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You’ll start the day meeting your PLT representative. They will present you with your match-day package: a Everton F.C. personalised replica jersey and a Everton F.C. scarf to get you prepared and pumped up for the day. We’ll pick you up straight from your hotel in our first-class transportation to take you around Liverpool, experiencing some of the hotspots of the town on the way to begin the exciting match-day build-up.

Next up is an all-access stadium tour of the world famous Goodison Road. You’ll have matchday access to the Director’s Box, Dixie Dean suite and Pitchside and Home Dugout, with knowledgeable tour guides taking you every step of the way. Then it’s memorabilia shopping in the Everton Club Shop, getting some unique items for friends and family.

It’s build up time! We’ll take you to the Liverpool Fanzones to soak in the atmosphere for the big day and watch some live football. Then it’s over to the stadium to watch some of the best players in the world warm up for the big game and get comfortable. The Big Game. Live Premier League football. The highlight of the day, watching the teams battling head to head for glory. After the game you will be picked up and chauffeured: to a high-end restaurant for something to eat, to a top-end bar to experience the nightlife, or back to your hotel to relax and reminisce about your exciting day. You choose; your driver awaits.

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In 1892 one of the oldest purpose-built football stadiums in the world graced the streets of Liverpool, The mighty Goodison Park. Known as The Grand Old Lady, to Everton supporters, this fortress has hosted more top-flight games than any other stadium in England. The 2017/18 season sees Goodison Park celebrate its 125th anniversary and Everton’s expert tour guides will provide an insightful trip through the history of the world’s oldest purpose-built football stadium and one of the most pioneering clubs in the English game.

As part of a revamped behind-the-scenes tour, visitors on the tour will gain access to the players’ changing rooms both home and away, get to take in the views from the Director’s Box, gain an understanding of what happens in the Dixie Dean suite on matchday, walk the tunnel to the sound of the iconic Z Cars and emerge onto the touchline taking in the view from the dugout and technical area.

Tours last approximately one hour, with participants receiving 20% off in the club store at Everton One. Everton stadium tours do not operate on a home matchday and only Legends Tours operate the day before a first-team home fixture, booking in advance is required. Tickets are priced at £15.00 per adult (22 years+), £15.00 for young adults (16-22 years), £5.00 (under 16s), under 4s free and £10.00 concessions (65+ years)

A warm welcome awaits all visitors to Goodison Park, as the Club caters for the needs of any group or individual, so book your tickets now and indulge in some sporting history!

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Everton FC Tryouts & Club Guide: History, Stadium, Players, and More!

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Everton Football Club is an English professional football club based in Liverpool, England. The club competes in the Premier League, the top tier of English football.

Everton FC Youth Development System

About the everton fc academy.

Proud of our past, focused on the future. The ethos which runs throughout Everton Football Club, and a mantra encapsulated by its world-class Academy.

For decades, the Club’s youth system has been one of the most respected and renowned in football. And its vision to develop young players who are technically and tactically capable of playing for Everton or having a career in the professional game remains as focused as ever.

There is an enormous amount of planning, preparation and care invested in ensuring this progressive operation – overseen by Academy Manager Joel Waldron – functions so smoothly and prosperously. Waldron is responsible for establishing the Academy’s culture, with its four principal tenets, which focus on family, ambition, determination and authenticity.

“These values are implemented from top to bottom of the organisation and employed as a tool to help develop good footballers and well-rounded individuals,” he explains. “The values underpin the day-to-day workings of our Academy: how we behave, how we represent our Club across the world of football and how we look after each other.”

Everton FC DEVELOPMENT

Everton remain at the forefront of the evolution of professional football academies, no longer comprising merely – in the words of Paul Tait – “recruitment, coaching… and that is it”.

Under-18 manager Tait is a key driver in the Professional Development phase of Everton’s Academy, the final leg on the journey for players making the transition from youth football into the professional ranks.

Everton FC THE PATHWAY

Sean Lundon nods furiously. Head of Academy Coaching Lundon has been asked if the Club’s proven faith in its young players is integral to the success of this formidable youth structure.

For the boys in the Academy, there can be no greater motivation than observing their predecessors playing first-team football for Everton. Equally, staff know the untold hours and emotional energy they sink into their work count for something very important.

This is not a club paying lip-service to developing footballers. Everton’s Academy is the lifeblood of the place. In addition to those seven homegrown first-team debutants in 2017/18, Tom Davies, Beni Baningime and Jonjoe Kenny established themselves in the senior squad, emulating a stack of alumni, including the likes of Wayne Rooney, Francis Jeffers, Leon Osman, James Vaughan and Tony Hibbert.

THE Everton FC COACHING PROGRAMME

Paul Bennett oversees the Pre-Academy phase for five to eight year olds, Kearney heads the Under-9-Under-12 model in the Foundation phase, the Youth Development phase for Under-13s-Under-16s is led by Simon Jennings, while Tait takes charge at Under-18 – the first stage of the Professional Development phase, which continues with David Unsworth’s Under-23s.

“It is all technical coaching in pre-academy,” says Bennett, whose players – or more accurately, perhaps, their parents – are still weighing up where their development will be best served once they are permitted to sign for a club aged nine. “There are lots and lots of touches of the ball and detail on the techniques we are asking them to produce, but also ones they bring themselves. “It is about receiving and striking the ball, using both feet and manipulating the ball, being able to protect it and dodge defenders. “We want players who can handle the ball.”

