Everton's List of Firsts

Everton Firsts and Distinctions

Founder members of the Football League in 1888

Founder members of the Premier League in 1992

First club presented with the League Championship trophy

First club to present League winners medals

First club to stage an FA Cup Final in 1894

First English club to go on an overseas tour in 1905

First Merseyside club to win the FA Cup

First club to build a purpose-built football stadium

First club to have a four-side stadium with two-tier stands

First club to have a stadium with a three-tier stamd

First club to issue a regular match programme

First club to have a player score 60 league goals

First club to wear numbered shirts, 1-11 in 1933

First club to install dugouts

First club to install floodlights

First club to install undersoil heating

First club to win a European Cup penalty shootout in 1970

First club to play 4,000 top-flight games

First club to amass 5,000 league points

First club to play 100 seasons in the top flight

First British club to stage a World Cup semi-final

First club to break thw £100,000 transfer fee threshold in 1966

Featured in the first televised game with Arsenal in 1936

Everton Firsts and Distinctions