Everton FC
Everton play in the Premier League at Goodison Park (39,572) in Walton, Liverpool, England.
Goodison Park is one of English football’s great cathedrals. It opened in 1892, making it the first purpose-built football stadium in the country, and it has hosted 47 England international matches, one of the 1966 World Cup group stages, and nine Division One title seasons. Everton are one of only six clubs to have played in every top-flight season since the Football League began in 1888. That record obscures some turbulence, but the continuity is real.
The club is moving. Everton’s new 52,888-seat stadium at Bramley-Moore Dock, on the Liverpool waterfront, is scheduled to open for the 2025-26 season, ending Goodison Park’s 133-year tenure. The last match at Goodison, whenever it comes, will be one of English football’s genuine endings.
The Merseyside derby against Liverpool, played across Stanley Park from Goodison, is the most local rivalry in English football: 0.6 miles between grounds. Everton won the first ever competitive fixture between the clubs in October 1894. Liverpool have won more since. The last time Everton won the league title was 1987, under Howard Kendall, in a team that included Neville Southall, Peter Reid, and Gary Lineker. The 1984-85 side, which won the title, the Cup Winners’ Cup, and reached the FA Cup final in the same season, is the historical benchmark every Everton squad is measured against.
Recent seasons brought the specific misery of points deductions. Everton were deducted six points in November 2023 for breaching Premier League profitability rules, then two more points in March 2024. Survival was secured on the final day of 2023-24 in what Goodison processed as relief rather than celebration.
Dominic Calvert-Lewin, Jarrad Branthwaite, and Abdoulaye Doucoure carry the current squad’s key roles. Sean Dyche replaced Frank Lampard in 2023 and introduced the discipline the previous regime had lacked.
Everton play on GMT in winter and BST (UTC+1) in summer. A 15:00 kickoff in Liverpool is 16:00 in Paris, 23:00 in Jakarta, and 10:00 in New York. Supporters checking Liverpool time will find it identical to London.