THE GIFTED AND TALENTED PROGRAMME

The Everton Academy Gifted and Talented Programme is an initiative run by the Academy Recruitment Department.

This programme provides local schools and grassroots clubs with the opportunity to recommend any players who are deemed gifted and talented in football, or are all-round athletes, to attend a training session at Everton’s Youth Academy.

If you son has been recommended by his school to register for one of these events, please complete the registration form by clicking here.

Following his registration we will contact you with all the relevant sessions details.

All sessions are attended by Academy coaches and scouts.

Everton FC Academy Tryouts/Trials

The Everton Academy only holds specific trial dates for boys recommended by Club scouts.

If a player has not been approached by a scout but feel they are genuinely worthy of a trial then they are asked to write into the Academy providing as much information as possible about themselves and the club(s) they play for.

We will then endeavour to have the player watched by a Club scout.

Please use the following criteria as a guideline for information to be supplied when writing to the Academy:

•  Current club/school
•  Age group/date of birth
•  Fixture lists (including kick off times and venues)
•  Contact telephone number and address

If the player shows potential then he will be asked to attend one of our Development Centres for assessment, and further coaching by our Academy Development Officers.

However, if he is of an exceptional standard he may be invited straight into our Academy for a six-week trial period in accordance with Premier League rules.

We will make our interest in the player known by contacting the respective club at which he is registered.

All enquiries must be directed to: Local Schoolboy Recruitment Everton Youth Academy Finch Farm Training Complex Finch Lane Halewood Merseyside L26 3UE *Please note that this trialist procedure applies only to residents within the north-west of England. Subject to Premier League Rule N.57, students in age groups Under 9 – Under 12 inclusive must reside within one hours’ travelling time and those in age groups Under-13 – Under-16 inclusive must reside within one and a half hours’ travelling time of our Academy facility.

To learn more, please click here.

Everton FC Academy Schools Experience

The Schools Experience sessions will give your child the experience of playing at our state-of-the-art training ground, while participating in a fun, engaging session that players of his age participate in on a weekly basis.

To register your son, please  click here . This will take you through to the registration page which we ask you to complete in order to secure a place. 

We will then be in contact regarding a time for your allocated session.

There is  NO CHARGE  for the event but please be aware that your son may only attend if they have been registered through the above link.

All events will be attended by Everton coaches and scouts. Any potential players will be recommended for a trial at Everton’s Youth Academy.

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If you have any questions please do not hesitate to contact us by emailing  [email protected] .

Everton FC Soccer Schools

For the best time with a football outside of Goodison Park, why not sign your child up to take part in Everton in the Community’s Soccer School ?

Run by trained coaches from the Club, the Soccer Schools offer young people the chance to develop their skills and learn new techniques in a safe, fun environment.

Children will be taught skills and techniques that have kept Premier League stars such as Richarlison, Lucas Digne and Jordan Pickford at the top of their game.

Mike Salla, Everton in the Community’s Director of Health and Wellbeing, said: “A typical day at a camp includes a proper ‘footballer’s style’ warm-up, skill sessions, penalty competitions, small-sided games, and water breaks of course! 

“The last hour of each day consists of a tournament for the youngsters to show off their newly learned skills. Every day is carefully structured to give the children the opportunity to learn new techniques, to enjoy their football and meet new friends.”

Talent Spotting

Through Everton Soccer Schools, a small number of children are identified each year as either significantly improving over the course of the camp, or arrive on the first day with that extra talent already in place.

The Community coaches then recommend these gifted youngsters to Everton’s Youth Academy for trials and potentially a place in one of our Academy teams.

Please note: Taking part in one of the Soccer Schools does not guarantee recommendation to Everton’s Youth Academy.

For more information and to book, please call  0151 319 4072  or email  [email protected]   or use the link below.

>>>CLICK HERE FOR A FULL LIST OF ALL THE SOCCER SCHOOLS<<<

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Everton FC History

St. Domingo Football Club was established in 1878 as Everton Football Club so that members of the congregation of St. Domingo Methodist New Connexion Chapel on Breckfield Road North, Everton may participate in sport throughout the year. During the summer months, cricket was the primary sport. The club’s debut contest was a triumph over Everton Church Club by the score of 1-0. When persons from outside the church expressed interest in joining the club, it was renamed Everton in November 1879 after the surrounding neighborhood.

The team became a charter member of the Football League in the 1888–89 season and went on to claim its first League Championship title the following season, 1890–91. Everton won both the League Championship and the FA Cup for the first time in 1914–1915. The FA Cup was won for the first time in 1906. Everton were on top of their game when World War I broke out in 1914, but the game was postponed as a result of the conflict. This was a situation that would recur in 1939. It wasn’t until 1927 that Everton experienced their first consistent era of success in their history.

Dixie Dean moved to the club in 1925 after being recruited from Tranmere Rovers. Dean broke the record for most goals scored in a single season in the top-flight league in 1927–1928. He scored 60 goals in 39 league games, which is a record that has not been broken since. Through his contributions, Everton was able to secure its third League Championship during that season. In spite of this, Everton Football Club was demoted to the Second Division just two years later due to internal strife within the organization. The club rapidly got back on its feet and scored a record number of goals while competing in the Second Division, which led to them being promoted to the First Division on their very first try.

