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W. E. Barclay - August 1888 - September 1889.

Until 1939 Everton's club secretary was responsible for the selection of the team with W.E. Barclay being the first. He was in charge of the first side to play in the league on it's conception in 1888, Barclay was only in charge for the one season and oversaw Everton finish 8th in the League. However he was responsible for bringing some illustrious players to the club, namely Johnny Holt, Alf Milward, Edger Chadwick and Nick Ross.

W E Barclay's full managerial record :

	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
League	22	9	2	11	35	46	20

Richard Molyneux - September 1889 - May 1901.

Richard Molyneux was in charge for the second two league seasons and oversaw Everton's league title in 1890-91 and was in charge when the team recorded their highest ever score, a 11-2 defeat of Derby County in the FA Cup. Molyneux stood down from team duties when he was asked to devote all his time to administration duties and along with being club secretary he was also the club treasurer. The post of treasure was to be supervised by professional auditors and had become a necessity due to the club starting to make a profit, £5,188 5s 10d in 1889.

Richard Molyneax's full managerial record :

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	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
League	44	28	4	12	128	69	60	Oversaw the clubs 1st title
FA Cup	3	1	0	2	13	7	*

William C Cuff : August 1901 – December 1918.

When Richard Molyneux resigned in 1901 William Cuff was asked to take charge of club affairs, which he agreed to readily, even though it meant he would have to give up his place on the board. He was educated at Liverpool College and was admitted to the legal profession in 1893. The demands of his work as a solicitor forced him to resign as club secretary in 1918, but not before he had left a lasting impression on both Everton and football in general. Cuff was also responsible for keeping the club going during the First World War, with football being postponed most clubs played in regional leagues. It turned out to be an exceptionally busy, anxious and exacting time for William Cuff.

His Everton record is impressive, 1 League title & 4 runners up, 1 FA Cup win, 1 runners up & 2 losing semi finals.

For football in general his lasting legacy was the formation of an organized league for the reserve sides of each club and the central league was born in 1911

William C Cuff's full managerial record :

	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
League	516	239	128	113	817	673	576	One Div 1 title
FA Cup	61	36	12	13	1245	54	*	1 FA Cup win & 1 runners up

W J Sawyer - December 1918 - May 1919.

Only in charge of club affairs for 6 months in a honorary secretary roll. Apart for a hand full of war time games Sawyer did not officiate over any Football League games.

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Thomas H McIntosh - July 1919 - May 1935.

Thomas McIntosh had made a name for himself as secretary with Doncaster Rovers and Middlesbrough were he had nine successful years. A large, jovial, former schoolmaster he was soon to establish a vital link between the boardroom and the players, enjoying the trust of both. Everton were finding things difficult following the resumption of football after the First World War was over and had eight years of mediocrity with two close escapes from relegation, in 1921-22 and 1926-27. However there was to be one shining light in the semi gloom of the period, the signing of William Ralph Dean. Prompted by William Cuff, who had returned to the club, McIntosh signed Dean in 1924 from Tranmere Rovers for a fee of £3,000.

McIntosh oversaw Everton's third league championship in 1927-28, the season Dixie Dean scored his 60 League goals. What happened next surprised everyone, the following season Everton finished 18th and the next were relegated for the first time. The club were only to play one season in the Second division and were promoted straight away, scoring a massive 121 goals in doing so. The next two seasons were as much a success as the previous had been a disappointment. On returning to the top flight Everton stormed to their fourth title success and then in 1933 went on to win the FA Cup for the second time. So in 6 years Everton had won the league, been relegated, then promoted, won the league again and then won the FA Cup, quite a breathe taking period.

Thomas H McIintosh's full managerial record :

	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
League Division 1	630	234	167	229	1086	1032	635	2 Div 1 title, 1 relegation
League Division 2	42	28	5	9	121	66	61	1 Div 2 title
FA Cup	43	22	7	14	95	95	*	1 F A Cup win
Charity Shield	3	2	0	1	7	7	*	2 wins, 1 runners up

Committees - August 1935 - May 1939.

