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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
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