Everton did not waste any time in reestablishing its prominence after returning to the top division in 1931–32, and they won their fourth League Championship at the very first opportunity they had. Everton also took home the FA Cup for the second time in 1933 after defeating Manchester City in the championship match by a score of 3-0. The season 1938–1939 was the final year of the era, and it ended with a fifth League Championship. As a result of the outbreak of the Second World War, league football was once again put on hold. By the time the war was over and official competition returned in 1946, the Everton team had been divided up and was not quite as strong as it had been before the war. Everton was demoted for the second time in the 1950–51 season, and the club did not achieve promotion back to the First Division until 1953–54, when it finished as the runner-up in its third season playing in the Second Division. Since then, the club has maintained a presence at the highest level. The year 1961 saw the beginning of Everton’s second period of sustained success, which was ushered in with the appointment of Harry Catterick as manager.

Everton won the League Championship in his second season in command, 1962–1963, while he was the manager. The club defeated Sheffield Wednesday 3–2 to win the FA Cup in 1966. The match took place that year. In 1968, Everton once again advanced to the championship game, but they were unable to prevail against West Bromwich Albion at Wembley Stadium. Everton won the League Championship in 1969–1970, two seasons later, finishing nine points ahead of their closest rivals, Leeds United . Everton was the first English team to participate in European competitions for a period of five consecutive years, beginning in 1961–62 and continuing through 1966–67. This span of time encompasses the years 1961–62 through 1966–67.

However, the squad was unable to maintain their success, as evidenced by their subsequent finishes of fourteenth, fifteenth, seventeenth, and eighth respectively. Harry Catterick retired, but his successors were unable to win any trophies for the remainder of the 1970s. This was despite the fact that they finished fourth in the 1974–75 season under the management of Billy Bingham, third in the 1977–78 season under the management of Gordon Lee, and fourth in the following season under the management of Billy Bingham. Lee was fired in the year 1981.

When Howard Kendall took over as manager of Everton, the club entered its most successful phase in its history. On the home front, Everton was victorious in the FA Cup in 1984 as well as the League Championships in both the 1984–1985 and 1986–1987 seasons. The club secured its first and, to this day, only European trophy when it was awarded the European Cup Winners’ Cup in the year 1985. This victory was in Europe. Following victories over University College Dublin, Fortuna Sittard, and Inter Bratislava, the team was able to achieve victory in Europe. Then, Everton overcame German heavyweights Bayern Munich 3–1 in the semi-finals, despite being behind at half time (in a match that was deemed the greatest in the history of Goodison Park), and recorded the same scoreline over Austrian club Rapid Vienna in the final. Everton won the competition.

Everton came very close to capturing a treble in 1985, but they were unable to do so because Manchester United defeated them in the FA Cup final. Everton won both the League and Cup Winners’ Cup that year. Everton finished in second place behind Liverpool in both the League and the FA Cup during the following season, 1985–86, but they were able to win the League Championship once again during the following season, 1986–87. Everton has missed the opportunity to compete for additional European titles as a result of the disaster that occurred at the Heysel Stadium and the consequent ban that was placed on all English clubs playing in continental football.

After receiving the suspension, a significant chunk of the team that had just won the championship disbanded. After leading the team to the championship in 1987, Kendall moved on to become the head coach at Athletic Bilbao , and Colin Harvey took over as his assistant. Everton’s run to the FA Cup Final in 1989, which they ultimately lost to Liverpool 3–2 in overtime, was led by Harvey. Everton was one of the original clubs to join the Premier League in 1992, but the club had a difficult time locating an appropriate manager. In 1990, Howard Kendall made a comeback, but he was unable to achieve the same level of success as in the past.

Mike Walker, who followed him as Everton manager, holds the record for the club’s least successful tenure to date. The club’s play began to improve after former Everton player Joe Royle took over as manager in 1994. In his first game in command, he led Everton to a victory over their local rivals, Liverpool, by a score of two goals to zero. Everton avoided relegation under Royle’s leadership, and the club won the FA Cup for the sixth time in its history by claiming a 1-0 victory over Manchester United in the tournament’s championship game.

The cup victory also qualified Everton for the Cup Winners’ Cup, the club’s first attempt at competing in a European tournament in the post-Heysel era. The team continued to improve under Royle during the 1995–1996 season, as seen by their ascent to sixth place in the Premiership. Following the next season, in which the team finished in fifteenth place, Royle decided to quit towards the close of the campaign. Dave Watson, who was the club captain at the time, filled in for him temporarily.

Everton finished in seventeenth place in the Premiership during Howard Kendall’s third and final stint as the club’s manager in 1997, notwithstanding Kendall’s hiring as Everton manager at that time. The only reason the team was able to avoid relegation was because of their better goal difference than Bolton Wanderers. Former Rangers manager Walter Smith succeeded Kendall as manager in the summer of 1998, however he was unable to avoid finishing in the bottom half of the table during his three seasons in charge. After Everton were eliminated from the FA Cup by Middlesbrough in March 2002 and were in serious danger of being relegated, the board of directors at Everton ultimately lost patience with Smith and fired him from his position as manager of the club.