Between the above years team affairs were run by various members of the club, from the secretary, boardroom members and team coaches. Thus no individual records are available.

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	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
League	168	70	34	64	337	294	174	1 Div 1 title
FA Cup	12	6	2	4	27	14	*

Theo Kelly - June 1939 - September 1948.

Everton were one of the last league clubs to appoint a team manager when Theo Kelly took the job in 1939. There have been some disputes as to when Kelly actually took control of the team as he was club secretary following the death of Thomas McIntosh. However his records are only for his time as manager.

Although he was in charge of the team for about nine season only two were full league seasons due to World War 2. After the war Kelly, who was seen as a remote, autocratic and petty figure, fell out with many of the players. A disagreement with Joe Mercer saw him sold to Arsenal, Tommy Lawton was to leave and Kelly tried to sell T.G. Jones to Roma only for the deal to fall through. It is also said that Kelly was the reason Dixie Dean left the club in 1937

Theo Kelly was better known for his administrative skills rather than that of football management and when he resigned he left the club in a good financial state. The playing staff had been depleted and it became clear Kelly was out of his depth. After two poor seasons, finishing 10th and 14th, he stepped down as manager in September 1948 following a poor start to the season and reverted to his previous roll as club secretary.

Theo Kelly's full managerial record :

	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
League	93	35	17	41	120	160	87
FA Cup	7	3	2	2	14	11	*

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Cliff Britton - September 1948 - February 1956.

After relative success with Burnley, Britton was appointed manager of Everton in 1948. He had a torrid time in change of the Club and oversaw Everton's second relegation. The club spent three seasons in the 2nd division before returning to the top flight, with the only success was a FA Cup run to the semi final were they lost to Bolton Wanderers 4-3. Times did not come any easier following promotion and Britton was to resigned as manager in February 1956 after the board contemplated appointing an acting- manager in his absence during the summer tour abroad.

Cliff Britton's full managerial record :

	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
League	316	110	90	116	449	496	310	1 relegation, 1 promotion
FA Cup	23	15	1	7	38	31	*

Sub Committee - February 1956 - August 1956.

Following the resignation of Cliff Britton in February 1956 a committee comprising of Tom Nuttall, Fred Micklesfield and Cyril Balmforth took charge until the end of the season.

	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
League	11	4	1	6	20	20	9
FA Cup	1	0	0	1	1	2	*

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Ian Buchan - August 1956 - September 1958.

The appointment of Ian Buchan was a bit of mystery at the time and his job title of Chief Coach illustrated the reservations held at the club and he never gained the confidence of the board. He was only in charge for two poor seasons and, clearly out of his depth and was sacked in September 1956 following six straight defeats at the start of the 1957-58 season.

Ian Buchan's full managerial record :

	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
League	90	27	21	42	130	174	75
FA Cup	6	3	1	2	9	7	*

Sub Committee - September 1958 - October 1958.

Following the resignation of Ian Buchan Everton once again were in the hands of a committee. This time in charge for just seven games, winning five, but had the 'honour' of being in charge of the club's worst defeat, 10-4 against Tottenham Hotspurs at White Hart Lane.

	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
League	7	5	0	2	20	20	10	The club suffer it's heaviest defeat. 10-4 to Spurs

Johnny Carey - October 1958 - April 1961.

After five years in charge at Blackburn Rovers Johnny Carey was appointed manager of Everton in October 1956. Carey, a Dubliner, had captained Manchester United's famous post war side. He was soon putting his new charges back on track during the late fifties and managed to attract quality players such as Roy Vernon, Jimmy Gabriel and Alex Young. In the two and a half years he was in charge Carey's team had become renowned for playing attractive football and under his guidance Everton were heading for their highest league position since 1939. Despite the club finished the 1960-61 season in fifth in the league this was not good enough for the then chairman, Sir John Moores, and Carey was sacked, infamously in the back of a taxi.

Johnny Carey had laid the foundations of good team that was to develop into a great one.

