document_title: Saturday Night Live cast members

question_text: who is the longest-running cast member on saturday night live

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text: Saturday Night Live cast members

text: List of all cast members[edit]

text: As of September 2017, the show has featured 148 cast members. The list below includes both repertory and featured players, but omits SNL writers and others who were not listed as cast members during the show's credits. The dates given are those of the years they were part of the cast. The chart also shows whether the cast member has served as a guest host, appeared as the anchorperson of the "Weekend Update" segment (by any of its titles), or has been the subject of their own "Best of" home video collection. Many of the cast members were writers as well.

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text:
Performer
Years active
No. of seasons
Repertory player
Featured player only
"Weekend Update" anchor
Hosted
Best of...
Writer

Fred Armisen
2002–2013
11
Y

Y

Dan Aykroyd
1975–1979
4
Y

Y
Y
Y
Y

Peter Aykroyd
1979–1980
1

Y

Y

Morwenna Banks
1995
1
Y

Vanessa Bayer
2010–2017
7
Y

Jim Belushi
1983–1985
2
Y

Y

John Belushi
1975–1979
4
Y

Y
Y

Beck Bennett
2013–present
5
Y

Jim Breuer
1995–1998
3
Y

Paul Brittain
2010–2012
2

Y

A. Whitney Brown
1986–1991
6

Y

Y

Aidy Bryant
2012–present
6
Y

Beth Cahill
1991–1992
1

Y

Dana Carvey
1986–1993
7
Y

Y
Y

Chevy Chase
1975–1976
2
Y

Y
Y
Y
Y

Michael Che
2014–present
4
Y

Y

Y

Ellen Cleghorne
1991–1995
4
Y

George Coe
1975
1
Y

Billy Crystal
1984–1985
1
Y

Y
Y

Y

Jane Curtin
1975–1980
5
Y

Y

Joan Cusack
1985–1986
1
Y

Pete Davidson
2014–present
4
Y

Tom Davis
1977–1980
4

Y

Y

Mikey Day
2016–present
2

Y

Denny Dillon
1980–1981
1
Y

Jim Downey
1979–1980
1

Y

Y

Robert Downey, Jr.
1985–1986
1
Y

Y

Brian Doyle-Murray
1979–1980
1981–1982
2
Y

Y

Y

Rachel Dratch
1999–2006
7
Y

Robin Duke
1981–1984
4
Y

Y

Nora Dunn
1985–1990
5
Y

Christine Ebersole
1981–1982
1
Y

Y

Dean Edwards
2001–2003
2

Y

Abby Elliott
2008–2012
4
Y

Chris Elliott
1994–1995
1
Y

Jimmy Fallon
1998–2004
6
Y

Y
Y
Y

Siobhan Fallon
1991–1992
1

Y

Chris Farley
1990–1995
5
Y

Y
Y

Will Ferrell
1995–2002
7
Y

Y
Y

Tina Fey
2000–2006
6
Y

Y
Y

Y

Will Forte
2002–2010
8
Y

Al Franken
1977–1980
1986
1988–1995
11

Y

Y

Heidi Gardner
2017–present
1

Y

Janeane Garofalo
1994–1995
1
Y

Ana Gasteyer
1996–2002
6
Y

Gilbert Gottfried
1980–1981
1
Y

Mary Gross
1981–1985
4
Y

Y

Y

Christopher Guest
1984–1985
1
Y

Y

Y

Bill Hader
2005–2013
8
Y

Y

Anthony Michael Hall
1985–1986
1
Y

Brad Hall
1982–1984
2
Y

Y

Rich Hall
1984–1985
1
Y

Y

Darrell Hammond
1995–2009
14
Y

Y

Phil Hartman
1986–1994
8
Y

Y
Y
Y

Jan Hooks
1986–1991
5
Y

Yvonne Hudson
1980–1981
1

Y

Melanie Hutsell
1991–1994
3
Y

Victoria Jackson
1986–1992
6
Y

Leslie Jones
2014–present
4
Y

Y

Colin Jost
2014–present
5
Y

Y

Y

Chris Kattan
1996–2003
8
Y

Y

Tim Kazurinsky
1981–1984
4
Y

Y

Laura Kightlinger
1994–1995
1

Y

Y

Taran Killam
2010–2016
6
Y

David Koechner
1995–1996
1
Y

Gary Kroeger
1982–1985
3
Y

Matthew Laurance
1980–1981
1

Y

Julia Louis-Dreyfus
1982–1985
3
Y

Y

Jon Lovitz
1985–1990
5
Y

Y
Y

Norm Macdonald
1993–1998
5
Y

Y
Y

Y

Gail Matthius
1980–1981
1
Y

Y

Michael McKean
1994–1995
2
Y

Y

Mark McKinney
1995–1997
3
Y

Kate McKinnon
2012–present
7
Y

Tim Meadows
1991–2000
10
Y

Y
Y

Laurie Metcalf
1981
1

Y

Seth Meyers
2001–2014
13
Y

Y

Y

John Milhiser
2013–2014
1

Y

Dennis Miller
1985–1991
6
Y

Y

Y

Jerry Minor
2000–2001
1

Y

Y

Finesse Mitchell
2003–2006
3
Y

Alex Moffat
2016–present
2

Y

Jay Mohr
1993–1995
2

Y

Y

Kyle Mooney
2013–present
5
Y

Tracy Morgan
1996–2003
7
Y

Y
Y

Garrett Morris
1975–1980
5
Y

Y

Bobby Moynihan
2008–2017
9
Y

Eddie Murphy
1980–1984
4
Y

Y
Y
Y

Bill Murray
1977–1980
4
Y

Y
Y

Y

Mike Myers
1989–1995
7
Y

Y
Y
Y

Kevin Nealon
1986–1995
9
Y

Y

Y

Laraine Newman
1975–1980
5
Y

Don Novello
1979–1980
1985–1986
2

Y

Y

Y

Luke Null
2017–present
1

Y

Mike O'Brien
2013–2014
1

Y

Y

Michael O'Donoghue
1975–1978
3
Y

Y

Cheri Oteri
1995–2000
5
Y

Y

Chris Parnell
1998–2001
2002–2006
8
Y

Nasim Pedrad
2009–2014
5
Y

Jay Pharoah
2010–2016
6
Y

Joe Piscopo
1980–1984
4
Y

Y

Amy Poehler
2001–2008
8
Y

Y
Y
Y

Emily Prager
1981
1

Y

Randy Quaid
1985–1986
1
Y

Colin Quinn
1996–2000
5
Y

Y

Y

Gilda Radner
1975–1980
5
Y

Y

Chris Redd
2017–present
1

Y

Jeff Richards
2001–2004
3
Y

Rob Riggle
2004–2005
1

Y

Ann Risley
1980–1981
1
Y

Tim Robinson
2012–2013
1

Y

Y

Chris Rock
1990–1993
3
Y

Y
Y

Charles Rocket
1980–1981
1
Y

Y

Tony Rosato
1981–1982
2
Y

Y

Jon Rudnitsky
2015–2016
1

Y

Maya Rudolph
2000–2007
9
Y

Y

Andy Samberg
2005–2012
7
Y

Y

Y

Adam Sandler
1991–1995
5
Y

Y
Y

Horatio Sanz
1998–2006
8
Y

Y

Tom Schiller
1979–1980
1

Y

Y

Rob Schneider
1990–1994
4
Y

Y

Paul Shaffer
1979–1980
1

Y

Y

Molly Shannon
1995–2001
7
Y

Y
Y

Harry Shearer
1979–1980
1984–1985
2
Y

Y

Martin Short
1984–1985
1
Y

Y

Y

Sarah Silverman
1993–1994
1

Y

Y

Y

Jenny Slate
2009–2010
1

Y

Robert Smigel
1991–1993
2

Y

Y

David Spade
1990–1996
6
Y

Y
Y
Y

Pamela Stephenson
1984–1985
1
Y

Ben Stiller
1989
1

Y

Y

Cecily Strong
2012–present
6
Y

Y

Jason Sudeikis
2005–2013
9
Y

Y

Julia Sweeney
1990–1994
4
Y

Terry Sweeney
1985–1986
1
Y

Y

Kenan Thompson
2003–present
15
Y

Danitra Vance
1985–1986
1
Y

Melissa Villaseñor
2016–present
2

Y

Dan Vitale
1985–1986
1

Y

Nancy Walls
1995–1996
1
Y

Michaela Watkins
2008–2009
1

Y

Damon Wayans
1985–1986
1

Y

Y

Patrick Weathers
1980–1981
1

Y

Noël Wells
2013–2014
1

Y

Brooks Wheelan
2013–2014
1

Y

Kristen Wiig
2005–2012
7
Y

Y

Casey Wilson
2008–2009
2

Y

Fred Wolf
1996–1996
2

Y

Y

Sasheer Zamata
2014–2017
4
Y

Alan Zweibel
1979–1980
1

Y

Y

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text: Timeline of cast members[edit]

text: Lighter colors denote "featured players" versus repertory cast members.

text: Notable tenures[edit]

text: The following is a list of the cast members with the longest tenures, who have spent at least eight seasons on the show.

text:
Performer
No. of seasons
Notes

Kenan Thompson
15
Thompson holds the records of being the longest-tenured cast member in the show's history, the first cast member born after the show's premiere in 1975, and the longest-active African-American cast member. He first joined the show in 2003.

Darrell Hammond
14
Hired after a cast overhaul in 1995, he is the last cast member hired in the 1990s to leave the show, and the oldest cast member to leave the show (age 53 when he left the show in 2009). In 2014, Hammond returned to the show where he replaced Don Pardo as the show's announcer after Pardo's death, and often appears in sketches, reprising old roles such as Donald Trump and Bill Clinton.