David Moyes, who took over as manager when he resigned, led Everton to a secure fifteenth place finish. Everton had their best season since 1996, when it finished seventh overall in the 2002–2003 season. Before being transferred to Manchester United for a club record fee of £28 million in the summer of 2004, Wayne Rooney made his debut for the first team while Moyes was the manager of Everton. Rooney did so while Moyes was in charge. Everton automatically advanced to the qualification stage of the UEFA Champions League according to their fourth-place performance in the 2004–2005 season.

The team was eliminated from both the UEFA Cup and the Champions League after they were unable to advance to the group stage of the Champions League. Everton Football Club was able to compete in the UEFA Cup in both 2007–08 and 2008–09, and the club finished in second place in the 2009 FA Cup Final. During this time, David Moyes broke the record for the highest transfer fee paid by the club on four separate occasions. He did so by purchasing James Beattie for £6 million in January 2005, Andy Johnson for £8.6 million in the summer of 2006, Yakubu for £11.25 million in the summer of 2007, and Marouane Fellaini for £15 million in September of 2008.

Moyes left his position as manager of Everton at the conclusion of the 2012–13 season in order to become the manager of Manchester United. He brought staff members from Everton to join him at Manchester United in July (assistant manager Steve Round, goalkeeping coach Chris Woods, and coach Jimmy Lumsden), and Everton players Phil Neville and Marouane Fellaini also left for United, with Neville taking a position on the coaching staff. Roberto Martinez succeeded David Moyes as manager of Everton, and in his first season with the club, Everton finished fifth in the Premier League and amassed 72 points, which was the club’s highest point total in 27 years.

Martinez was fired after the season. The season after that, Martinez guided Everton to the round of 16 in the UEFA Europa League 2014–15, where it was ultimately eliminated by Dynamo Kyiv. At the same time, Everton finished 11th in the Premier League standings at home. During the 2015–16 season, Everton advanced to the semi-finals of both the League Cup and the FA Cup; however, they were ultimately unsuccessful in both competitions. Everton was in 12th place when they fired Martnez as manager after a string of disappointing performances in the Premier League. Martinez was let go after Everton’s penultimate game of the season.

Martinez was succeeded as manager of Everton in the summer of 2016 by Ronald Koeman, who had previously been the manager of Southampton but had departed to take a position with Everton on a three-year contract. After placing seventh, in his first year with the club, he led them to a spot in the third qualifying round of the Europa League, which allowed them to advance to the group stage of the competition. Following victories over Ruomberok and FC Haidjuk Split, the club advanced to the group stage of the competition; however, they were unable to go any further because they finished third, behind Atalanta and Lyon .

Everton was in danger of being relegated after nine games of the following season due to a terrible start to the season, and Ronald Koeman was relieved of his managerial duties on October 23, following a 5–2 home loss to Arsenal. Sam Allardyce was hired as the manager of Everton in November 2017, following a five-week stint in which David Unsworth served as the club’s interim manager. Despite being appointed manager, Allardyce left at the end of the season due to public displeasure with his playing style.

In May of 2018, Marco Silva was selected to lead Everton as manager. Everton was given a two-year suspension that prevented the club from signing academy football players from its minor clubs in November of 2018. Silva was fired from his position as manager of Everton on December 5, 2019, following a dismal start to the next season that put the team in the relegation zone with 14 points. In Silva’s first season with the club, Everton finished in eighth place under his leadership.

His most recent outing in the league was a loss to Liverpool by a score of 5–2 at Anfield. Duncan Ferguson, a former player and first-team coach, stepped in as caretaker manager for the next three games before his replacement, Carlo Ancelotti, was appointed on the 21st of December 2019, with Ferguson being appointed as assistant manager. Ancelotti was confirmed as manager on the same day.

Everton secretary Theo Kelly, who would go on to become the club’s first manager, expressed interest in creating a club necktie before the close of the 1937–1938 campaign. It was decided that blue would be the dominant hue, and Kelly would be in charge of creating a crest that would be embroidered on the necktie. He labored on it for a period of four months before settling on the idea of making a replica of the Everton Lock-Up, which is located in the core of the Everton neighborhood. Since its erection in 1787, The Lock-Up has had a close and inseparable relationship with the Everton neighborhood.

On Everton Brow, the structure that was originally used as a bridewell to imprison mostly inebriated people and low-level offenders is still standing today. Kelly chose to incorporate two laurel wreaths on either side of The Lock-Up because, according to the College of Arms in London, laurels are the symbol of winners, and The Lock-Up was accompanied by two laurel wreaths on either side. The motto of the club, “Nil Satis Nisi Optimum,” which translates to “Nothing but the best is good enough,” was displayed alongside the club crest. On the first day of the 1938–1939 season, both Kelly and Mr. E. Green, the chairman of Everton Football Club, wore the ties for the first time.

The shirts worn by members of the club were barely ever embellished with any kind of emblem. The club reverted to simple royal blue shirts between the years 1922 and 1930, and it wasn’t until 1972 that bold “EFC” lettering was reintroduced to the shirts. The interlaced “EFC” pattern was used between 1922 and 1930. The crest that Kelly developed was used for the first time on the team’s shirts for the first time in 1978 and has been there ever since, even though it has gone through progressive changes to become the one that is used today.