Johnny Carey's full managerial record :

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	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
League	110	44	21	45	186	191	109
F A Cup	6	3	0	3	11	11	*
League Cup	5	4	0	1	14	5	*

Harry Catterick - April 1961 - April 1973.

Brought in from Sheffield Wednesday, Harry Catterick had a reputation as a strict disciplinarian but despite this he commanded great respect form all who met him, especially his players. In his first season the club finished fourth, qualifying for Europe for the first time and then Catterick delivered the first post war league title in 1963-64. Harry Catterick was quickly establishing himself as one of Everton's great managers and several years of success was to begin. Europe became a regular fixture, without much success, and in 1966 the FA Cup was added to the league title. Everton had reached the Cup Final without conceding a goal but a major decision had to made before the final took place. Catterick had to choose between Fred Pickering, a crowd favorite, and Mike Trebilcock, a young forward with limited experience, Pickering had been injured and was not in great formm so in the end he went with Trebilcock. After an hour of the final Everton were 2-0 down and their opponents, Sheffeild Wednesday, were well on top. The decision to leave out Pickering seemed to have been flawed when the game was to be turned on it's head, within three minutes of going 2-0 down Everton pulled one goal back with Trebilcock scoring. Then with ten minutes left the youngster was to strike again to equalise and with extra time looming Derek Temple pounced on an error in the Wednesday defence to score the winner.

Harry Catterick's first great team was ageing and starting to break up but he was already starting to put together his second great side with signings such as Alan Ball and Howard Kendall. He also had a good crop of home grown players, such as Joe Royle and Jimmy Husband, coming through to join the already established local lads, who included Colin Harvey.

A second cup final was only two seasons away but this one turned out to be disappointing with a 1-0 defeat by West Bromwich Albion. Everton had gone into the final as massive favorites having beaten West Brom twice in the league, 6-2 at the Hawthorns. The game itself was not a classic and West Brom grabbed the winner in extra time when Jeff Astle scored from the edge of the area. Further success was not to be long in coming and the league title was won for the seventh time in the 1969-70 season. The team were outstanding and won the league against West Brom on April 1st 1970 watched by a crowd of 58,523 and ended the season nine points ahead of second place Leeds, there was only 2 points for a win in 1970 so this was quite a gap.

Catterick's second team was becoming as good as his first but times were to change quicker than expected. Season 1970-71 was to turn out to be a frustrating one with the team only finishing 14th in the league, reaching the semi final of the FA Cup and quarter final of the European Cup. Morale was to dip, the team began to struggle and this in turn had an effect on Cattericks health. He was to suffer a heart attack in the early 1970's and in 1973 he stepped down as Everton's manager to take a non-executive role.

Harry Catterick died 9th March 1985 after he collapsed at Goodison Park minutes after watching Everton beat Ipswich Town in the quarter final of the FA Cup.

Harry Catterick 's full managerial record :

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	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
League	501	225	137	139	796	597	589	2 Div 1 titles
F A Cup	52	32	9	11	91	41	*	1 win, 1 runners up
League Cup	12	5	2	5	19	10	*
Charity Shield	3	2	0	1	6	2	*	2 wins
European Cup	8	2	5	1	13	6	*
Cup Winners Cup	4	2	1	1	3	3	*
Inter City Fairs Cup	12	7	2	3	22	15	*

Tom Eggleston - April 1973 - May 1973.

Tom Eggleston, who was the club's assistant manager, took over team affairs following Harry Catterick's move to a non-executive role. He was only in charge for the last five games of the 1972-73 season which saw Everton finish a disappointing 17th.

Tom Eggleston's caretaker managerial record :

	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
League	5	1	2	2	4	7	4

Billy Bingham - May 1973 - January 1977.

Billy Bingham's three and a half years at Everton were overshadowed by what was happening on the other side of Stanley Park. In his first season he steadied the ship and took the club to seventh in the league, the next was to see Everton finish fourth. The team were only to win two of it's last ten games and finished just three points being the champions Derby County, a better finish and Everton could have won the league title. That was the nearest the club got to a trophy in Bingham's reign and in his last full season the team could only achieve eleventh place.

