When was everton football club formed

From how the club were formed, to the journey they took towards securing Goodison Park and the evolution of the team, there is so much Everton history to dive into. In their years of existence, Everton have spent only four years outside the top flight of English football. Steeped in fascinating history, Everton? Located on Breckfield Road North, between St. Domingo Vale and St. Domingo Grove. In Rev. Benjamin Swift Chambers was appointed Minister of St.

Domingo Chapel and created a cricket team for the youngsters in the area. Cricket was only played in the summer months, so there was room for another sport as the weather began to get colder.

In the football club St Domingo F. C was formed, they played their first match at home against Everton Church Club and won Over time, the club became very popular, with many people who did not attend the chapel asking to join the team.

It was decided that the name of the club should be changed and in November a meeting was held at the Queen? After much discussion, they came to the agreement that the team should be called Everton Football Club, after the surrounding area. Everton originally played on an open pitch in the southeast corner of the newly laid out Stanley Park, the same site for the once proposed new Liverpool stadium.

The first official match under the name Everton F. Peters; they won 6? As the team began to grow in popularity, it was apparent that they needed to find a new ground and if they wanted to become a professional club, they required proper enclosed facilities. Brewer John Houlding, a man to be influential in Everton history, lived adjacent to Stanley Park and was attracted to the club because of the large noisy crowds.

In , Houlding negotiated with Mr J. Cruit, who donated land at Priory Road with proper hoarding and turnstiles, it became Everton? However, as the club began to grow, the crowds became far too large and noisy. Eventually, Mr Cruit asked Everton to leave his land after a disturbance was caused by fans when the team beat Earlestown to win their first trophy in Stands were erected at the Anfield Road ground and attendance figures reached 8, per game.

In Everton became a professional football club and played their first Football League fixture against Accrington Stanley on 8 September The club continued to grow and, in the season, Everton won their first championship, playing in front of crowds of up to 20, Goodison Park. Upon arrival at Goodison, the first jobs were to level the land, provide drainage and build stands to accommodate up to 50, spectators. Two uncovered stands were constructed, each accommodating 4, and a covered stand on the Goodison Road side of the ground was built which held 3, On its completion in it was the finest ground in the country, boasting hot-water boilers, large double baths, a referee's changing room and even a press stand!

The first game at Goodison was a friendly between Everton and Bolton Wanderers. A press report stated that 'it appears to be one of the finest and most complete grounds in the kingdom' and Goodison was chosen as the venue for the Bolton Wanderers - Notts County FA Cup Final of The rest, as they say, is history - but here's a few snippets of information about Goodison Park.

We use cookies on our website to help it work. We would also like to use cookies to monitor usage and improve user experience. We will only use optional cookies if you agree to accept them. Two years later Mr Cruit asked the club to leave his land as the crowds became far too large and noisy.

Mr Cruitt kept the fittings in lieu of debt. This debt was eventually paid by two members of the Everton Committee. The Priory Road site now is covered with terraced houses. Everton at Anfield in Two pavilions can clearly be seen. The ground is outside the city boundary Everton F. Everton F. Within seven years the the club progressed from being amateur to a highly successful professional club.

Anfield was transformed from a brick field to a 20, plus international standard ground with accommodation on all sides. The pioneering work establishing Everton F. The landowner of the site was the Orrell family who were brewers and builders. Joseph Orrell junior and John Orrell, owned the site. The Orrell family's land was split near enough equally with one half being used by Everton F. John Houlding paid rent to Orrell and sub-let the ground to Everton F.

On 28 September , Everton F. Proper covered stands were built. During this period the club turned professional, entered teams in the FA Cup and became a founder member of the Football League, winning their first championship at the ground in — The ground's capacity reached over 20,, with facilities considered so good the club hosted an England vs.

Ireland international match and on 8 January Anfield hosted its first ever match under floodlights with Everton triumphing over Sheffield United The first seasons of Everton F. The teams played a friendly match which Rangers won A replay against Bolton Wanderers ended The next season Everton F. On 18 Jan , Everton F. This was the first season that Everton F. Sunderland F. The —91 season started in magnificent form with five consecutive victories, with Fred Geary scoring in each of the first six matches.

By mid-January, Everton F. With one remaining match each left to play, both teams played the final matches of the season on 14 March Preston North End F.

Fred Geary had played in all 22 matches being the club's top goal-scorer with 21 goals. The season ended on a sad note, goalkeeper John Angus, died before the season's end. The internal discord at the club through the season made an impact. The last match Everton F. Geary and Milward scored for Everton F. Contrary to popular belief Everton were not evicted from Anfield being unable to pay a rent increase.

The issue was more complex. A deep and bitter dispute emerged on how Everton F. Committee and John Houlding, Anfield's land owner and Everton's president. The dispute culminated with Everton F. The flashpoint for the dispute was when adjacent landowner to Anfield, Mr Orrell, proposed to legally run a road through the land where a new main stand was erected, to give a right of way to his land.

In order to prevent demolition of the new stand, initial disagreement emerged on:. John Houlding This snowballed with allegations of personal financial gain, by Houlding, by holding the club to ransom. The dispute panned out to a crux of a principled disagreement of how the club was run.

Both sides were entrenched in firm political and social ideologies. Tory councillor and brewer Houlding on one side, the Liberal minded anti-alcohol Everton F.

Committee on the other. For a number of months the Everton F. Committee were negotiating with two parties, Houlding and Orrell, considering whether to buy two plots of land or rent both.

Orrell retained the adjacent land to Anfield to the side of the Main Stand. After one year of being at Anfield Everton F. Club president, Houlding was not on the Everton F. Committee and president John Houlding. Despite the ongoing negotiations, Everton F. However, the flashpoint was a covenant in the contract of the land purchased by Houlding from Orrell causing further and deep friction. A strip of land at the Anfield ground bordering the adjacent land owned by Mr Orrell, could be used to provide a right of way access road for Orrell's landlocked vacant site.

Orrell's land had no direct access from Anfield Road, except via the back of a family builders yard. In early the club erected a stand on the proposed roadway, which was also overlapping Orrell's land. So, in November at a meeting in the Queen's Head Hotel, the name was changed to Everton Football Club, after the surrounding district.

The park had been opened in The goalposts were self-made and anyone could stay and watch the matches. Everton's first official match was played on December 20, , when a team called St. Peter's was beaten During the early years, Everton played in the regional cups, such as the Lancashire Cup and the Liverpool Cup.

When the attendances went up to nearly two thousand, the officials decided that Everton needed a better suited pitch. In , a generous gentleman named J. Cruitt donated land at Priory Road. Basic dressing rooms were built there and entrance fees were collected outside the ground. The season was the last one at Stanley Park.