Seth Meyers
13
He joined the show in 2001, and in 2013, his tenure on Weekend Update reached its eighth year, making him the longest-serving Weekend Update anchor (breaking the records held by Dennis Miller and Tina Fey). He left the show in early 2014 to take over hosting duties for Late Night.

Fred Armisen
11
Armisen joined the show in 2002, and left at the end of season 38 in 2013. He is the show's longest-running Hispanic cast member (beating out the Chilean-born Horatio Sanz), as well as the longest-running Asian cast member (part Korean).

Al Franken
Hired as a writer in the beginning of the series, as the show progressed, he and Tom Davis were allowed to perform material on-air sporadically. He left the show in 1980, but returned to the show when Lorne Michaels came back in 1985, regaining his writing and on-air featured status until 1995. Later elected the junior United States Senator from Minnesota.

Tim Meadows
10
Meadows joined the show in early 1991. He left the show at the end of the season 25, which ended in 2000, after ten seasons on the show.

Kevin Nealon
9
Nealon joined the show as a featured player in 1986 following a major cast overhaul, and was promoted to contract status the following year. He served as Weekend Update anchor for his sixth through eighth seasons, then gave up the position in his ninth. After nine seasons on the show, Nealon left in 1995.

Bobby Moynihan
He joined the show during season 34, and departed after season 42.

Maya Rudolph
She joined the show in early 2000 towards the end of season 25. She was absent for most of season 31 following the birth of her child. Her last season was the first half of season 33. She did not return to the show in 2008 after the 2007–2008 Writers Guild of America strike ended. Although, she only stayed 7 of those years, she appeared in 6 more episodes than Amy Poehler, making Rudolph the longest-running female cast member.

Jason Sudeikis
He joined towards the end of season 30, after having been a writer for the show in the previous season. He left at the end of season 38.

Will Forte
8
Forte joined the cast in 2002, and left in 2010 after the release of MacGruber.

Bill Hader
Hader joined the cast in 2005 left at the end of season 38 in 2013, alongside Fred Armisen and Jason Sudeikis.

Phil Hartman
Hartman was brought onto the cast for the show's twelfth season following a major cast overhaul, and left following the finale of the nineteenth season. He also returned to host the show twice in 1996.

Chris Kattan
Kattan moved to New York to work on the show as a featured player in 1996, later becoming a full-time member along with Tracy Morgan and Ana Gasteyer. Most notably, he played alongside Will Ferrell as one of the Butabi Brothers, who also featured in the 1998 film A Night at the Roxbury. He left the show in 2003.

Chris Parnell
Parnell joined the cast in 1998, and was later fired in 2001 to make way for new talent. About a year later, he was rehired and remained on the show until he was let go again due to budget cuts in 2006.[1]

Amy Poehler
She served as co-anchor of Weekend Update with Tina Fey (2004–06) and with Meyers (2006–08). She left the series in late-2008 to begin production on Parks and Recreation.

Horatio Sanz
Sanz joined the cast in 1998, and later briefly served as co-anchor of Weekend Update, in season 31 with Poehler, for two episodes, after Fey gave birth to her first child (making him the show's only Hispanic Weekend Update anchor). He was also let go due to budget cuts in 2006.[1]

text: The following is a list of the former cast members who have had the shortest tenures, spending less than a full 20-episode season on the show.[2]

text:
Performer
No. of episodes
Notes

Catherine O'Hara
0
In the early 1980s, when SCTV was in between network deals, she was hired to replace Ann Risley when SNL was being retooled in 1981. However, she quit the show without ever appearing on air, choosing to go back to SCTV when the show signed on with NBC. Her SNL position was then given to fellow Canadian Robin Duke. Despite never appearing on the show as a cast member, she did return to host in 1991.

Emily Prager
1
Hired by Dick Ebersol to be a featured player, she appeared in a few sketches at dress rehearsal in what would be the final episode of season six, due to the Writers' Guild of America going on strike in 1981. She did not return to the SNL cast in season seven. Although she did not appear in the single episode for which she was credited as a featured player, she had appeared uncredited in five previous episodes.[3]

Laurie Metcalf
1
She also was hired as part of Ebersol's temporary season six cast following the termination of Jean Doumanian, and appeared on-camera in a Weekend Update piece. When the show was put on hiatus for retooling, she was not chosen to return to the show for the season seven cast.

Dan Vitale
3
Hired as an on-and-off featured player for season 11, he was only credited with appearing in three episodes throughout the season.

Morwenna Banks
4
She was hired as a repertory player for the last four episodes of season 20, but was let out of her contract as part of a major cast overhaul Lorne Michaels had planned for season 21.

Ben Stiller
4
Before becoming a cast member, he submitted a short film – a parody of the movie The Color of Money – that was shown on the season 12 episode hosted by Charlton Heston. He was hired during season 14, but quit after four episodes due to creative differences. Despite this, he returned to host in 1998 and 2011.

Fred Wolf
4
He's been a writer since 1992. However, he became a featured player in near the end season 21 for the last four episodes, however, he only appeared and was credited for episodes 17, 18, and 20. His last episode was in the 3rd episode of the 22nd season. After that episode, he decided to leave the show for good.

Tom Schiller
7
One of the show writers who was upgraded to cast member status during season five, he left the show at the end of the season.

Patrick Weathers
7
Hired as a featured cast member for season six, he was fired along with many of Doumanian's cast.

George Coe
8
He was one of the original "Not-Ready-for-Primetime Players", because NBC wanted someone older in the cast. He was credited for only the first three episodes, though he continued to make several uncredited appearances throughout the first season.

Yvonne Hudson
8
She was a recurring extra during season five, and became the first black female cast member in season six. Like many of Doumanian's cast, she was fired mid-season.

Jim Downey
9
He was hired as one of many writers-turned-feature players in season five, and though he left the cast after the season, he returned to the show as a writer in the mid-1980s and has remained with it.

Matthew Laurance
10
Hired as a feature player during season six, he was fired as part of the mid-season overhaul.

Alan Zweibel
11
A writer for the show before joining the cast in season five, he left after the season finale.

Gilbert Gottfried
12
He joined the cast for season six and was fired as part of the mid-season overhaul.

Michael O'Donoghue
12
One of the original "Not Ready for Primetime Players", he was dropped after a few episodes. He remained with the show as a writer and occasional on-screen performer.

Ann Risley
12
She joined the cast for season six and was fired as part of the mid-season overhaul.

Charles Rocket
12
He joined the cast for season six and was fired as part of the mid-season overhaul, after having dropped an f-bomb one episode prior.

Damon Wayans
12
Hired for season 11 as a featured player, he was fired mid-season for improvising on the air. He returned as a guest to perform stand-up comedy on season 11's last episode and hosted SNL in 1995.

Beth Cahill
13
She joined the show during season 17 as an off-and-on featured player. She did not return the following season, as she was fired along with castmate Siobhan Fallon.

Denny Dillon
13
She joined the cast for season six and was let go after the finale as part of the cast overhaul. She auditioned for the show's first season, but did not make the cut.

Gail Matthius
13
She joined the cast for season six and was let go after the season ended.

Paul Shaffer
13
After being the band's pianist for the first five seasons, he joined the cast during season five, but left after the finale. He hosted SNL in 1987, making him the only member of the house band to do so.

Janeane Garofalo
14
She joined the cast during season 20, but quit mid-season due to creative differences.

Michaela Watkins
15
She joined the show on the first episode after the 2008 United States presidential election, then was let go before the start of season 35.

Peter Aykroyd
16
He joined the show midway through season five, but left at the end of the season, after only 16 episodes.

text: Youngest cast members[edit]

text: The following is a list of the youngest people to join the show.

text:
Performer
Age when joined show
Tenure

Anthony Michael Hall
17 years old
1985–1986

Eddie Murphy
19 years old
1980–1984

Robert Downey Jr.
20 years, 5 months
1985–1986

Pete Davidson
20 years, 10 months
2014–present

Abby Elliott
21 years, 5 months
2008–2012

Julia Louis-Dreyfus
21 years, 8 months
1982–1985

Sarah Silverman
22 years, 9 months
1993–1994

Jay Pharoah
22 years, 11 months
2010–2016

text: Oldest cast members[edit]

text: The following is a list of the oldest people to join the show.

text:
Performer
Age when joined show
Tenure

Leslie Jones
47 years old
2014–present

George Coe
46 years, 155 days
1975

Michael McKean
46 years, 147 days
1994–1995

Darrell Hammond
39 years old
1995–2009

Garrett Morris
38 years, 8 months
1975–1980

Phil Hartman
38 years, 1 month
1986–1994

Mike O'Brien
37 years old
2013–2014

Michaela Watkins
36 years, 11 months
2008–2009

Colin Quinn
36 years, 9 months
1996–2000

Christopher Guest
36 years, 8 months
1984–1985

Billy Crystal
36 years, 7 months
1984–1985

Mikey Day
36 years, 7 months
2016–present

text: After 14 seasons, Darrell Hammond left as the show's oldest active cast member, ending his tenure at 53 years old during his final season in 2009.

text: Both cast and hosts[edit]

text: As of May 2016, there are 33 SNL hosts who, at one point in their careers, were either a repertory or featured member of the SNL cast. The following performers have hosted SNL either before, during, or after their tenure as a member of the SNL cast.

