"A lot of football success is in the mind. You must believe you are the best and then make sure that you are. In my time at Everton, we always said we had the best two teams on Merseyside, Everton and Everton Reserves." - Anonymous
GROUND CAPACITY: 40,200
RECORD ATTENDANCE: 78,299 v Liverpool, Division 1, 18 September 1948
YEAR FORMED: 1878 (Turned Professional 1885)
CLUB NICKNAME: The Toffees
CLUB MOTTO: Nil Satis Nisi Optimum (Nothing but the best is good enough)
PREVIOUS GROUNDS: 1878, Stanley Park; 1882, Priory Road; 1884, Anfield; 1892, Goodison Park
RECORD LEAGUE VICTORY: 9-1 v Manchester City, Division 1, 3 September 1906
RECORD CUP VICTORY: 11-2 v Derby County, FA Cup 1st Round, 18 January 1890
RECORD DEFEAT: 4-10 v Tottenham Hotspur, Division 1, 11 October 1958
MOST LEAGUE POINTS: (2 for a win) 66, Division 1, 1969-70
MOST LEAGUE POINTS: (3 for a win) 90, Division 1, 1984-85
MOST LEAGUE GOALS: 121, Division 2, 1930-31
HIGHEST LEAGUE SCORER IN SEASON: William Ralph 'Dixie Dean', 60, Division 1, 1927-28 (Record)
MOST LEAGUE GOALS IN TOTAL: William Ralph 'Dixie Dean', 349, 1925-37
MOST LEAGUE APPEARANCES: Neville Southall, 494 (at end of 1994-5 season), still playing
LEAGUE RECORD: 1888 Founder Member of League, 1930-31 Division 2; 1931-51 Division 1; 1951-54 Division 2; 1954-92 Division 1; 1992-current FA Premier League
RECORD FEE PAID: £5.8 million for Andrei Kanchelskis from Manchester Utd, August 1995
RECORD FEE RECEIVED: £8.0 million for Andrei Kanchelskis to Fiorentina (Italy), January 1997
LEAGUE DIVISION 1 CHAMPIONS: 1890-91, 1914-15, 1927-28, 1931-32, 1938-39, 1962-63, 1969-70, 1984-85, 1986-87
LEAGUE DIV 1 RUNNERS-UP: 1889-90, 1894-95, 1901-02, 1904-05, 1908-09, 1911-12, 1985-86
LEAGUE DIV 2 CHAMPIONS: 1930-31
LEAGUE DIV 2 RUNNERS-UP: 1953-54
FA CUP WINNERS: 1906, 1933, 1966, 1984, 1995
FA CUP RUNNERS-UP: 1893, 1897, 1907, 1968, 1985, 1986, 1989
LEAGUE CUP RUNNERS-UP: 1977, 1984
LEAGUE SUPER CUP RUNNERS-UP: 1986
SIMOD CUP RUNNERS-UP: 1989
ZENITH DATA SYSTEMS CUP RUNNERS-UP: 1991
EUROPEAN CUP WINNERS CUP WINNERS: 1984-85
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