A statistical summary of the 2020/21 season.
Author: Bradley Cates
Bengt Kjell – The Swedish Surrogate
On Sunday (1st November 2020), Robin Olsen became the first Swedish goalkeeper to play a competitive match for Everton. Despite the defeat against Newcastle, his performance was praised and was arguably the Blues’ man of the match. His debut came 70 years after another Swedish goalkeeper played for Everton – Bengt Kjell.
Everton’s 2019/20 Statistical Summary
A statistical summary of the 2019/20 season.
Leighton Baines Quiz
How much do you know about Leighton Baines’ Everton career? Test yourself by having a go at this quiz!
| Which team did Everton sign Leighton Baines from for an initial fee of £5 million in August 2007? | |
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| Baines made his Everton debut against which team in August 2007? | |
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| Baines scored his first goal for Everton directly from a free kick against which team in March 2009? | |
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| Baines registered 53 assists in the Premier League for Everton - a Premier League record for a defender. Who did he set up to score the most often? | |
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| Baines has scored more penalties than any other Everton player in the club's history. How many did he score (excluding shootouts)? | |
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| Baines once had a penalty saved but then hit the post and then the goalkeeper on the back of his head and went into the goal. Who was the unfortunate goalkeeper who scored that own goal? | |
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| Baines scored 7 goals directly from free kicks for Everton - how many were at Goodison Park? | |
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| Baines played in every Everton match in all competitions in a single season only once - which season? | |
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| Baines' shirt number at Everton has always been number 3. Who wore the number 3 shirt for the Blues immediately before him? | |
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| Baines' last goal for Everton was a memorable strike against Leicester in the League Cup in December 2019. Who assisted him? | |
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Everton’s First Overseas Match
On 30th April 1905, Everton played their first ever overseas match in Budapest. It was the first of seven matches of a tour of Austria-Hungary. In January the same year, the club agreed to do a European tour, visiting Budapest, Vienna and Prague. There was originally a plan for a European tour in 1903 but nothing went any further. The first match of the tour was against a combined XI of two Hungarian clubs – Budapesti Torna Club and Magyar Atletikai Club.
Dixie Dean Goals Quiz
Can you name the 50 teams Dixie Dean scored against when he played for Everton?
Everton Odd One Out Quiz
| Players who made their Everton debut when they were 16-years-old. | |
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| Managers who won their first competitive game in charge of Everton. | |
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| Players who played in the 1995 FA Cup final. | |
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| Players who made only one competitive appearance for Everton. | |
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| Teams Everton lost to in the 1984/85 season. | |
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| Opposition players who scored more than one own goal in Everton's favour in the Premier League. | |
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| Players who scored their first Everton goal in a Merseyside derby. | |
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| Players who scored at least 100 league goals for Everton. | |
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| Teams Dixie Dean scored against in the 1927/28 season. | |
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| Everton's title-winning club captains. | |
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The Bradford Blizzard
In the 1904/05 season, Everton were cruelly denied the First Division title by one point. “Cruelly” being the operative word here as in November 1904, Everton were leading 3-1 against Arsenal at the Manor Ground but the match was abandoned 15 minutes before full-time due to fog. In the rematch the following April, Arsenal won 2-1. If the original match had continued right to the end, Everton could have been champions. Luck was against Everton that season but in 1915, it made up for it.
Brawling Blues
The start of the 1990/91 season was as bad as it could get for Everton. Star players requesting moves, no points and bottom of the league. Everton lost each of their first three games of the season and were the only team in the First Division without a point. Colin Harvey decided to take the players out for a meal, hoping that uniting everyone will help kick-start their season. But it all went horribly wrong.
Everton General Knowledge Quiz #4
| Who did Steven Naismith replace before he scored his hat-trick against Chelsea in September 2015? | |
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| Who did Everton beat 11-2 in the FA Cup in 1890 - the club's biggest ever victory? | |
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| What was the name of the preseason tournament Everton took part in that was held at Goodison Park in 1997? | |
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| How much did Everton sign Dixie Dean for? | |
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| Richarlison became the first Everton player to play for Brazil in September 2018 after making his international debut against which team? | |
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| Who were Everton's opponents when Howard Kendall famously opened the dressing room window to, in his words, "let the singing lift the lads" in January 1984? | |
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| Which Everton player got sent off in David Moyes' first match in charge of the Blues? | |
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| How many goals did Daniel Amokachi score for Everton before his famous FA Cup brace against Tottenham? | |
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| In which year was Goodison Park chosen as a host stadium for the 1966 World Cup? | |
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| Who scored the most goals for Everton without any of them being a penalty? | |
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