The Toffees won the Second Division in to seal an immediate return, with Dean scoring 39 goals in the process. Once again they finished bottom of the table with 12 wins from 42 games, however, this time around they finished three points worse off on a tally of Having finished level on points with both Sheffield United and Chelsea, they fell foul of a poorer goal difference as they were relegated to the Second Division along with The Blades.
Everton finished seventh and 16th in their first two seasons back in the second tier of English football, before sealing promotion at the third attempt in They were promoted from the Second Division as runners-up, as John Willie Parker top-scored for the club with 31 league goals.
Whilst they have not been relegated from the Premier League, The Toffees have twice finished just one place above the relegation zone. The season was a turbulent campaign with the club balancing financial problems and fan hostility towards owner Peter Johnson off the field as results remained below average on it.
Everton picked up just nine wins from their 38 league games, as striker Duncan Ferguson top-scored in the league with a miserly nine goals. Six seasons later in , The Toffees once again finished 17th, this time surviving by a more comfortable six points. With that in mind, Goal takes a look at the exclusive group of clubs that have never been relegated from the Premier League.
Since the establishment of the Premier League as the successor-competition to the English First Division in , only a small number of clubs can claim never to have been relegated from the league. Those six clubs have been constants in the top division for decades. Brighton are a new addition to that number, but only by virtue of the fact that they have not been relegated since being promoted to the Premier League for the season.
However, while the aforementioned teams have never been relegated from the competition that was born in , each of them has endured relegation, though admittedly not for quite some time. In terms of the pre-Premier League era, Arsenal have the strongest history in England's top division, having last been relegated in the season, when they as Woolwich Arsenal finished bottom of the league.
E ven for a club based in the "Cradle of Football", Everton's history is startling. In their years of existence, they have spent only four years outside the top flight of English football. Since , the club has been playing its home games at Goodison Park, the first major football stadium in England. The Everton Football Club was originally brought about by St.
Domingo Church Sunday School. After two years as St. Everton FC quickly emerged as one of the top football clubs of their era. They were among the twelve founding members of the Football League , the first professional football competition in the world. Their first taste of silverware came in , with the club winning its first League title in a dominating fashion. In , they reach their first FA Cup final a loss against Wolverhampton. It wasn't all roses for the club, however; Everton would finish as runners-up five times before claiming their second League title in , with only a single FA Cup victory in between.
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