In May of 2013, the club introduced a new crest in an effort to improve the design’s replication in print and broadcast media, particularly on a smaller scale. This was particularly important for the club’s mascot. The number of colors had been cut down, and the radial effect had been eliminated, which resulted in the kit being able to be reproduced at a lower cost. As a result, critics speculated that the redesign was prompted by outside pressure from Nike, Inc., a company that specializes in the production of athletic equipment. The redesign was not well accepted by fans, as indicated by the result of a poll conducted on an Everton fan website, which showed that 91 percent of respondents disapproved of the crest. Before the club issued an apology and promised that a new crest would be produced for the 2014–15 season with an emphasis on fan consultation, a petition to oppose the club’s decision received more than 22,000 signatures. In a short amount of time after that, the club lost its Head of Marketing.

On October 3, 2013, the club unveiled their most recent crest to the public. After receiving feedback from the fans, the selection process narrowed down to three potential new crests. The new emblem, which was selected in the final ballot by about 80 percent of the supporters that participated, was first put into use in July of 2014.

The original home field for Everton Football Club was located in the southeast quadrant of Stanley Park. In the year 1879, the first ever official match was played. A man named J. Cruitt made a donation of land on Priory Road in 1882, and this became the club’s permanent location. Everton Football Club became tenants at Anfield in 1884. At the time, the property was held by John Orrell, a landowner who was a friend of John Houlding, a member of Everton F.C. In exchange for a little rent payment, Orrell made Anfield available to the team. Everton’s rent increased from £100 to £240 a year by the year 1888, and it continued to rise until the club moved out of the ground in 1892. Houlding purchased the land from Orrell in 1885 and, in effect, became Everton’s landlord by charging the club rent.

Houlding became Everton’s landlord by charging the club rent. The club felt that the new higher rent was not acceptable in any way. As a result of an additional disagreement between Houlding and the club’s committee, Houlding made an attempt to acquire complete control of the club by registering the business known as “Everton F.C. and Athletic Grounds Ltd.” Everton moved their home games from Anfield to their new stadium in Goodison Park, where they have remained ever since. Houlding made an effort to assume control of Everton’s name, colors, fixtures, and league position but was unsuccessful due to opposition from The Football Association. In its place, Houlding established Liverpool Football Club (LFC).

The year 1892 marked the opening of Goodison Park, which was England’s first major football stadium to be constructed. Goodison Park is the only English club ground to have hosted a semi-final during the 1966 FIFA World Cup and has hosted more top-flight football games than any other stadium in the United Kingdom. Goodison Park also holds the record for the most top-flight football games played at any stadium in the United Kingdom. In addition to being the first stadium in England to have under-soil heating, it was also the first stadium in England to have two tiers on all four sides. In close proximity to the intersection formed by the Main Stand and the Howard Kendall Gwladys Street End are the church grounds of St. Luke the Evangelist. On game days, the players walk out to the tune “Johnny Todd,” which is performed in the arrangement that was utilized when the song was used as the theme song for Z-Cars. This tradition dates back to 1962. It is a traditional children’s song from Liverpool that was gathered by Frank Kidson in 1890. The song relates the narrative of a sailor who is betrayed by his beloved while he is away at sea. Different songs were played when the club exited the building on two distinct occasions in 1994. During the month of August in 1994, the nightclub played “Get Ready For This” by 2 Unlimited. One month later, the club played an updated version of “Bad Moon Rising,” a legendary song originally performed by Creedence Clearwater Revival. Everton supporters were unanimous in their opposition to both songs throughout the match.

Everton Football Club is organized as a limited company, and the majority of the club’s shares are held by the board of directors. The most recent set of financial records for the club, which date back to May 2014, reveals that it has a net total debt of £28.1 million, a turnover of £120.5 million, and a profit of £28.2 million. The “Basic Award Fund” of the Premier League is used as collateral for the overdraft that the club has with Barclays Bank. This fund is a guaranteed sum that is given to teams in exchange for them participating in the Premier League. In 2002, Everton reached an agreement with Bear Stearns and Prudential plc for a long-term loan with a total amount of thirty million pounds and a tenure of twenty-five years. Both the consolidation of debts at the time and a source of funds for the purchase of new players were accomplished with the assistance of the loan. The property at Goodison Park has been put up as collateral. On February 27, 2016, it was reported that Farhad Moshiri will purchase a share in the club equal to 49.9 percent of its total ownership.

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A warm welcome awaits all visitors to Goodison Park as the Club caters for the needs of any group or individual for a tour of one of the world’s most iconic football stadiums. Visitors will get access to the players’ changing rooms – both home and away, take in the view from the Directors' Box, understand what happens in the Dixie Dean suite on a matchday, experience the sound of Z-Cars down the tunnel and emerge onto the touchline to take in the view from the dugout and technical area.Everton’s expert tour guides will provide an insightful trip through the history of the world’s oldest purpose-built football stadium and one of the most pioneering clubs in the English game.*Should you or your group have any special requirements or access needs, please inform the Club at the time of booking or prior your tour date. We would then do all that we can to ensure you have an enjoyable experience.In the 2018-19 season we will be running tours at least five days a week, up to three times a day at 11.30am, 1pm and 2.30pm. Everton stadium tours do not operate on a home matchday and only Legends Tours operate the day before a first-team home fixture – find out more here.Booking in advance is advised. All tours are non-smoking and last approximately one hour.