text:
Host
Number of
episodes
First hosted
Last hosted

Fred Armisen
1
May 21, 2016

Dan Aykroyd
1
May 17, 2003

Dana Carvey
4
October 22, 1994
February 5, 2011

Chevy Chase
8[4]
February 18, 1978
February 15, 1997

Billy Crystal
2
March 17, 1984
May 12, 1984

Robert Downey Jr.
1
November 16, 1996

Jimmy Fallon
3
December 17, 2011
April 15, 2017

Chris Farley
1
October 25, 1997

Will Ferrell
3
May 14, 2005
May 12, 2012

Tina Fey
5
February 23, 2008
December 19, 2015

Bill Hader
1
October 11, 2014

Phil Hartman
2
March 23, 1996
November 23, 1996

Julia Louis-Dreyfus
3
May 13, 2006
April 16, 2016

Jon Lovitz
1
November 8, 1997

Norm Macdonald
1
October 23, 1999

Michael McKean
1
November 3, 1984

Tracy Morgan
2
March 14, 2009
October 17, 2015

Eddie Murphy
2
December 11, 1982
December 15, 1984

Bill Murray
5
March 7, 1981
February 20, 1999

Mike Myers
1
March 22, 1997

Don Novello
2
January 14, 1984
May 12, 1984

Amy Poehler
2
September 25, 2010
December 19, 2015

Chris Rock
2
November 2, 1996
November 1, 2014

Maya Rudolph
1
February 18, 2012

Andy Samberg
1
May 17, 2014

Paul Shaffer
1
January 31, 1987

Molly Shannon
1
May 12, 2007

Martin Short
3
December 6, 1986
December 15, 2012

Sarah Silverman
1
October 4, 2014

David Spade
2
November 7, 1998
March 12, 2005

Ben Stiller
2
October 24, 1998
October 8, 2011

Damon Wayans
1
April 8, 1995

Kristen Wiig
2
May 11, 2013
November 19, 2016

text: President of the United States impressionists[edit]

text: Portraying the sitting President of the United States is considered "about as high [...] an honor that can be bestowed upon a cast member."[5] The following is a list of people who have portrayed the sitting President.

text:
President
Performer (years)

Gerald Ford
Chevy Chase (1975–76)

Jimmy Carter
Dan Aykroyd (1977–79)
Joe Piscopo (1980–81)

Ronald Reagan
Charles Rocket (1981)
Joe Piscopo (1981–84)
Harry Shearer (1984)
Randy Quaid (1985–86)
Phil Hartman (1986–89)

George H. W. Bush
Dana Carvey (1989–93)

President
Performer (years)

Bill Clinton
Phil Hartman (1993–94)
Michael McKean (1994–95)
Darrell Hammond (1995–2001)

George W. Bush
Will Ferrell (2001–2002)
Chris Parnell (2002–2003)
Darrell Hammond (2003)
Will Forte (2004–2006)
Jason Sudeikis (2006–2008)

Barack Obama
Fred Armisen (2009–12)
Jay Pharoah (2012–16)

Donald Trump
Alec Baldwin[n 1] (2017–present)

text: Darrell Hammond had the longest tenure portraying a U.S. president, with Bill Clinton from 1995–2001, and George W. Bush during 2003. Hammond also portrayed Richard Nixon in season 34, episode 12.

text: Michael McKean portrayed Bill Clinton during a brief period after Phil Hartman's departure. There was also a sketch featuring Chris Farley, David Spade, Chris Elliott, Adam Sandler, and Tim Meadows auditioning for the role of Clinton. There was also a gag in a 2001 sketch with Tracy Morgan filling in for Will Ferrell as George W. Bush.

text: Another noteworthy presidential portrayal was that of Dan Aykroyd as former president Richard Nixon from 1975–79.

text: Jim Carrey, while never having been an SNL cast member, portrayed Ronald Reagan in Funny or Die's Presidential Reunion of SNL Presidents (which reunited Chase as Ford, Aykroyd as Carter, Carvey as George H. W. Bush, Hammond as Clinton, Ferrell as George W. Bush, and Armisen as Obama), because two of the actors who previously portrayed Reagan had died since and the other three had declined to appear in the reunion. Carrey did, however, audition to be a cast member for the 1980–81 season; he hosted the show in May 1996, January 2011, and October 2014.

text: Donald Trump, having been a public figure before being president, was portrayed by several cast members over the years. He was portrayed by Phil Hartman (1988–90), Darrell Hammond (1999–11, 2015–16), Jason Sudeikis (2012) and Taran Killam (2015).

text: "SNL Curse"[edit]

text: Although SNL is best known as the launchpad for many successful careers, nine former cast members have died before the age of 60. This has given rise to a superstition known as the "Saturday Night Live Curse".[6][7][8]

text:
Cast member
Age
Date of death
Cause of death

Belushi, JohnJohn Belushi
33
March 5, 1982
Belushi died of a drug overdose from a speedball injection (cocaine and heroin). His death led to the conviction of Cathy Smith for administering the fatal injection.

Radner, GildaGilda Radner
42
May 20, 1989
Radner died from ovarian cancer. She was originally scheduled to host the season 13 finale, a first for a former female cast member. However, SNL was canceled due to a Writer's Guild of America (WGA) strike. Radner's health worsened the following year. Moments before the season 14 finale, news broke of Radner's death. Steve Martin delivered his visibly shaken monologue by replaying the sketch "Dancing in the Dark" that he and Radner had performed on an episode he hosted in 1978,[9] and a musical tribute to Radner performed by her ex-husband, G. E. Smith, and the SNL Band.

Vance, DanitraDanitra Vance
40
August 21, 1994
Vance died from breast cancer; although it had been put in remission three years earlier.

Michael O'Donoghue
54
November 8, 1994
O'Donoghue died from cerebral hemorrhage after suffering from severe chronic migraine headaches for most of his life. Bill Murray honored O'Donoghue's memory in an appearance on the season 20 episode[10] (hosted by Sarah Jessica Parker with musical guest R.E.M.) by replaying his sketch "Mr. Mike's Least Loved Bedtime Stories: The Soiled Kimono" from 1977.[11]

Farley, ChrisChris Farley
33
December 18, 1997
Similar to Belushi, Farley died of a drug overdose from a speedball. His death occurred nearly two months after he came back to host SNL, which turned out to be his final television appearance.

Hartman, PhilPhil Hartman
49
May 28, 1998
Hartman was murdered by his wife Brynn Omdahl while he slept in his Encino, California home. Before committing the act, Brynn had allegedly consumed a combination of cocaine, alcohol, and the antidepressant drug Zoloft, and later killed herself. During SNL's 25th anniversary special in 1999, several of Hartman's peers honored his memory by replaying his sketch "Love is a Dream" from 1988.

Rocket, CharlesCharles Rocket
56
October 7, 2005
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document_title: List of highest-scoring NBA games

question_text: what's the most points scored in an nba game

question_tokens: what 's the most points scored in an nba game

text: List of highest-scoring NBA games

text: Summary[edit]

text: The highest-scoring regular season game is the triple-overtime game between the Detroit Pistons and the Denver Nuggets on December 13, 1983. The two teams combined to score 370 points, with the Pistons defeating the Nuggets 186–184. An NBA-record four players scored over 40 points in the game, including the Nuggets' Kiki Vandeweghe with a game-high 51. The two teams also set several other NBA records, including the most points scored by one team (186 points), the most points scored by a losing team (184), the most field goals by two teams (142), most field goals by one team (74) and most assists by two teams (93).[5][6]

text: The highest-scoring regular season game in regulation was between the Golden State Warriors and the Denver Nuggets on November 2, 1990. In that game, Golden State defeated Denver 162–158. The Warriors' Chris Mullin scored a game-high 38 points. The Nuggets were coached by Doug Moe from 1980 to 1990 and Paul Westhead from 1990 to 1992,[7][8] both of whom employed a run and gun offensive strategy, which focuses on attempting a high number of field goals while also conceding a large number of points on defense.[9][10] In fact, Moe's and Westhead's Nuggets were participants in five of the ten highest-scoring regular season games in NBA history. The Warriors were coached by Don Nelson from 1988 to 1995 and 2006 to 2010.[11] He employed Nellie Ball, a style of run and gun that uses smaller, more athletic players to outrun opponents.[12] Another notable high scoring regular season game is a March 2, 1962 game between the Philadelphia Warriors and the New York Knicks. In that game, the Warriors' Wilt Chamberlain scored an NBA-record 100 points.[13]

text: The highest-scoring playoff game is the double-overtime game between the Portland Trail Blazers and the Phoenix Suns on May 11, 1992. The two teams combined to score 304 points, with the Trail Blazers defeating the Suns 153–151. The Suns' Kevin Johnson scored a game-high 35 points, with 12 other players also scoring in double figures. The highest-scoring playoff game in regulation occurred when the San Antonio Spurs defeated the Denver Nuggets with a score of 152–133 for a combined score of 285 points on April 26, 1983. In that game, the Spurs' George Gervin scored a game-high 42 points.

text: Most of the highest-scoring games happened before the 1995–96 season, when the average scoring (points per game) per team was always in the 100s.[2] Since that season, the average has dropped down to the 90s.[14] Only two post-1995 games make the top-ten lists of both the regular season and playoffs: a May 10, 2003 game between the Dallas Mavericks and the Sacramento Kings and a December 7, 2006 game between the Phoenix Suns and New Jersey Nets. Both the Mavericks and the Suns were coached by Nelson and Mike D'Antoni respectively, both of whom also made use of the run and gun style.[15]

text: List[edit]

text:
Key

OT
Overtime (the number indicates the number of overtime periods played.

*
Indicates a game that was won by the road team

text: Highest-scoring regular season games[edit]

text:
Highest-scoring regular season games

Total
points
Date
Location
Winning
team
Result
OT
Losing
team
Notes
Ref.