Despite little success on the field Billy Bingham did manage to bring some excellent players to the club notably Martin Dobson, Bob Latchford, Andy King and Duncan McKenzie. His leadership of Everton was to last only another six months and after an indifferent start of the 1976-77 season he was sacked in January 1977 even though the team was on the verge of their first League Cup semi final.

Billy Bingham's full managerial record :

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	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
League	146	53	48	45	197	194	154
F A Cup	8	4	2	2	13	7	*
League Cup	13	7	3	3	19	11	*
UEFA Cup	2	0	1	1	0	1	*
Texaco Cup	2	0	1	1	0	1	*

Steve Burtenshaw - January 1977.

Team coach Steve Burtenshaw took to reigns for just five games which included the first leg of the League Cup semi final, a 1-1 draw against Bolton Wanderers.

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Gordon Lee - January 1977 - May 1981.

By the time Gordon Lee took over as manager of Everton the team were lying eighteenth in the league, had drawn in the first leg of the League Cup semi final and had a FA Cup replay against lowly Swindon Town. Lee turned round the league form with Everton finished eighth and reached the FA Cup semi final, only to lose in reply against Liverpool after Clive Thomas disallowed a perfectly good goal in the first game that would have won the match. The highlight of the season was the first appearance in the League Cup final against Aston Villa, the match at Wembley was a drab 0-0 draw. The teams replayed at Hillsborough and again drew, this time 1-1, in a much better game. The second replay was at Old Trafford with Villa winning a thriller 3-2.

Everton were playing very attractive, attacking football and in Lee's first full season were the first division's top scorers with 76 goals, Bob Latchford scoring 30 of them. The team finished the season in third place just two points behind second place Liverpool and nine behind champions Nottingham Forest. The next season was also a relative success with the team finishing a creditable fourth but drew to many games to challenge for the title and ended seventeen points behind champions Liverpool.

Lee's third full season in charge almost ended in disaster. Despite a good cup run to semi final of the FA Cup the team lost to second division West Ham United and ended the season nineteenth just four points above the relegation zone. The next season,1980-81, was to be Gordon Lee's last when the team ended up fifteenth and there were no real signs of improvement.

Gordon Lee was sacked in May 1981 but had left a legacy of several good young players including Graeme Sharp, Gary Stevens, Kevin Ratcliffe and Mark Higgins.

Gordon Lee 's full managerial record :

	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
League	2	0	0	2	1	5	0
FA Cup	1	0	1	0	2	2	*
League Cup	1	0	1	0	1	1	*

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Howard Kendall - May 1981 - June 1987 / November 1990 - December 1993 / June 1997 - July 1998

In June 1981 Howard Kendall was appointed to the job that he was to hold on three separate occasions. His first stint as manger was to be the most successful period in Everton's history. His tenancy began steadily without being outstanding with the team finishing eighth and seventh in his first two seasons and not enjoying anything like a cup run. Kendall had replaced a lot of the players left by Gordon Lee when he took over, however some of these first signings did not work out and were soon replaced, the next influx of players were to do much better.

The 1983-84 sesaon started off poorly with only seven wins and fourteen goals in the first 23 League games and the fans were starting to call for Kendall's head. Whether true or not the whole season, and Kendall's job, was saved on a cold January night . The team had traveled south for a League Cup game against Third division Oxford United and were losing 1-0 when Kendall changed the team set up and pushed Adrian Heath up front. This was to prove inspirational and with nine minutes left Heath scored an equaliser that was to change the whole season. Everton only lost three more league games and reached the League Cup final losing 1-0 to Liverpool in a replay at Maine Road. Two and half weeks after losing in the League Cup final Everton had a FA Cup semi final against Southampton. Heath was again to be the hero when he scored the winner in extra time to send Everton to the Final.

