EVEverton
EVEverton has reached the english top-flight champions decider 16 times on record, first in 1889-90 and most recently in 1986-87. 9 wins against 7 runner-up finishes are recorded below, sourced from our full english top-flight champions list.
Data last verified: 11 August 2026.
EVEverton — 9 english top-flight champions (1890-91, 1914-15, 1927-28, 1931-32, 1938-39, 1962-63, 1969-70, 1984-85, 1986-87).
Club history
Everton's origins lie in 1878, when members of the St Domingo's Methodist chapel in Liverpool formed a football club to keep congregation members active year-round; within a year the club opened its membership to the wider district and renamed itself Everton, after the surrounding area. The team played first at Anfield from 1884, but a rent dispute with landlord John Houlding in 1892 forced Everton out; Houlding retained the ground and used it to found a new club, Liverpool F.C., while Everton moved across Stanley Park to Goodison Park, one of the first purpose-built major football stadiums in England, where the club remained for 133 years.
The 'Toffees' nickname's origin is genuinely disputed: some accounts credit Mother Noblett's toffee shop near Goodison, others a rival sweet house run by 'Ma' Bushell on Village Street -- both traditions are still cited, and the pre-match 'Toffee Lady' who distributes mints honours the link either way.
Everton won nine League Championships between 1891 and 1987, with particularly dominant spells featuring Dixie Dean in the 1920s-30s and Howard Kendall's mid-1980s side, who added the 1985 European Cup Winners' Cup only to be denied further continental football by the post-Heysel ban on English clubs. Financial strain deepened under Farhad Moshiri's ownership from 2016, culminating in Premier League points deductions in 2023 for breaching profitability rules. American investor Dan Friedkin completed a takeover in December 2024, shortly before Everton left Goodison Park in 2025 for the new Hill Dickinson Stadium at Bramley-Moore Dock.
Sourcing caveat: Sources disagree on the precise origin of the 'Toffees' nickname: some credit Mother Noblett's toffee shop near Goodison Park, while others attribute it to a rival sweet shop run by 'Ma' Bushell on Village Street. Both explanations remain in circulation without a definitive resolution.
Sources
English Top-Flight Champions won (9)
- 1890-91
- 1914-15
- 1927-28
- 1931-32
- 1938-39
- 1962-63
- 1969-70
- 1984-85
- 1986-87
Runner-up finishes (7)
- 1889-90
- 1894-95
- 1901-02
- 1904-05
- 1908-09
- 1911-12
- 1985-86
See the full english top-flight champions list for the winner each of these years.
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