1

370

000000001983-12-13-0000December 13, 1983
McNichols Arena
Denver, Colorado
Detroit Pistons*
186–184
3
Denver Nuggets

NBA records

Highest-scoring record[a]
The teams combined for 142 field goals[5]
The teams combined for 93 total assists[5]
4 players scored at least 40 points[5]

Nuggets' Kiki Vandeweghe scored a game-high 51 points, a career high.[5][16]
Leading scorers

Pistons: Isiah Thomas (47), John Long (41), Kelly Tripucka (35)[b]
Nuggets: Vandeweghe (51), Alex English (47), Dan Issel (28)[c]

[17]

2

337

000000001982-03-06-0000March 6, 1982
HemisFair Arena
San Antonio, Texas
San Antonio Spurs
171–166
3
Milwaukee Bucks

Former highest-scoring record[d]
3 players scored 40+ points
Spurs' George Gervin scored a game-high 50 points.
Leading scorers

Spurs: Gervin (50), Mike Mitchell (45)[e]
Bucks: Brian Winters (42), Junior Bridgeman (31), Bob Lanier (29)[f]

[18]

3

320

000000001990-11-02-0000November 2, 1990
McNichols Arena
Denver, Colorado
Golden State Warriors*
162–158
—
Denver Nuggets

Highest-scoring game in regulation
Warriors' Chris Mullin scored a game-high 38 points.
Leading scorers

Warriors: Mullin (38), Tim Hardaway (32), Mitch Richmond (29)[g]
Nuggets: Orlando Woolridge (37), Walter Davis (33)[h]

[19]

4

318

000000001984-01-11-0000January 11, 1984
McNichols Arena
Denver, Colorado
Denver Nuggets
163–155
—
San Antonio Spurs

NBA record

Both teams combined to score 99 points in a quarter[i]

Nuggets' Kiki Vandeweghe scored a game-high 50 points.
Leading scorers

Nuggets: Vandeweghe (50), Alex English (25)[j]
Spurs: George Gervin (38), John Lucas II (23)[k]

[21]

4

318

000000002006-12-07-0000December 7, 2006
Continental Airlines Arena
East Rutherford, New Jersey
Phoenix Suns*
161–157
2
New Jersey Nets

Suns' Steve Nash scored a game-high 42 points.
Nets' Jason Kidd recorded a triple-double[l]
Leading scorers

Suns: Nash (42), Shawn Marion (33), Raja Bell (24), Amare Stoudemire (23)[m]
Nets: Kidd (38), Vince Carter (31), Richard Jefferson (25)[n]

[22]

6

316

000000001962-03-02-0000March 2, 1962
Hershey Sports Arena
Hershey, Pennsylvania
Philadelphia Warriors
169–147
—
New York Knicks

Former highest-scoring record[o]
NBA record

Warriors' Wilt Chamberlain scored a game-high 100 points.[p]

Leading scorers

Warriors: Chamberlain (100)[q]
Knicks: Richie Guerin (39), Willie Naulls (33), Cleveland Buckner (31)[r]

[23]

6

316

000000001970-03-12-0000March 12, 1970
Cincinnati Gardens
Cincinnati
Cincinnati Royals
165–151
—
San Diego Rockets

Former highest-scoring record[s]
Rockets' Elvin Hayes scored a game-high 40 points
Leading scorers

Royals: Tom Van Arsdale (36), Connie Dierking (34), Johnny Green (29), Oscar Robertson (28), Norm Van Lier (22)[t]
Rockets: Hayes (40), Don Kojis (23), John Block (20)[u]

[24]

6

316

000000001990-11-10-0000November 10, 1990
Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum
Phoenix, Arizona
Phoenix Suns
173–143
—
Denver Nuggets

NBA record

Both teams combined to score 174 points in a half[v]
The Suns scored 107 points during the first half of the game.

Nuggets' Orlando Woolridge scored a game-high 40 points.
Leading scorers

Suns: Cedric Ceballos (32), Kevin Johnson (23), Kenny Battle (23), Dan Majerle (21), Tom Chambers (20)[w]
Nuggets: Woolridge (40), Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf (26), Walter Davis (22)[x]

[25]

9

314

000000001990-11-07-0000November 7, 1990
HemisFair Arena
San Antonio, Texas
San Antonio Spurs
161–153
—
Denver Nuggets

Spurs' David Robinson scored a game-high 43 points.
Leading scorers

Spurs: Robinson (43), Terry Cummings (31), Sean Elliott (29), Reggie Williams (22)[y]
Nuggets: Orlando Woolridge (37), Walter Davis (32), Todd Lichti (29)[z]

[26]

10

312

000000001959-02-27-0000February 27, 1959
Boston Garden
Boston
Boston Celtics
173–139
—
Minneapolis Lakers

Former highest-scoring record[aa]
Celtics' Tom Heinsohn scored a game-high 43 points.
Leading scorers

Celtics: Heinsohn (43), Bob Cousy (31), Bill Sharman (29), Frank Ramsey (20)[ab]
Lakers: Elgin Baylor (28), Vern Mikkelsen (25), Rod Hundley (21)[ac]

[27]

text: Highest-scoring playoff games[edit]

text: Below are the top 10 highest-scoring playoff games. Four of the games happened before the 1979–80 season, the season in which the three-point line was first implemented.

text:
Highest-scoring playoff games

Total
points
Date
Location
Winner
Result
OT
Loser
Notes
Ref.

1

304

000000001992-05-11-0000May 11, 1992
Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum
Phoenix, Arizona
Portland Trail Blazers*
153–151
2
Phoenix Suns

NBA highest-scoring record[ad]
Suns' Kevin Johnson scored a game-high 35 points
Leading scorers

Trail Blazers: Clyde Drexler (33), Terry Porter (31), Danny Ainge (25), Jerome Kersey (21)[ae]
Suns: Johnson (35), Tom Chambers (29), Jeff Hornacek (23), Dan Majerle (21)[af]

The Trail Blazers won the conference semifinals series 4–1
Last NBA game at Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum

[28]

2

285

000000001983-04-26-0000April 26, 1983
HemisFair Arena
San Antonio, Texas
San Antonio Spurs
152–133
—
Denver Nuggets

Former highest-scoring record[ag]
Spurs' George Gervin scored a game-high 42 points
Leading scorers

Spurs: Gervin (42), Johnny Moore (24), Gene Banks (22), Mike Mitchell (22)[ah]
Nuggets: Dan Issel (28), Alex English (26), Kiki Vandeweghe (22)[ai]

The Spurs won the conference semifinals series 4–1

[29]

2

285

000000001990-04-28-0000April 28, 1990
Boston Garden
Boston
Boston Celtics
157–128
—
New York Knicks

Celtics' Kevin McHale scored a game-high 31 points
Leading scorers

Celtics: McHale (31), Reggie Lewis (21)[aj]
Knicks: Patrick Ewing (28), Gerald Wilkins (24), Johnny Newman (21)[ak]

The Knicks won the first round series 3–2

[30]

4

280

000000001987-04-23-0000April 23, 1987
Reunion Arena
Dallas
Dallas Mavericks
151–129
—
Seattle SuperSonics

SuperSonics' Tom Chambers scored a game-high 35 points
Leading scorers

Mavericks: Mark Aguirre (28), Roy Tarpley (25)[al]
SuperSonics: Chambers (35), Dale Ellis (22)[am]

The SuperSonics won the first round series 3–1

[31]

5

279

000000001967-04-01-0000April 1, 1967
Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum Arena
Oakland, California
San Francisco Warriors
143–136
—
St. Louis Hawks

Former highest-scoring record[an]
Warriors' Rick Barry scored a game-high 47 points
Leading scorers

Warriors: Barry (47), Jeff Mullins (26), Nate Thurmond (22)[ao]
Hawks: Bill Bridges (26), Lou Hudson (24), Richie Guerin (22), Lenny Wilkens (22)[ap]

The Warriors won the division finals series 4–2

[32]

6

278

000000001957-03-25-0000March 25, 1957
Minneapolis Auditorium
Minneapolis
St. Louis Hawks*
143–135
2
Minneapolis Lakers

Former highest-scoring record[aq]
Lakers' Bobby Leonard scored a game-high 42 points
Leading scorers

Hawks: Bob Pettit (35), Slater Martin (26), Cliff Hagan (22)[ar]
Lakers: Leonard (42), Clyde Lovellette (22), Walter Dukes (21)[as]

The Hawks won the division finals series 3–0

[33]

6

278

000000002003-05-10-0000May 10, 2003
ARCO Arena
Sacramento, California
Dallas Mavericks*
141–137
2
Sacramento Kings

Mavericks' Nick Van Exel scored a game-high 40 points
Leading scorers

Mavericks: Van Exel (40), Steve Nash (31), Dirk Nowitzki (25), Michael Finley (20)[at]
Kings: Peja Stojaković (39), Vlade Divac (20)[au]

The Mavericks won the conference semifinals series 4–3

[34]

8

277

000000001985-04-20-0000April 20, 1985
Great Western Forum
Los Angeles
Los Angeles Lakers
147–130
—
Phoenix Suns

Lakers' Kareem Abdul-Jabbar scored a game-high 24 points
Leading scorers

Lakers: Abdul-Jabbar (24), Bob McAdoo (22), Byron Scott (21), Mike McGee (20)[av]
Suns: Alvan Adams (23), Jay Humphries (21), Mike Sanders (20)[aw]

The Lakers won the conference semifinals series 3–0

[35]

9

276

000000001967-04-14-0000April 14, 1967
The Spectrum
Philadelphia
Philadelphia 76ers
141–135
1
San Francisco Warriors

Warriors' Rick Barry scored a game-high 37 points
Leading scorers

76ers: Hal Greer (32), Wali Jones (30), Billy Cunningham (26), Chet Walker (23)[ax]
Warriors: Barry (37), Nate Thurmond (24), Tom Meschery (20)[ay]

The 76ers won the finals series 4–2

[36]

9

276

000000001970-03-30-0000March 30, 1970
The Spectrum
Philadelphia
Milwaukee Bucks*
156–120
—
Philadelphia 76ers