There are football clubs all over the United Kingdom that admit people to tour around their stadiums and allow their very dedicated fans back stage as it were, to see just how it's all done behind the scenes! But with the way Everton does it, is totally different to any sports stadium tour I've ever been on. They do it as if they are showing a family member or a close friend around their much loved new home. It's with that sense of passion being so apparent, that we just had to vote Everton Football Club, Stadium Tours one of the Top 100 Attractions in Northwest England.

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Everton captain Seamus Coleman says he is yet to decide whether to accept the offer of a new contract, but believes he still has “value” to offer and a “duty” to help the club.

The 35-year-old’s current deal is due to expire at the end of June, with director of football Kevin Thelwell confirming last week that a new one-year extension was on the table.

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After battling back from medial ligament damage sustained last May, Coleman made just seven Premier League starts this season. He returned to the side towards the end of the campaign, though, to help Everton over the line and has been a key figure behind the scenes in helping avoid relegation for a third successive year.

A decision is still to be made on whether he takes his Everton career into a sixteenth season, but the Ireland international is confident he still has something left to offer.

“I’m enjoying it in terms of I love the club and have always said when wingers are skipping past me, I’ll understand (it’s time to retire),” Coleman said after Sunday’s 2-1 final-day defeat against Arsenal . “I play against some top wingers in training as well and still feel competitive like I’m not getting run past five or six times a game.

“I know I’m not going to be up and down the wing and not going to be playing 38 games a season but I also know the value I bring to the dressing room because I live in the city, understand what the club means and can relay those messages when the going gets tough.

“I’ve been offered (a deal) but it’s not something that I’ve sat down and considered deeply just yet. For me, the games are always the most-important and it was important to get these couple of games out of the way. I absolutely idolise the club and we’ll sit down and see what’s next.

“Now it’s time to sit down and think about it but I make no secret about it, I absolutely love the club; I feel like I have got a duty to help the club while I still feel I can so we’ll see where the next couple of weeks takes us.”

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Coleman also praised manager Everton manager Sean Dyche for his role in steering the club to safety with three games to spare despite two points deductions.

Without those deductions, they would have finished level with Brighton in 11th, and Coleman believes that shows how much progress has been made this season.

“We’ve done what we needed to do as a group of players, as a fanbase, as a football club” he said. “Everyone else can talk about the decisions and the two points deductions that have never been heard of before. I’ve very, very proud of the reaction of everyone.

“If you take away the points deductions where would we be? That’s a massive improvement on the previous two seasons.

“The manager has to take massive credit for that with his style, his principles, his old-school mentality, which is a good thing when I say that. Bringing that little bit of Everton back.

“It’s not his way or the highway completely but he’s a disciplinarian in a positive way and sometimes that’s what we’ve needed. The improvements have been there and the manager has to be given credit for that, but so should the players because they could have gone under with the pressure we’ve had this season.

“I’ve been here through better times in terms of top-five, top-six, top-seven finishes and a few runs in the Europa League but the last three years haven’t been that, they’ve been a lot tougher. But you sign up to the club and whatever comes along, you’ve got to deal with it.

“The last three years have been very tough for everyone but the togetherness and the manager have kept this club where it belongs. We’re hoping to get into the new stadium and things will change so Evertonians can look forwards again, because it’s been a tough time of course and we understand that.”

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LIVERPOOL, ENGLAND - MAY 11: Jarrad Branthwaite of Everton reacts during the Premier League match ... [+] between Everton FC and Sheffield United at Goodison Park on May 11, 2024 in Liverpool, England. (Photo by Jan Kruger/Getty Images)

Several Everton players have been linked with transfers away from the club this summer as it continues to attempt to balance its finances following points deductions for breaching the English Premier League’s profitability and sustainability rules in recent years.

A number of names at the club will attract interest from other teams, both from the Premier League and from across Europe, but one player Everton should avoid selling is star center-back Jarrad Branthwaite

The 21-year-old emerged as one of the best defenders in England during the 2023/24 campaign.

A loan spell with PSV Eindhoven in the Dutch Eredivisie in the 2022/23 season appears to have set him up well for regular games in the Premier League, and he has fit perfectly into Everton manager Sean Dyche’s system alongside the more experienced James Tarkowski.

Branthwaite is a tall and increasingly physical defender who contributed to an Everton defensive record which was the fourth-best in the English top division during the recent season which ended last week.

Branthwaite was unlucky to miss out on the Premier League’s Young Player of the Year award. He wasn’t even shortlisted, but that says more about the shortcomings of that award, which includes players up to the age of 23, than the performances the Everton defender put in throughout the season.

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At his club, Branthwaite was named Players' Player of the Season and Fans' Young Player of the Season. Goalkeeper Jordan Pickford was named fans’ Player of the Season at Everton and is another one of the players who might interest other clubs.

LIVERPOOL, ENGLAND - APRIL 21: Jordan Pickford of Everton celebrates with Jarrad Branthwaite of ... [+] Everton during the Premier League match between Everton FC and Nottingham Forest at Goodison Park on April 21, 2024 in Liverpool, England.(Photo by Robbie Jay Barratt - AMA/Getty Images)

Everton’s financial situation means they will need to sell players in the upcoming summer 2024 transfer window, ahead of the 2024/25 season.

The club needs to sell for the sake of balancing the books, but also needs to sell in order to further balance the team by replacing players sold with useful additions in other areas as well as replacements.

