Q 01/05

Under what name were Everton founded in 1878, so a Methodist congregation could play sport year-round?

A) St Domingo's FC

B) St Luke's FC

C) Everton Church Club

D) Breckfield Wanderers

Answer · why

A) St Domingo's FC

St Domingo's FC was meant for the chapel's own cricketers, but so many outsiders wanted to join that in November 1879 it was renamed after the distric...

Q 02/05

Everton's first league title, in 1890-91, ended which club's run as champions of the Football League's first two seasons?

A) Aston Villa

B) Preston North End

C) Blackburn Rovers

D) Sunderland

Answer · why

B) Preston North End

Preston North End finished two points behind: Everton had played all but one game by mid-January, then waited two months and lost their last match, 3-...

Q 03/05

Everton won their first FA Cup in 1906 by beating which north-east club at Crystal Palace?

A) Sunderland

B) Aston Villa

C) Newcastle United

D) Wolverhampton Wanderers

Answer · why

C) Newcastle United

Newcastle United won three league titles that decade, yet a single goal 13 minutes from time made this the second of three FA Cup finals they lost in ...

Q 04/05

Which Everton striker scored 25 seconds into the 2009 FA Cup final, then the fastest goal in final history?

A) Tim Cahill

B) Yakubu

C) Louis Saha

D) James Vaughan

Answer · why

C) Louis Saha

Louis Saha beat a record that had stood since 1895, yet Chelsea came back to win 2-1; his mark fell only in 2023, when İlkay Gündoğan scored inside 15...

Q 05/05

Everton signed Dixie Dean in 1925 from which club?

A) Tranmere Rovers

B) Chester City

C) Southport

D) New Brighton

Answer · why

A) Tranmere Rovers

Tranmere Rovers banked £3,000 for an 18-year-old who had just scored 27 league goals for a side that finished second from bottom.