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Are you an Everton Fan?
2022/23 Finish - 17th Place
A founding member of the Football League in 1888, Everton has been in the PL every year since 1990 but have not won a title in that time (they did win an FA Cup in 1995). Everton has flirted with relegation the past two seasons finishing 16th and 17th. This comes after 20 years of finishing between 4th and 12th place. Everton is a fairly large club with a large fanbase who used to win a lot but have been pretty average since the 1990s. Heading into 2023 the focus is on improvement and not being a part of the relegation discussion.
The Club
Located in Liverpool
Goodison Park, 40,000 capacity
Rough estimates
$220M Annual Revenue
$95M Player Payroll
History on the Pitch
9 Titles, last in 1987
5 FA Cups
1 Europe Cup
Ownership
Everton F.C. is a limited company with the board of directors holding a majority of the shares. In 2016, Farhad Moshiri, a British-Iranian businessman based in Morocco, bought a 49.9% stake in the club, and then upped that to 59% in 2018 and again to 94% in 2022. Moshiri is the chairman of USM, a diversified Russian holding company in the mining, telecom and tech sectors.
Sponsorship
Biggest Rival - Liverpool Merseyside Derby
Stadiums are less than 1 mile apart and can each be seen from each other across Stanley Park.
Merseyside is the county in which Liverpool is located.
The longest running top-flight derby in England, a match has been played every year since 1962.
In 242 Matches Everton has 67W 98L 77D.
The Culture
The Peoples Club.
Everton is a more local, blue collar fan base than many of its rivals and big clubs in the PL. 30% of their fans live in Liverpool, and 50% live within 44 miles. For comparison's sake, Liverpool and Man United average 82 and 78 miles. 71% of Everton fans earn less than $40k per year (2003 data). In addition, a 2013 study showed that the houses around Goodison Park averaged $80k, a full $45k less than the next lowest of the teams in the PL. It’s a good-sized club with A LOT of history and a big fanbase, however it falls below the top 6-7 revenue/spending clubs in the PL.
The fanbase is very passionate…..
In 2013, the club launched a new crest to improve reproducibility of the design in print - most likely for Nike. The redesign was not received well by supporters with 91% said to not like the new logo. Over 22,000 supporters signed a petition to have it changed. The club apologized and created a new crest with the involvement of supporters who voted on 3 designs. The winning design was voted on by 80% of the voters and became the new crest in 2014.
The club gets great attendance despite having the most obstructed views and poor sight lines in the Premier League. A 2006–07 fan survey by the Premier League listed 15% of Everton fans as being unhappy with sight lines at Goodison Park, and only 19% described match views as "very good".
Everton has great supports clubs all over the world.
The Everton Lock-Up
Also known as Prince Ruperts Tower, was built in 1787 as a holding place where drunks would be taken overnight by parish constables. Release would involve some sort of community service. It is one of two lock-ups still standing in Liverpool, and became the centerpiece for Everton’s Crest in 1937
Supporters You May Recognize
Paul McCartney
Matt Damon
Sylvester Stalone
Dame Judi Dench
John McEnroe
Tommy Fleetwood
Roger Bennett - Men in Blazers - Give them a listen or a watch!
Patrick Fetherston
Song
Spirit of The Blues - 30s crowd version
Spirit of the Blues - Official music video
First released in 1985 after Everton won the league title and a Europe Title, a music video was released in 2020 and took the song to the tops of the UK Music charts.
Everton, we never shone so brightly
Everton, the spirit of the Blues.
Everton, we never shone so brightly
Everton, the spirit of the Blues.
The Everton Lock-Up
Game Day Pub Guide
If in Chicago - check out AJ Hudson’s Public House. @AJHudsons on Twitter. Highly recommended by the CleanSheet.
Fan Sites
Royal Blue - Apple Podcast
The Official Everton Podcast - Apple Podcast
Official Twitter
@Everton
High Follows on Twitter
@LivEchoEFC (75k)
@EvertonintheUSA (15k)
@EvertonUSA (22k)
The Team
The Gaffer
Sean Dyche (England), 52yo
Burnley manager from 2012-2022 with a bunch of success including Europe qualification for first time in over 50 years. That success got a pub renamed to The Royal Dyche.
Hired by Everton in January 2023 he did enough to keep them from being relegated with a win in the final match of the season.
ODDS
To Win League +50,000
To Be Relegated +400
To Finish Top 4 +5,000
To Finish Top 10 +400
Roster Notes
Full Roster click link
Projected to finish 14th
No Americans on the roster
Have been very quiet on the transfer market.
Seamus Coleman (Ireland) is the teams Captain