Bucks' Kareem Abdul-Jabbar scored a game-high 33 points
Leading scorers

Bucks: Abdul-Jabbar (33), Jon McGlocklin (24), Flynn Robinson (20)[az]
76ers: Archie Clark (20)[ba]

The Bucks won the conference semifinals series 4–1

[37]

9

276

000000002013-04-27-0000April 27, 2013
United Center
Chicago
Chicago Bulls
142–134
3
Brooklyn Nets

Bulls' Nate Robinson scored a game-high 34 points
Leading scorers

Bulls: Robinson (34), Carlos Boozer (21)[bb]
Nets: Deron Williams (32), Brook Lopez (26), Joe Johnson (22)[bc]

The Bulls won the first round series 4–3

[38]


document_title: Everton F.C.

question_text: when was the last time everton won the premier league

question_tokens: when was the last time everton won the premier league

text: Everton F.C.

text: History

text: Everton were founded as St Domingo FC in 1878[2][3] so that members of the congregation of St Domingo Methodist New Connexion Chapel in Breckfield Road North, Everton could play sport year round — cricket was played in summer. The club's first game was a 1–0 victory over Everton Church Club.[4] The club was renamed Everton in November 1879 after the local area, as people outside the congregation wished to participate.[4][5]

text: The club was a founding member of the Football League in 1888–89 and won their first League Championship title in the 1890–91 season. Everton won the FA Cup for the first time in 1906 and the League Championship again in 1914–15. The outbreak of the First World War in 1914 interrupted the football programme while Everton were champions, which was something that would again occur in 1939.[6][7]

text: It was not until 1927 that Everton's first sustained period of success began. In 1925 the club signed Dixie Dean from Tranmere Rovers. In 1927–28, Dean set the record for top-flight league goals in a single season with 60 goals in 39 league games, which is a record that still stands. He helped Everton win their third League Championship that season.[8] However, Everton were relegated to the Second Division two years later during internal turmoil at the club. The club quickly rebounded and was promoted at the first attempt, while scoring a record number of goals in the Second Division. On return to the top flight in 1931–32, Everton wasted no time in reaffirming their status and won a fourth League Championship at the first opportunity. Everton also won their second FA Cup in 1933 with a 3–0 win against Manchester City in the final. The era ended in 1938–39 with a fifth League Championship.[9][10]

text: The outbreak of the Second World War again saw the suspension of league football, and when official competition resumed in 1946, the Everton team had been split up and paled in comparison to the pre-war team. Everton were relegated for the second time in 1950–51 and did not earn promotion until 1953–54, when they finished as runners-up in their third season in the Second Division. The club have been a top-flight presence ever since.[11]

text: Everton's second successful era started when Harry Catterick was made manager in 1961. In 1962–63, his second season in charge, Everton won the League Championship.[12] In 1966 the club won the FA Cup with a 3–2 win over Sheffield Wednesday.[13] Everton again reached the final in 1968, but this time were unable to overcome West Bromwich Albion at Wembley.[14] Two seasons later in 1969–70, Everton won the League Championship, finishing nine points clear of nearest rivals Leeds United.[15] During this period, Everton were the first English club to achieve five consecutive years in European competitions — covering the seasons from 1961–62 to 1966–67.[16]

text: However, the success did not last; the team finished fourteenth, fifteenth, seventeenth and seventh in the following seasons. Harry Catterick retired, but his successors failed to win any silverware for the remainder of the 1970s despite finishing fourth in 1974–75 under manager Billy Bingham, third in 1977–78 and fourth the following season under manager Gordon Lee. Lee was sacked in 1981.[17]

text: Howard Kendall took over as manager and guided Everton to their most successful era. Domestically, Everton won the FA Cup in 1984 and two League Championships in 1984–85 and 1986–87. In Europe, the club won its first, and so far only, European trophy by securing the European Cup Winners' Cup in 1985.[18] The European success came after first beating University College Dublin, Inter Bratislava and Fortuna Sittard. Then, Everton defeated German giants Bayern Munich 3–1 in the semi-finals, despite trailing at half time (in a match voted the greatest in Goodison Park history), and recorded the same scoreline over Austrian club Rapid Vienna in the final.[19] Having won both the League and Cup Winners' Cup in 1985, Everton came very close to winning a treble, but lost to Manchester United in the FA Cup final.[18] The following season, 1985–86, Everton were runners-up to neighbours Liverpool in both the League and the FA Cup, but did recapture the League Championship in 1986–87.

text: After the Heysel Stadium disaster and the subsequent ban of all English clubs from continental football, Everton lost the chance to compete for more European trophies. A large proportion of the title-winning side was broken up following the ban. Kendall himself moved to Athletic Bilbao after the 1987 title triumph and was succeeded by assistant Colin Harvey. Harvey took Everton to the 1989 FA Cup Final, but lost 3–2 after extra time to Liverpool.

text: Everton were founding members of the Premier League in 1992, but struggled to find the right manager. Howard Kendall had returned in 1990, but could not repeat his previous success. His successor, Mike Walker, was statistically the least successful Everton manager to date. When former Everton player Joe Royle took over in 1994, the club's form started to improve; his first game in charge was a 2–0 victory over derby rivals Liverpool. Royle dragged Everton clear of relegation and led the club to the FA Cup for the fifth time in its history by defeating Manchester United 1–0 in the final. The cup triumph was also Everton's passport to the Cup Winners' Cup — their first European campaign in the post-Heysel era. Progress under Royle continued in 1995–96 as they climbed to sixth place in the Premiership.[18] A fifteenth-place finish the following season saw Royle resign towards the end of the campaign, and he was temporarily replaced by club captain Dave Watson.

text: Howard Kendall was appointed Everton manager for the third time in 1997, but the appointment proved unsuccessful as Everton finished seventeenth in the Premiership. The club only avoided relegation due to their superior goal difference over Bolton Wanderers. Former Rangers manager Walter Smith then took over from Kendall in the summer of 1998, but only managed three successive finishes in the bottom half of the table.[18] The Everton board finally ran out of patience with Smith, and he was sacked in March 2002 after an FA Cup exit at Middlesbrough and with Everton in real danger of relegation.[20] His replacement, David Moyes, guided Everton to a safe finish in fifteenth place.[21][22]

text: In 2002–03 Everton finished seventh, which was their highest finish since 1996. It was under Moyes' management that Wayne Rooney broke into the first team before being sold to Manchester United for a club record fee of £28 million in the summer of 2004.[23] A fourth-place finish in 2004–05 ensured that Everton qualified for the UEFA Champions League qualifying round. The team failed to make it through to the Champions League group stage and were then eliminated from the UEFA Cup. Everton qualified for the 2007–08[24] and 2008–09 UEFA Cup competitions, and they were runners-up in the 2009 FA Cup Final. During this period, Moyes broke the club record for highest transfer fee paid on four occasions: signing James Beattie for £6 million in January 2005,[25] Andy Johnson for £8.6 million in summer 2006,[25] Yakubu for £11.25 million in summer 2007,[26] and Marouane Fellaini for £15 million in September 2008.[27]

text: At the end of the 2012–13 season, Moyes left his position at Everton to take over at Manchester United. He was replaced by Roberto Martínez,[28] who led Everton to 5th place in the Premier League in his first season while amassing the club's best points tally in 27 years with 72.[29] The following season, Martínez led Everton to the last 16 of the 2014-15 UEFA Europa League, where they were defeated by Dynamo Kyiv,[30] whilst domestically finishing 11th in the Premier League. Everton reached the semi-finals of both the League Cup and the FA Cup in 2015–16, but were defeated in both. After a poor run of form in the Premier League, Martínez was sacked following the penultimate game of the season, with Everton lying in 12th place.[31] He was replaced in the summer by Ronald Koeman, who left Southampton to sign a 3-year contract with Everton.[32] In his first season at the club he guided them back into the group stages of the Europa League, after finishing 7th. A disastrous start to the following season left Everton in the relegation zone after 9 games, and Koeman was sacked on 23rd October following a 5-2 home defeat to Arsenal.[33]

text: Colours

text: Everton's traditional home colours are royal blue shirts, white shorts and white socks. However, during the first decades of their history, Everton had several different kit colours. The team originally played in white and then blue and white stripes, but as new players arriving at the club wore their old team's shirts during matches, confusion soon ensued. It was decided that the shirts would be dyed black, both to save on expenses and to instill a more professional look. However, the kit appeared morbid, so a scarlet sash was added.[34] When the club moved to Goodison Park in 1892, the colours were salmon pink and dark blue striped shirts with dark blue shorts. The club later switched to ruby shirts with blue trim and dark blue shorts. Royal blue jerseys with white shorts were first used in the 1901–02 season.[34] The club played in sky blue in 1906; however, the fans protested, and the colour reverted to royal blue. Occasionally, Everton have played in lighter shades than royal blue (such as in 1930–31 and 1997–98).[35] The home kit today is royal blue shirts with white shorts and socks. The club may also wear all blue to avoid any colour clashes. The home goalkeeper attire for the 2014–15 season was all yellow.

text: Everton's traditional away colours were white shirts with black shorts, but from 1968 amber shirts and royal blue shorts became common. Various editions appeared throughout the 1970s and 1980s. Recently, black, white, grey and yellow away shirts have been used. The away shirt for the 2011–12 season was reverted to an amber shirt with navy blue shorts.[36] The current away kit is a black shirt with an orange collar, while their third kit is a yellow shirt with blue trim.