It will need to be savvy with its buys, and those leaving will need to be replaced by spending transfer fees much lower than those received.

As well as Branthwaite and the England goalkeeper, Pickford, there are some other players at Everton who will be of the interest to other clubs.

The most likely to fetch substantial transfer fees are Belgian international midfielder Amadou Onana and striker Dominic Calvert-Lewin. Vitalii Mykolenko was also solid defensively at left-back alongside Branthwaite, and was low-key one of the best in his position in the league.

Of these players, Branthwaite will be the most difficult to replace. The center-back is a perfect fit for Everton’s requirements and Dyche has chosen him for his team ahead of other more experienced central defenders Michael Keane and Ben Godfrey.

For the same reasons, Branthwaite will be the player who could command the highest transfer fee of Everton’s current crop of players, having been reliable in terms of his availability and consistent in his performances.

He is also good on the ball, able to pass with both feet, and can contribute in build-up play with line-breaking passes.

His skill in possession has been on show during his appearances with an England U21s side that often dominates the ball, unlike Everton, and the Carlisle-born defender has been included in Gareth Southgate’s provisional squad for Euro 2024.

The England manager would be wise to include him in his final squad, too, such is Branthwaite’s ability as a left-sided center-back, and this could in turn raise the player's value even further.

Pickford was named Everton fans' best player in the 2023/24 season, but in terms of outfield players, Branthwaite, along with the steady presence of Mykolenko to his left, was a key part of the team and will be the most difficult to replace.

Calvert-Lewin will not be easy to replace like-for-like either, but unlike Branthwaite, Calvert-Lewin’s availability has been an issue in the past and during the previous campaign he had a run of 15 league starts without a goal.

Calvert-Lewin's fitness and availability was much improved in 23/24, though, and there was an encouraging run of games towards the end of the season where he came back into some kind of goalscoring form. This could convince potential suitors that he’s the same all-around threat at center-forward he was before injury setbacks.

Onana is also highly talented, perhaps up there with Branthwaite in terms of his combination of current ability and the potential to improve even further, but he could be the easiest to replace of the rumoured outgoings.

Onana has not stood out for Everton consistently , and though you could see him turning into a world-beater at another club in the same way Anthony Gordon has since his move from Everton to Newcastle, he would be easier to replace than Branthwaite.

Everton will be tempted to sell Branthwaite, as his age and ability mean he will be the player for whom the biggest transfer offers are made.

The club should turn them down, though, if it can afford to do so by selling players in other parts of the team. There is unlikely to be a replacement at Branthwaite's level out there for the money Everton will be able to spend, and at some point they still need to think about the on-field performance as well as the financial one.

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Ahead of the final match of the 2024/25 Premier League season at Arsenal on Sunday, the Club can confirm captain Seamus Coleman and Ashley Young are to be offered new one-year contracts, while an option to extend Idrissa Gana Gueye’s deal until the end of June 2025 has been activated.

Senior players Andre Gomes and Andy Lonergan will leave the Blues when their current contracts expire at the end of next month.

Meanwhile, Arnaut Danjuma and Jack Harrison will return to Villarreal and Leeds United respectively following the conclusion of their season-long loans. Everton will continue dialogue with Leeds over the future of forward Harrison when the Yorkshire club’s current Championship play-off campaign is completed.

Dele, whose current contract also ends next month, will remain with the Club while he continues an intensive rehabilitation programme from a long-term groin injury, which he has recently been undergoing away from Merseyside.

One more year of @IGanaGueye ! 🇸🇳💙 pic.twitter.com/O2mQjknI8o — Everton (@Everton) May 17, 2024

Everton Director of Football, Kevin Thelwell, said: “Everyone at the Club thanks Andre and Andy for their service and contribution to Everton.

 “Andre immersed himself in the Everton values after joining us from Barcelona in 2018 and, rightly, was a popular player with our fans. Andy brought vital experience to our talented group of goalkeepers. Both have been valued members of our ranks, and we wish them the very best for the future.

“We also thank Arnaut and Jack for their roles in the progress made by our Men’s Senior Team this season under Sean and his coaching staff. We will continue discussions with Leeds regarding Jack’s future in the coming weeks.”

On Dele, Thelwell added: “Dele’s contract is coming to an end, but our medical team will continue to support him while he completes the intensive rehabilitation programme he is currently undergoing following the operation he had earlier this year. Both Sean and I agree it is important we ensure Dele’s rehabilitation is not impacted by his contract situation at such a critical point in his recovery.”

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In the world of modern football, there are many contentious points around 'The Beautiful Game'. Perhaps one place where there'd been little to no controversy was with the introduction of technology into the game, in particular goal-line technology.

It's an addition to the sport that has seen no controversy since its introduction into the Premier League in 2013, so when the Video Assistant Referee (VAR) was discussed, many welcomed what they thought would be a positive change. Sadly, it's been anything but.

Refereeing decisions have never been under a microscope more than they are now , with each and every weekend pulling up new, contentious moments that have half the country disagreeing with the other. Ultimately, the decision comes down to a group of officials' interpretation of the law rather than the law itself - something that has caused inconsistency to crop up time and time again over the last few years.

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In fact, clubs clearly think it's so bad that the 20 Premier League clubs are holding a vote on whether to 'scrap' the process , a motion bought forward by Wolves who felt they'd been on the wrong end of numerous decisions throughout the season.

