-1)

Record wins

*Record League Victory: 9-1 v Manchester City, 3 September 1906, and 9-1 v Plymouth Argyle, 27 December 1930 W Dean & J Stein both scored 4, a first for Everton
*Record Premiership Victory: 7-1 v Southampton, 16 November 1996, 7-1 v Sunderland, 24 November 2007
*Record FA Cup Victory: 11-2 v Derby County, FA Cup, 5th Round, 18 January 1890
*Record League Cup Victory: 8-0 v Wimbledon, League Cup, 2nd Round, 29 August, 1978
*Record Aggregate League Cup Victory: 11-0 v Wrexham, League Cup, 2nd Round, 1990,
*Record European Victory: 6-1 v SK Brann, UEFA CUP, Round of 32, 21 February, 2008, 6-2 v IB Keflavik, European Cup,
*Record Aggregate European Victory: 10-0 v Finn Harps, UEFA CUP, 1st Round, 1978.

Record away wins

*Record League Victory: 7-0 v Charlton Athletic, 7 February 1931
*Record FA Cup Victory: 6-0 v Crystal Palace, 4 January 1931
*Record Premiership Victory: 5-2 v Manchester City, 8 May 1993 & Sheffield Wednesday, 27 April 1993
*Record Top Flight Victory: 6-1 v Derby County, 5 November 1892
*Record League Cup Victory: 5-0 v Wrexham, League Cup, 2nd Round 1st Leg, 25 September, 1990
*Record European Victory: 5 0 v Finn Harps, UEFA Cup, 1st Round 1st Leg, 12 September, 1978

Record defeats

*Record League Defeat: 0-7 v Arsenal, Premiership, 11 May 2005
*Record FA Cup Defeat: 0-6 v Crystal Palace, FA Cup, 1st Round, 7 January 1922

Attendances

*Highest League Attendance 78,299 v Liverpool, 18 September 1948
*Highest Premiership Attendance 40,552 v Liverpool, 11 December 2004
*Highest FA Cup Attendance 77,902 v Manchester United, FA Cup, 5th Round, 14 February 1953
*Highest League Cup Attendance 54,032 v Bolton, League Cup, Semi Final, 1st Leg, 18 January, 1977
*Highest European Attendance 62,408 v Internazionale Milano, European Cup, 1st Round, 1st Leg, 18 September, 1963

*Lowest League Attendance 7,802 v Sheffield Wednesday, 1 May 1934
*Lowest Premiership Attendance 13,667 v Southampton, 4 December 1993
*Lowest FA Cup Attendance 15,293 v Wimbledon, FA Cup, 3rd Round Replay, 12 January, 1993
*Lowest League Cup Attendance 7,415 v Wrexham, League Cup, 2nd Round, 2nd Leg, 9 October, 1990

National records

* Goodison Park was the first and only club ground to host a world cup semi-final.
* Goodison Park was the venue for England v Republic of Ireland 21/9/1949. England lost 2-0 & this was their first home defeat to a none UK country. Everton's Peter Farrell scored.
* Everton hold the record for most wins in a season. In 1984/85 Everton won 43 games. 28 Diviison 1, 5 FA Cup, 2 League Cup, 7 UEFA Cup Winners Cup And 1 Charity Shield.
* Everton were the first English club to appear in European competitions five seasons running (1962-63 to 1966-67).
* Everton are the first and only club to have played 100 seasons in the top flight.
* They have scored and conceded more goals in the top division than any other club.
* Everton have both drawn and lost more top flight matches than any other side.
* They hold the unusual distinction of being reigning League champions for the longest time. They won the championship in 1915 and thus remained reigning champions until the 1919-20 season due to the World War I league cancellation. They were also champions in 1939, and again remained reigning champions until the league resumed in 1946-7 after World War II.
* First club to be presented with the League Championship trophy and medals.
* First club to have the youngest Premiership goalscorer in two consecutive seasons with two different players
* First club to play 4000 top-flight games
* First club to amass 5000 League points
* First club to win the League Championship on two different grounds.
* First club to stage an FA Cup final
* First club to install dugouts
* First English club to be invited to train at Coverciano.
* First club to win the FA Cup Final after being 2-0 down.
* First club to appear in 4 consecutive Charity Shields at Wembley 1984-7.
* Jack Southworth's six goals v West Bromwich Albion, 30th December 1893, was the first such instance in Football League history.

Continental records

* Goodison Park, built in 1892, was the world's first complete purpose-built football ground.
* Everton were the first club to install undersoil heating in their stadium.
* First club to win a penalty shoot-out in the European Cup - 1970 v Borussia Mönchengladbach
* First club to issue a regular match programme for home fixtures.
* First club to have a four-sided stadium with two tier stands
* First club to have a stadium with a three-tier stand

ee also

* Football records in England

Notes

References

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