text: Crest

text: At the end of the 1937–38 season, Everton secretary Theo Kelly, who later became the club's first manager, wanted to design a club necktie. It was agreed that the colour be blue, and Kelly was given the task of designing a crest to be featured on the necktie. He worked on it for four months until deciding on a reproduction of Everton Lock-Up, which stands in the heart of the Everton district.[37] The Lock-Up has been inextricably linked with the Everton area since its construction in 1787. It was originally used as a bridewell to incarcerate mainly drunks and minor criminals, and it still stands today on Everton Brow. The Lock-Up was accompanied by two laurel wreaths on either side and, according to the College of Arms in London, Kelly chose to include the laurels as they were the sign of winners. The crest was accompanied by the club motto, "Nil Satis Nisi Optimum", meaning "Nothing but the best is good enough".[37] The ties were first worn by Kelly and the Everton chairman, Mr. E. Green, on the first day of the 1938–39 season.[37]

text: The club rarely incorporated a badge of any description on its shirts. An interwoven "EFC" design was adopted between 1922 and 1930 before the club reverted to plain royal blue shirts until 1972 when bold "EFC" lettering was added. The crest designed by Kelly was first used on the team's shirts in 1978 and has remained there ever since, while undergoing gradual change to become the version used today.

text: In May 2013, the club launched a new crest to improve the reproducibility of the design in print and broadcast media, particularly on a small scale.[38] Critics[who?] suggested that it was external pressure from sports manufacturer Nike, Inc. that evoked the redesign as the number of colours had been reduced and the radial effect was removed, which made the kit more cost efficient to reproduce.[citation needed] The redesign was poorly received by supporters, with a poll on an Everton fan site registering a 91% negative response to the crest.[39] A protest petition reached over 22,000 signatures before the club offered an apology and announced a new crest would be created for the 2014–15 season with an emphasis on fan consultation. Shortly afterwards, the Head of Marketing left the club. The latest crest was revealed by the club on 3 October 2013. After a consultation process with the supporters, three new crests were shortlisted. In the final vote, the new crest was chosen by almost 80% of the supporters that took part[40][41] and began being used in July 2014.[42]

text:
Monochrome Everton crest (2000–13)

2013–14 season crest

Current crest - 2014–15 season onwards.

tag: ul

text: Nickname

text: Everton's most widely recognised nickname "The Toffees" or "The Toffeemen", which came about after Everton had moved to Goodison. There are several explanations for how this name came to be adopted with the best known being that there was a business in Everton village, between Everton Brow and Brow Side, named Mother Noblett's, which was a toffee shop that sold sweets including the Everton Mint. It was also located opposite the lock up which Everton's club crest is based on. The Toffee Lady tradition in which a girl walks around the perimeter of the pitch before the start of a game tossing free Everton Mints into the crowd symbolises the connection. Another possible reason is that there was a house named Ye Anciente Everton Toffee House in nearby Village Street, Everton, run by Ma Bushell. The toffee house was located near the Queen's Head hotel in which early club meetings took place.[43]

text: Everton have had many other nicknames over the years. When the black kit was worn, Everton were nicknamed "The Black Watch" after the famous army regiment.[44] Since going blue in 1901, Everton have been given the simple nickname "The Blues". Everton's attractive style of play led to Steve Bloomer calling the team "scientific" in 1928, which is thought to have inspired the nickname "The School of Science".[45] The battling 1995 FA Cup winning side were known as "The Dogs of War". When David Moyes arrived as manager, he proclaimed Everton as "The People's Club", which has been adopted as a semi-official club nickname.[46]

text: Stadium

text: Everton originally played in the southeast corner of Stanley Park. The first official match took place in 1879. In 1882, a man named J. Cruitt donated land at Priory Road which became the club's home. In 1884 Everton became tenants at Anfield, which was owned by John Orrell, a land owner who was a friend of Everton F.C. member John Houlding. Orrell lent Anfield to the club in exchange for a small rent. Houlding purchased the land from Orrell in 1885 and effectively became Everton's landlord by charging the club rent, which increased from £100 to £240 a year by 1888 – and was still rising until Everton left the ground in 1892.[47][48] The club regarded the increase in rent as unacceptable.[48] A further dispute between Houlding and the club's committee led to Houlding attempting to gain full control of the club by registering the company, "Everton F.C. and Athletic Grounds Ltd". Everton left Anfield for a new ground, Goodison Park, where the club have played ever since. Houlding attempted to take over Everton's name, colours, fixtures and league position, but was denied by The Football Association. Instead, Houlding formed a new club, Liverpool F.C.[49]

text: Goodison Park, the first major football stadium to be built in England, was opened in 1892.[50] Goodison Park has staged more top-flight football games than any other ground in the United Kingdom and was the only English club ground to host a semi-final at the 1966 FIFA World Cup. It was also the first English ground to have under soil heating and the first to have two tiers on all sides. The church grounds of St Luke the Evangelist are adjacent to the corner of the Main Stand and the Howard Kendall Gwladys Street End.[51]

text: On match days, in a tradition going back to 1962, players walk out to the theme song for Z-Cars, which is named "Johnny Todd".[52] It is a traditional Liverpool children's song collected in 1890 by Frank Kidson and tells the story of a sailor betrayed by his lover while away at sea.[53] On two separate occasions in 1994, the club walked out to different songs. In August 1994, the club played 2 Unlimited's song "Get Ready For This". A month later, the club used a reworking of the Creedence Clearwater Revival classic "Bad Moon Rising". Both songs were met with complete disapproval by Everton fans.[54]

text: Training facilities

text: From 1966 to 2007, Everton trained at Bellefield in the West Derby area of Liverpool.[55] They moved to the Finch Farm training complex in Halewood in 2007. The training ground houses both the Everton first team and the youth academy.

text: Proposed new stadia

text: There have been indications since 1996 that Everton will move to a new stadium. The original plan was for a new 60,000 seat stadium, but in 2000 a proposal was submitted to build a 55,000 seat stadium as part of the King's Dock regeneration. This proposal was unsuccessful as Everton failed to generate the £30 million needed for a half stake in the stadium project, and the city council rejected the proposal in 2003.[56] Late in 2004, driven by the Liverpool Council and the Northwest Development Corporation, the club entered talks with Liverpool F.C. about sharing a proposed stadium on Stanley Park. However, negotiations broke down as Everton failed to raise 50% of the costs.[57] On 11 January 2005, Liverpool announced that ground-sharing was not a possibility and proceeded to plan their own Stanley Park Stadium.[58]

text: On 16 June 2006, it was announced that Everton had entered into talks with the Knowsley Council and Tesco over the possibility of building a new 55,000 seat stadium, expandable to over 60,000, in Kirkby.[59] The plan became known as The Kirkby Project. The club took the unusual move of giving its supporters a say in the club's future by holding a ballot on the proposal with the results being in favour of it, 59% to 41%.[60] Opponents to the plan included other local councils concerned by the effect of a large Tesco store being built as part of the development and a group of fans demanding that Everton should remain within the city boundaries of Liverpool.[60] Following a public inquiry into the project,[61] the central government rejected the proposal.[62] Local and regional politicians attempted to put together an amended rescue plan with the Liverpool City Council calling a meeting with Everton F.C. The plan was to assess some suitable sites short listed within the city boundary.[63][64] However, the amended plan was also not successful.

text: The Liverpool City Council Regeneration and Transport Select Committee meeting on 10 February 2011 featured a proposal to open the Bootle Branch line using "Liverpool Football Club and Everton Football Club as priorities, as economic enablers of the project".[65] This proposal would place both football clubs on a rapid transit Merseyrail line that would circle the city and ease transport access. In September 2014 the club, working with the Liverpool City Council and Liverpool Mutual Homes, outlined initial plans to build a new stadium in Walton Hall Park.[66] However, those plans were later scrapped in May 2016 with the prospect of two new sites being identified for the club.[67] At the Annual General Meeting in January 2017, the chairman, Bill Kenwright revealed that Bramley-Moore Dock was the preferred site for the new stadium, with a new railway station and a new road being funded by the City Council.[68]

text: Supporters and rivalries

text: Everton have a large fanbase, with the eighth highest average attendance in the Premier League in the 2008–09 season.[69] The majority of Everton's matchday support comes from the North West of England, primarily Merseyside, Cheshire, West Lancashire and parts of Western Greater Manchester along with many fans who travel from North Wales and Ireland. Within the city of Liverpool, support for Everton and city rivals Liverpool is not determined by geographical basis with supporters mixed across the city. However, Everton's support heartland is traditionally based in the North West of the city and in the southern parts of Sefton. Everton also have many supporters' clubs worldwide[70] in places such as North America,[71] Singapore,[72] Indonesia, Lebanon, Malaysia,[73] Thailand and Australia.[74][75] The official supporters club is FOREVERTON,[76] and there are also several fanzines including When Skies are Grey and Speke from the Harbour, which are sold around Goodison Park on match days.

text: Everton regularly take large numbers away from home both domestically and in European fixtures. The club implements a loyalty points scheme offering the first opportunity to purchase away tickets to season ticket holders who have attended the most away matches. Everton often sell out the full allocation in away grounds, and tickets sell particularly well for North West England away matches. In October 2009, Everton took 7,000 travelling fans to Benfica,[77] which was their largest ever away crowd in Europe since the 1985 European Cup Winners' Cup Final.

text: Everton's biggest rivalry is with neighbours Liverpool, against whom they contest the Merseyside derby. The rivalry stems from an internal dispute between Everton officials and the owners of Anfield, which was then Everton's home ground. The dispute resulted in Everton moving to Goodison Park and the subsequent formation of Liverpool F.C. in 1892. Following these events, a fierce rivalry has existed between Everton and Liverpool, albeit one that is generally perceived as more respectful than many other derbies in English football. This was illustrated by a chain of red and blue scarves that were linked between the gates of both grounds across Stanley Park as a tribute to the Liverpool fans killed in the Hillsborough disaster.[78] The derby is usually a sellout fixture and has been known as the "friendly derby" because both sets of fans can often be seen side by side dressed in red and blue inside both Anfield and Goodison Park. Recently on the field, matches tend to be extremely stormy affairs; the derby has had more red cards than any other fixture in Premiership history.[79]

text: Players

text: Current squad

text: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

text:
No.