In response, the Premier League itself released a statement affirming their support for the pitchside procedure, announcing: "The Premier League can confirm it will facilitate a discussion on VAR with our clubs at the Annual General Meeting next month.

"Clubs are entitled to put forward proposals at shareholders' meetings and we acknowledge the concerns and issues around the use of VAR.

"However, the League fully supports the use of VAR and remains committed, alongside PGMOL, to make continued improvements to the system for the benefit of the game and fans."

Since then, ESPN have researched each and every controversial decision made by VAR throughout the 2023/24 season - a total of 31 which they deemed to be 'incorrect' - and have tallied up how it ultimately would've affected both the final league standings, as well as the net amount of goals given and disallowed throughout the season and which clubs were negatively affected the most.

Of the 31 'incorrect' decisions, only two of them involved Everton and both were ruled to have benefited the Toffees when in reality they shouldn't have. The first was in the 1-0 win over Burnley in late April which saw a red card shown to Dara O'Shea for denying Dwight McNeil's obvious goal-scoring opportunity, with ESPN arguing it should have been reduced to a yellow.

The other came in the 2-0 win over Nottingham Forest a week prior in which it was deemed Forest should have been given a spot kick for a challenge by Ashley Young on Callum Hudson-Odoi; at the time the score was 1-0 in the 55th minute.

In fact, those two VAR 'mistakes' meant that Everton finished second in the Winners and Losers table, only behind Aston Villa with their net positive gain on VAR mistakes being three. Liverpool had the worst return, having four 'incorrect' VAR decisions go against them to leave them bottom of the table while Brighton and Wolves slot in just above them on negative three.

On the real league table, it would've meant Everton losing two points and a 16th-place finish behind Brentford but still ahead of the relegation zone. Their research also showed that VAR were mainly making incorrect decisions around penalties with 14 of the 31 'mistakes' centring around spot-kicks.

Finally, of the 13 teams that have been in the Premier League for all five seasons that VAR has been implemented, Sean Dyche's side sit slap-bang in the middle of the table with a net positive decision score of +2, while Brighton sit at +8 at the top of the table, just ahead of Liverpool with +5.

Wolves, the club who introduced the call to scrap VAR, sit at the bottom of the table with a score of -18, 12 'against' decisions ahead of the two next clubs Arsenal and West Ham with -6.

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· 24 May 2024

Crystal Palace co-owner John Textor interested in selling stake in club and buying Everton

In a statement to ‘supporters of Crystal Palace football club’, John Textor has announced that his company, Eagle Football Holdings, are actively looking to sell their stake in the club.

Meanwhile, according to Matt Woosnam and Patrick Boyland of The Athletic , Textor is interested in purchasing a majority stake in Everton , should his stakes in Palace be sold.

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Along with chairman Steve Parish and businessmen Josh Harris and David Blitzer, Textor is one of four co-owners at Selhurst park, having bought a 40 per cent share for £87.5m in 2021, before investing £30m to extend his shareholding by five per cent just last year.

However, with the American wanting Palace to be a key part of Eagle Football multi-club group – the firm also hold majority stakes in Brazil’s Botafogo, Belgium’s RWD Molenbeek, and Ligue 1 club Lyon – he has become frusrtated over his lack of control at the London club.

As such, although he maintains a “civil” relationship with Parish, who is the main decision-maker at the club, Textor has previously expressed his desire to either sell his stake, or purchase a majority, due to the belief that “it’s important to have a UK partner that is as collaborative with our other clubs as they are today.” – as he stated last year to The Athletic .

With the option of a takeover not possible, Eagle Football have announced the appointment of investment banking firm Raine Group to “solicit and interview prospective buyers” of their interest in Oliver Glasner’s side, whom Textor states is “simply not a perfect fit” for his “integrated sporting model” .

Furthermore, whilst he conveyed he is “extremely proud” of his time at Palace, Textor also detailed that he has begun preliminary talks over a potential deal to purchase Everton .

The Merseyside club’s owner, Farhard Moshiri, has agreed to sell his 94 per cent stake to Miami-based private investment firm 777 Partners last September, but after a drawn-out process, the deal is now on the verge of falling through and the Miami-based investment firm only have until the end the May to complete the takeover.

777 also own teams such as Genoa, Standard Liége, Red Star F.C, Vasco da Gama, and Hertha Berlin, but have faced major backlash from fans over their handling of each club, who have faced financial and sporting issues – and in some cases sanctions – due to their owners not being able to provide adequate funds.

Consequently, the Miami-based investment firm have not yet passed the Premier League’s owners and directors’ test; with themselves, their portfolio companies, and its co-owners Steven Pasko and Josh Wander, having also been subject to multiple lawsuits.

A potential new buyer of Sean Dyche’s side is subsequently on the cards, and Textor has registered his interest. The 58-year-old said: “Everton represents the best of English football: the struggles, the glory, the want. I love that it’s out of London. Everybody should want to buy Everton right now”.

However, as Premier League rules restrict ownership of two clubs in the same division, Eagle Football must first sell its share in Palace before it makes a formal approach to buy a stake in Everton .

Therefore, whilst Textor is still exploring the idea of purchasing Everton before it potentially goes off the market, he has also stated that it would be a mistake to rush the situation at Palace

Travis Levison | Get Football

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