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Address: Goodison Park
Goodison Road
Liverpool
Merseyside
L4 4EL

Phone: Club 0151 330 2200
Ticket Infoline 0891 121599
Dial-A-Seat Service 0151 471 8000

 

FOUNDED: 1878

 

FORMER NAMES: St Domingo F.C.1878-9

 

PRESENT GROUND CAPACITY: 40,200

 

RECORD ATTENDANCE: 78,299 v Liverpool, Division 1, 18th Sep 1948

 

PITCH MEASUREMENTS: 112yd x 78yd

 

MANAGERS: W E Barclay 1888-89, Dick Molyneux 1889-1901, William Cuff 1901-18, W Sawyer 1918-19, Thomas Macintosh 1919-35, Theo Kelly 1936-48, Cliff Britton 1948-56, Ian Buchan 1956-58, Johnny Carey 1958-61, Harry Catterick 1961-73, Billy Bingham 1973-77, Gordon Lee 1977-81, Howard Kendall 1981-87, Colin Harvey 1987-90, Howard Kendall 1990-93, Mike Walker 1994, Joe Royle Nov 1994-Feb 97, (caretaker)Dave Watson Apr 1997-June 97, Howard Kendall June 97-June 98, Walter Smith July 98-

 

RECORD TRANSFER PAID: £5,750,000 to Middlesbrough for Nick Barmby, October 1996.

 

RECORD FEE RECEIVED: £8,000,000 for Andrei Kanchelskis from Fiorentina, Italy, January 1997

 

LEAGUE SCORING RECORD: Dixie Dean, 60, Division 1, 1927-28.

 

HONOURS:
1st Division - Champions 1890-91, 1914-15, 1927-28, 1931-32, 1938-39, 1962-63, 1969-70, 1984-85, 1986-87;

Runners Up - 1889-90, 1894-95, 1901-02, 1904-05, 1908-09, 1911-12, 1985-86

F.A. Cup: Winners- 1906, 1933, 1966, 1984, 1995.

Runners Up - 1893, 1897, 1907, 1968, 1985, 1986, 1989

 
League Cup: Runners Up - 1977, 1984  
Super Cup: Runners Up -1986  
Simod Cup:Runners Up 1989  
Zenith Data Systems Cup: Runners Up 1991  
European Cup Winners Cup: Winners - 1984-85