Position
Player

1

GK
Jordan Pickford

2

MF
Morgan Schneiderlin

3

DF
Leighton Baines (vice-captain)[82]

4

DF
Michael Keane

5

DF
Ashley Williams

6

DF
Phil Jagielka (captain)[82]

7

FW
Yannick Bolasie

8

MF
Ross Barkley

9

FW
Sandro Ramírez

10

FW
Wayne Rooney

11

FW
Kevin Mirallas

12

MF
Aaron Lennon

15

DF
Cuco Martina

16

MF
James McCarthy

17

MF
Idrissa Gueye

No.

Position
Player

18

MF
Gylfi Sigurðsson

19

FW
Oumar Niasse

20

MF
Davy Klaassen

21

MF
Muhamed Bešić

22

GK
Maarten Stekelenburg

23

DF
Séamus Coleman

25

DF
Ramiro Funes Mori

26

MF
Tom Davies

27

FW
Nikola Vlašić

29

FW
Dominic Calvert-Lewin

30

DF
Mason Holgate

31

FW
Ademola Lookman

33

GK
Joel Robles

43

DF
Jonjoe Kenny

text: Out on loan

text:
No.

Position
Player

46

MF
Joe Williams (at Barnsley until 30 June 2018)[83]

—

DF
Matthew Pennington (at Leeds United until 30 June 2018)[84]

No.

Position
Player

—

FW
Henry Onyekuru (at Anderlecht until 30 June 2018)[85]

text: Reserves and Academy

text: See Everton F.C. Reserves and Academy

text: Notable former players

text: See also List of Everton F.C. international players.

text: The following players are considered "Giants" for their great contributions to Everton. A panel appointed by the club established the inaugural list in 2000 and a new inductee is announced every season.[86]

text:
Inducted
Name
Position
Everton
playing career
Everton
managerial career
Appearances
Goals

2017
Roy Vernon
FW
1960–65

176
101

2016
Tommy Wright
FB
1964–74

373
4

2015
Mick Lyons
DF
1971–82

390
48

2014
Bobby Collins
FW
1958–62

133
42

2013
Derek Temple
FW
1957–67

234
72

2012
Brian Labone
CB
1958–71

451
2

2011
Duncan Ferguson[87]
FW
1994–98, 2000–06

240
62

2010
Trevor Steven
MF
1983–89

210
48

2009
Harry Catterick
FW
1946–51
1961–1973
59
19

2008
Gordon West
GK
1962–72

402
0

2007
Colin Harvey
MF
1963–74
1987–1990
384
24

2006
Peter Reid
MF
1982–89

234
13

2005
Graeme Sharp
FW
1979–91

447
159

2004
Joe Royle
FW
1966–74
1994–97
275
119

2003
Kevin Ratcliffe
CB
1980–91

461
2

2002
Ray Wilson
LB
1964–68

151
0

2001
Alan Ball
MF
1966–71

251
79

2000
Howard Kendall[nb 1]
MF
1966–74, 1981
1981–87, 1990–93, 1997–98
274
30

2000
Dave Watson
CB
1986–99
1997
522
38

2000
Neville Southall
GK
1981–97

751
0

2000
Bob Latchford
FW
1973–80

286
138

2000
Alex Young
FW
1960–67

272
89

2000
Dave Hickson
FW
1951–59

243
111

2000
T. G. Jones
CB
1936–49

178
5

2000
Ted Sagar
GK
1929–52

500
0

2000
Dixie Dean
FW
1924–37

433
383

2000
Sam Chedgzoy
MF
1910–25

300
36

2000
Jack Sharp
MF
1899–09

342
80

text: At the start of the 2003–04 season, as part of the club's official celebration of their 125th anniversary, supporters cast votes to determine the greatest ever Everton team.[88]

text:
Neville Southall (1981–97)
 Gary Stevens (1982–89)
 Brian Labone (1958–71)
 Kevin Ratcliffe (1980–91)
 Ray Wilson (1964–69)
 Trevor Steven (1983–90)
 Alan Ball (1966–71)
 Peter Reid (1982–89)
 Kevin Sheedy (1982–92)
 Dixie Dean (1925–37)
 Graeme Sharp (1980–91)

text: A number of Everton players have been inducted into the English Football Hall of Fame:[89]

text:
Dixie Dean (2002 inductee)
 Paul Gascoigne (2002 inductee)
 Alan Ball (2003 inductee)
 Pat Jennings (2003 inductee)

 Tommy Lawton (2003 inductee)
 Gary Lineker (2003 inductee)
 Howard Kendall (2005 inductee)
 Peter Beardsley (2007 inductee)[nb 2]

 Mark Hughes (2007 inductee)
 Neville Southall (2008 inductee)[nb 3]
 Ray Wilson (2008 inductee)
 Joe Mercer (2009 inductee)

 Harry Catterick (2010 inductee)
 Peter Reid (2014 inductee)
 Gary Speed (2017 inductee)

text: The Football League 100 Legends is a list of "100 legendary football players" produced by The Football League in 1998 to celebrate the 100th season of League football.[91]

text:
Alan Ball
 Dixie Dean

 Paul Gascoigne
 Tommy Lawton

 Gary Lineker
 Joe Mercer

 Neville Southall
 Alex Young

text: Everton Player Awards

text:
Season
Everton Player
of the Season
Players' Player
of the Season
Young Player
of the Season
Reserve / U21 Player
of the Season
Academy Player
of the Season
Goal of the Season

2005/06
 Mikel Arteta
 Mikel Arteta
 James McFadden
 Victor Anichebe
 Scott Phelan
 James Beattie vs. Fulham

2006/07
 Mikel Arteta
 Joleon Lescott
 James Vaughan
 John Irving
 Shaun Densmore
 James McFadden vs. Charlton Athletic

2007/08
 Joleon Lescott
 Joleon Lescott
 Victor Anichebe
 John Irving
 Jack Rodwell
 Leon Osman vs. Larissa

2008/09
 Phil Jagielka
 Phil Jagielka
 Marouane Fellaini
 Kieran Agard
 James McCarten
 Dan Gosling vs. Liverpool

2009/10
 Steven Pienaar
 Leighton Baines
 Jack Rodwell
 Shane Duffy
 Adam Davies
 Diniyar Bilyaletdinov vs. Manchester United

2010/11
 Leighton Baines
 Leighton Baines
 Séamus Coleman
 Jose Baxter
 Jake Bidwell
 Leighton Baines vs. Chelsea

2011/12
 John Heitinga
 Sylvain Distin
 Apostolos Vellios
 Adam Forshaw
 Hallam Hope
 Phil Neville vs. West Bromwich Albion

2012/13
 Leighton Baines
 Leighton Baines
 Ross Barkley

–

 Chris Long
 Kevin Mirallas vs Stoke City

2013/14
 Séamus Coleman
 Séamus Coleman
 Ross Barkley
 Tyias Browning
 Ryan Ledson
 Ross Barkley vs. Manchester City

2014/15
 Phil Jagielka
 Phil Jagielka
 John Stones
 Brendan Galloway
 Harry Charsley
 Phil Jagielka vs. Liverpool

2015/16
 Gareth Barry
 Gareth Barry
 Romelu Lukaku
 Joe Williams
–
 Romelu Lukaku vs. Chelsea

2016/17
 Romelu Lukaku
 Romelu Lukaku
 Tom Davies
 Jonjoe Kenny
–
 Tom Davies vs. Manchester City

text: Source: Awards Winners

text: Coaching staff

text: As of 25 October 2017.[92]

text:
Position
Name

First Team Manager (caretaker)
David Unsworth

First Team Coach
Duncan Ferguson

First Team Assistant Coach
John Ebbrell

Goalkeeping Coach
Alan Kelly

Under 23s Manager

Under 23s Assistant Manager

Under 18s Manager
Kevin Sheedy

Under 18s Assistant Manager
Francis Jeffers

Head of Youth Development
Joe Royle

text: Honours

text: Domestic

text:
First Division:

Champions (9): 1890–91, 1914–15, 1927–28, 1931–32, 1938–39, 1962–63, 1969–70, 1984–85, 1986–87

Second Division:

Winners (1): 1930–31

FA Cup:

Winners (5): 1905–06, 1932–33, 1965–66, 1983–84, 1994–95

Football League Cup:

Runners-up (2): 1976–77, 1983–84

FA Charity Shield:

Winners (9): 1928, 1932, 1963, 1970, 1984, 1985, 1986 (shared), 1987, 1995

Full Members Cup:

Runners-up (2): 1989, 1991

Super Cup:

Runners-up (1): 1985–86

FA Youth Cup:

Winners (3): 1965, 1984, 1998

text: European

text:
European Cup Winners' Cup:

Winners: (1): 1984–85

text: Other

text:
Central League:[93]

Winners (4): 1913–14, 1937–38, 1953–54, 1967–68

Lancashire Senior Cup:[93]

Winners (7): 1894, 1897, 1910, 1935, 1940, 1964, 2016

Liverpool Senior Cup:[93]

Winners (46): 1884, 1886, 1887, 1890, 1891, 1892, 1894, 1895, 1896, 1898, 1899, 1900, 1904, 1906, 1908, 1910 (shared), 1911, 1912 (shared), 1914, 1919, 1921, 1922, 1923, 1924, 1926, 1928, 1934 (shared), 1936 (shared), 1938, 1940, 1945, 1953, 1954, 1956, 1957, 1958 (shared), 1959, 1960, 1961, 1982 (shared), 1983, 1996, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2016

text: European Competitions

text: Overall record

text:
Competition
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Win%

UEFA competitions

UEFA Champions League
7001100000000000000♠10
7000200000000000000♠2
7000500000000000000♠5
7000300000000000000♠3
7001140000000000000♠14
7001100000000000000♠10
+4
07001200000000000000♠20.00