With a comfortable league position being secured Everton traveled to London for their second cup final in eight weeks, this time the outcome would be different. Graeme Sharp gave the team the lead at half yime and when Andy Gray challenged the Watford keeper by the far post, the ball ended in the goal. Despite protests from th Watford players the goal stood and Everton's had secured their first FA Cup win since 1966.

The following season was to be the best in the history of Everton Football Club. It started off well enough with a Charity Shield win over Liverpool but in the league the first two games ended in defeat. Of the remaining forty league games Everton were to win twenty eight and draw six to clinch the League title with six games left when they defeated Queens Park Rangers 2-0 at Goodison Park.

On 15th May 1985 Everton won their first, and to date only, European trophy when they won the European Cup Winners Cup. The final was staged in Rotterdam with the opponents being Rapid Vienna and goals from Andy Gray, Kevin Sheedy and Trevor Steven secured a famous 3-1 victory.

The team had also reached the FA Cup final for the second successive year with Manchester United supplying the opposition. The game took place just 72 hours after winning the Cup Winners Cup and despite United being reduced to ten men, following the dismissal of Kevin Moran, fatigue set in and Everton eventually lost to a single Norman Whiteside goal.

Kendall had won three major trophies and the Charity Shield in just two seasons. The next season was to prove frustrating not least of all as Everton were not allowed to challenge for the greatest prize, the European Cup, following all English clubs being banned from Europe following events at the Heysel Stadium. On a domestic front the team ended up runners up to Liverpool in both the League and FA Cup, one bright spot in the season was the scoring fete of the club's record signing, Gary Lineker. Signed for £800,000 from Leicester City he scored forty goals in all competitions, thirty of them in the league.

The 1986-87 season was to be Howard Kendall's last in charge for his first stint as team manager and he was to bow out a winner. Everton won their second league championship in three years, winning ten of their last twelve games they clinched the title at Norwich with two games left.

Frustrated by not being allowed to challenge in Europe Howard Kendall left Everton in the summer of 1987 to become the manager Athletico Bilbao. So ended the most successful period in Everton's history but is was not the end of Howard Kenall's association with the club.

In November 1990 Kendall was surprisingly appointed manager for a second time following the sacking of Colin Harvey. There was no return to the success he had enjoyed previously and the team struggled to find any sort of form and finished ninth, twelfth and thirteenth in the three seasons he was in charge. In December 1993 Kendall identified Dion Dublin as the player that could change Everton's fortunes but the board had other ideas. An offer of £1.5m had been made to Manchester United for the players services but they wanted a further £300,000, when the Everton board refused to increase their offer Kendall decided his position had become untenable and he handed in his resignation. But Kendall was still not finished with Everton.

If the announcement of Howard Kendall's second term as manager was a surprise his appointment for a third time in 1997 was a complete shock and nearly proved to be a disaster. The team struggled all season and only avoided relegation on the last day of the season, when they drew with Coventry City and Bolton Wanderers lost at Chelsea, by the slenderest of margins, goal difference.

Howard Kendall's third tenure as Everton Manager ended in July 1998 and with it his long association with the club. Despite the teams failings during his second and third periods as manager, Howard Kendall will always remain a legend amongst Everton supporters and remains the most successful manager in Everton's long history.

Howard Kendall's full managerial record :

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May 1981 - June 1987
	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
League	252	131	59	62	417	255	452	2 Div 1 winners, 1 runners up
F A Cup	31	21	5	5	49	22	*	1 win, 2 runners up
League Cup	33	17	9	7	63	33	*	1 runners up
Charity Shield	3	2	1	0	4	1	*	2 wins, 1 shared
Cup Winner's Cup	9	7	2	0	16	2	*	1 win
Screen Sport Super Cup	8	4	1	3	11	11	*	1 runners up
Full Members Cup	2	1	1	0	7	2	*

	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
League	188	69	54	56	256	215	201
F A Cup	21	11	5	5	35	28	*
League Cup	20	9	5	6	39	23	*
UEFA Cup	6	3	0	3	12	4	*

June 1997 - July 1998
	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
League	38	9	13	16	41	56	40
F A Cup	1	0	0	1	0	1	*
League Cup	3	2	0	1	7	4	*

November 1990 - December 1993
	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
League	102	35	25	42	125	129	130
F A Cup	4	1	1	2	2	3	*
League Cup	15	8	3	3	28	19	*
Zenith Data Systems Cup	2	1	0	1	4	4	*

Colin Harvey - June 1987 - October 1990.

