Thursday, May 12, 2005
Just relax and enjoy the moment
Clearly the team was a little too relaxed and were torn apart by a rampant Arsenal 7 goals to nil. BBC news noted that it was Everton’s worst Premiership loss. This is true.
Had the journalist done her/his research more thoroughly – and flicked through the Rothman’s Football Yearbook rather than just browsed the Premier League’s website – they would have discovered that this is Everton’s worst Football League defeat EVER!
Everton FC has been in the football league since its beginning in 1888, when with 11 other clubs it kicked off the first full league season. 11 of the original 12 are all still in professional football; the 12th, Accrington (now Accrington Stanley), continues in non-league football.
Everton has clocked up more seasons in the top flight football than any other club, playing just 4 seasons out of the highest league, the last period ending back in 1953-54. No club other than Arsenal has spent as many continuous seasons in the top division.
In that time, and including many other domestic and European cup competitions, Everton’s worst defeat – before this shocker at Arsenal - had been a 10-4 drubbing at the hands of Tottenham Hotspur in 1958. So, in probably in the region of 3,500-4,000 football matches, Everton had not lost by a margin of more than 6 goals.
Next year’s Rothman’s Football Yearbook will show a new record for Everton.
Football League History
Just relax and enjoy the moment
Posted by Living with Matilda at 12:11 PM
Clearly the team was a little too relaxed and were torn apart by a rampant Arsenal 7 goals to nil. BBC news noted that it was Everton’s worst Premiership loss. This is true.
Had the journalist done her/his research more thoroughly – and flicked through the Rothman’s Football Yearbook rather than just browsed the Premier League’s website – they would have discovered that this is Everton’s worst Football League defeat EVER!
Everton FC has been in the football league since its beginning in 1888, when with 11 other clubs it kicked off the first full league season. 11 of the original 12 are all still in professional football; the 12th, Accrington (now Accrington Stanley), continues in non-league football.
Everton has clocked up more seasons in the top flight football than any other club, playing just 4 seasons out of the highest league, the last period ending back in 1953-54. No club other than Arsenal has spent as many continuous seasons in the top division.
In that time, and including many other domestic and European cup competitions, Everton’s worst defeat – before this shocker at Arsenal - had been a 10-4 drubbing at the hands of Tottenham Hotspur in 1958. So, in probably in the region of 3,500-4,000 football matches, Everton had not lost by a margin of more than 6 goals.
Next year’s Rothman’s Football Yearbook will show a new record for Everton.
Football League History
Posted by Living with Matilda at 12:11 PM
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