UEFA Europa League
7001460000000000000♠46
7001260000000000000♠26
7000700000000000000♠7
7001130000000000000♠13
7001800000000000000♠80
7001490000000000000♠49
+31
07001565200000000000♠56.52

UEFA Cup Winners' Cup
7001170000000000000♠17
7001110000000000000♠11
7000400000000000000♠4
7000200000000000000♠2
7001250000000000000♠25
7000900000000000000♠9
+16
07001647099999999999♠64.71

Total
7001730000000000000♠73
7001390000000000000♠39
7001160000000000000♠16
7001180000000000000♠18
7002119000000000000♠119
7001680000000000000♠68
+51
07001534200000000000♠53.42

text:
Source: uefa.com
Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against. Defunct competitions indicated in italics.

text:
Competition
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Win%

Non-UEFA competitions

Inter-Cities Fairs Cup
7001120000000000000♠12
7000700000000000000♠7
7000200000000000000♠2
7000300000000000000♠3
7001220000000000000♠22
7001150000000000000♠15
+7
07001583300000000000♠58.33

Total
7001120000000000000♠12
7000700000000000000♠7
7000200000000000000♠2
7000300000000000000♠3
7001220000000000000♠22
7001150000000000000♠15
+7
07001583300000000000♠58.33

text: Ownership and finance

text: Everton F.C. is a limited company with the board of directors holding a majority of the shares.[94] The club's most recent accounts, from May 2014, show a net total debt of £28.1 million, with a turnover of £120.5 million and a profit of £28.2 million.[95] The club's overdraft with Barclays Bank is secured against the Premier League's "Basic Award Fund",[96] which is a guaranteed sum given to clubs for competing in the Premier League.[97] Everton agreed to a long-term loan of £30 million with Bear Stearns and Prudential plc in 2002 for a duration of 25 years. The loan was a consolidation of debts at the time as well as a source of capital for new player acquisitions.[98] Goodison Park is secured as collateral. On 27 February 2016, it was announced that Farhad Moshiri would buy a 49.9% stake in the club.[99]

text:
Position
Name
Amount of Shares owned
Notes

Owner, Club Owner
Farhad Moshiri
17,465
Bought 49.90% of Everton Football Club February 2016.

Chairman
Bill Kenwright CBE
4,256
Elected to board October 1989.

Deputy chairman
Jon Woods
3,116
Elected to board March 2000.

Total amount of club owned by board members
24,837

Chief executive officer
Robert Elstone
–
Appointed in January 2009 following his role of Acting C.E.O.

text: Figures taken from 2013–14 accounts.[100]

text: Shirt sponsors and manufacturers

text: Commencing in the 2017–18 season, Everton's shirts are sponsored by SportPesa.[101][102] Previous sponsors include Chang Beer (2004–17) Hafnia (1979–85), NEC (1985–95), Danka (1995–97), one2one (1997–2002) and Kejian (2002–04). For the 2008–09 season, Everton sold junior replica jerseys without the current name or logo of its main sponsor Chang Beer, which followed a recommendation from the Portman Group that alcoholic brand names be removed from kits sold to children.[103] Everton's current kit manufacturers are Umbro,[104] who have been the club's kit manufacturer three times previously (1974–83, 1986–2000, and 2004–09). Other previous manufacturing firms are Le Coq Sportif (1983–86, 2009–12),[105] Puma (2000–04) and Nike (2012–14).[106] The club currently has two 'megastores': one located near Goodison Park on Walton Lane named 'Everton One' and one located in the Liverpool One shopping complex named 'Everton Two', which gives the second store the address 'Everton Two, Liverpool One'.[107]

text: Managers

text: The club's last permanent manager, Ronald Koeman, was the fifteenth permanent holder of the position since it was established in 1939.[108] There have also been four caretaker managers, and before 1939 the team was selected by either the club secretary or by committee. The club's longest-serving manager has been Harry Catterick, who was in charge of the team from 1961–73 for 594 first team matches.[108] The Everton manager to win the most domestic and international trophies is Howard Kendall, who won two First Division championships, the 1984 FA Cup, the 1985 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup, and three FA Charity Shields.

text: Records and statistics

text: Neville Southall holds the record for the most Everton appearances with 751 first-team matches between 1981 and 1997. The late centre half and former captain Brian Labone comes in second with 534 matches. The longest serving player is goalkeeper Ted Sagar, who played for 23 years between 1929 and 1953. This tenure covered both sides of the Second World War and included a total of 495 appearances. Southall also previously held the record for the most league clean sheets during a season with 15. However, this record was beaten during the 2008–09 season by American goalkeeper Tim Howard, who ended the season with 17 clean sheets.[109] The club's top goalscorer, with 383 goals in all competitions, is Dixie Dean; the second-highest goalscorer is Graeme Sharp with 159. Dean still holds the English national record of most goals in a season with 60.[110]

text: The record attendance for an Everton home match is 78,299 against Liverpool on 18 September 1948. Amazingly, there was only one injury at this game, which occurred when Tom Fleetwood was hit on the head by a coin thrown from the crowd whilst he marched around the perimeter and played the cornet with St Edward's Orphanage Band. Goodison Park, like all major English football grounds since the recommendations of the Taylor Report were implemented, is now an all-seater and only holds just under 40,000, meaning it is unlikely that this attendance record will ever be broken at Goodison.[110] Everton's record transfer paid was to Swansea City for the Icelandic midfielder Gylfi Sigurðsson for a sum of £45m in 2017.[111] The sale of Romelu Lukaku to Manchester United was for an initial sum of £75m, a record fee between two English clubs and the largest sum Everton have received for a player.

text: Everton hold the record for the most seasons in England's top tier (Division One/Premier League), at 114 seasons out of 118 as of 2016–17 (the club played in Division 2 in 1930–31 and from 1951–54). They are one of six teams to have played in every season of the Premier League since its inception in August 1992 – the others being Arsenal, Chelsea, Liverpool, Manchester United, and Tottenham Hotspur. Everton against Aston Villa is the most played fixture in England's top flight. As of the 2012–13 season, the two founding members of the Football League have played a record 196 league games.[112]

text: Everton’s community department

text: Everton’s community department, Everton in the Community (EitC), is a charity that provides sports and other social activities for the local community including for people with disabilities.[113] EitC represents the club in the European Multisport Club Association.[114]

text: Relationships with other clubs

text: Everton have a link with Republic of Ireland football academy Ballyoulster United based in Celbridge,[115] Canada's Ontario Soccer Association,[116] and the Football Association of Thailand where they have a competition named the Chang-Everton cup which local schoolboys compete for.[117] The club also have a football academy in Limassol, Cyprus[118] and a partnership agreement with American club Pittsburgh Riverhounds.[119][120]

text: The club also owned and operated a professional basketball team, by the name of Everton Tigers, who competed in the elite British Basketball League. The team was launched in the summer of 2007 as part of the club's Community programme and played their home games at the Greenbank Sports Academy. The team was an amalgam of the Toxteth Tigers community youth programme, which started in 1968. The team quickly became one of the most successful in the league by winning the BBL Cup in 2009 and the play-offs in 2010. However, Everton withdrew funding before the 2010–11 season, and the team was re-launched as the Mersey Tigers.[121]

text: Everton also have links with Chilean team Everton de Viña del Mar who were named after the English club.[122][123] On 4 August 2010, the two Evertons played each other in a friendly named the Copa Hermandad at Goodison Park to mark the centenary of the Chilean team.[124] The occasion was organised by The Ruleteros Society, which is a society founded to promote connections between the two clubs.[125] Other Everton clubs exist in Rosario, Colonia in Uruguay,[126] La Plata and Río Cuarto in Argentina,[127][128] Elk Grove, California in the United States,[129] and in Cork, Ireland.[130]

text: In popular culture

text: The 1997 television film The Fix dramatised the true story of a match fixing scandal in which the club's recent newly signed wing half Tony Kay, played by Jason Isaacs, is implicated in having helped to throw a match between his previous club Sheffield Wednesday and Ipswich Town. The majority of the story is set during Everton's 1962–63 League Championship winning season with then manager Harry Catterick played by Colin Welland.[131]

text: First shown in 1969, the television movie The Golden Vision, directed by Ken Loach, combined improvised drama with documentary footage to tell of a group of Everton fans for whom the main purpose of life, following the team, is interrupted by such inconveniences as work and weddings. The film's title character, celebrated forward Alex Young, was one of several who appeared as themselves.[132]

text: In the 2015 film Creed, part of the Rocky franchise, Goodison Park features prominently and serves as the venue of climatic fight scene. Filming for this had been taken of the stadium and crowd during a match against West Bromwich Albion. Boxer Tony Bellew plays Creed's opponent Ricky Conlon and wears the Everton badge on his training gear and shorts.[citation needed]

text: The club have entered the UK pop charts on four occasions under different titles during the 1980s and 1990s when many clubs released a song to mark their reaching the FA Cup Final. "The Boys in Blue", released in 1984, peaked at number 82.[133] The following year the club scored their biggest hit when "Here We Go" peaked at 14.[134] In 1986 the club released "Everybody's Cheering the Blues" which reached number 83.[135] "All Together Now", a reworking of a song by Merseyside band The Farm, was released for the 1995 FA Cup Final and reached number 27.[136] When the club next reached the 2009 FA Cup Final, the tradition had passed into history and no song was released.