If was widely accepted that Colin Harvey was the natural successor to Howard Kendall following his move to Spain. In his first season Harvey had been reluctant to change the successful team he had inherited and despite finishing fourth in the league no trophies were to be won. The next season saw Harvey start to break up the team that Kendall had put together and he started to spend quite freely in the transfer market with a club record £2.3 million being spent on Tony Cottee and several other players joining the club. The first game of the season saw the team get off to a great start with the team winning 4-0 against Newcastle United and Cottee scoring a hatrick on his debut. The season ended with only a losing FA Cup final appearance against Liverpool to show and in the league an eighth place was all that could be achieved. Harvey's last full season in charge was mediocre at best with early exits from both cup competitions and slight improvement in the league finishing sixth. Season 1990-91 saw Colin Harvey last only until mid October before he was sacked. A dismal start to the league campaign, one win in ten games. and defeat by Sheffield United in the League Cup was enough for the board to relieve Harvey of his managerial position.

Colin Harvey was not finished with the club he had served so well for nearly thirty years and when Howard Kendall was installed as manager for the second time Harvey returned as assistant manager.

Colin Harvey 's full managerial record :

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	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
League	126	51	37	38	173	135	190
F A Cup	23	9	11	3	32	19	*	1 runners up
League Cup	19	10	4	5	37	18	*
Charity Shield	1	1	0	0	1	0	*	1 win
Football League Centenary Cup	1	1	0	0	3	1	*	1 win
Simod Cup	5	3	0	2	9	7	*	1 runners up

Jimmy Gabriel - November 1990 / December 1993 - January 1994.

Jimmy Gabriel was called on to perform a caretaker roll on two occasions.

Jimmy Gabriel's caretaker managerial record :

November 1990
	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
League	1	1	0	0	3	0	3

December 1993 - January 1994
	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
League	7	1	1	5	2	12	4

Mike Walker - January 1994 - November 1994.

Mike Walker's tenure as Everton manager was to be the shortest in Everton's history, lasting just 305 days. Arriving with a reputation as one of the best young managers in the game, anticipation was high and although Everton played some really attractive football during his brief spell results were poor. After narrowly avoiding relegation on the last day of the 1993-94 season, the start of the next season was a disaster with one win in the first 14 games and defeat in the League Cup to Portsmouth. The board acted swiftly and Mike Walker was sacked in November 1994 after just 35 games in charge.

Everton were favorites to be relegated and needed an inspirational figure to get them out of the mess they were in.

Mike Walker 's full managerial record :

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	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
League	31	6	9	16	29	52	27
F A Cup	2	0	1	1	3	4	*
League Cup	2	0	1	1	3	4	*

Joe Royle - November 1994 - March 1997.

The man who Everton's board turned to was a man who had experience of beating off relegation, as manager of Oldham Athletic Joe Royle had won a few battles, but this was to be his biggest yet. On hindsight Royle's first game could not really have been better, a derby game against Liverpool. Due to a break from league football he had two full weeks to get his new team together. The game was played on November 21st, a Monday night, and was shown live on Sky sports. All was set, the crowd gave both the new manager and the team a huge reception, they were not to be disappointed. Led by a towering display by on loan striker Duncan Ferguson, Everton got Royle's reign off to a flying start. With goals from Ferguson and Paul Rideout the team won 2-0 and afterwards Royle said of Ferguson that 'he went to war'.

This was only the start and a minor miracle was still needed if the club were to survive in the top flight. Royle instilled his desire to win into his team and with this was the birth of the now fabled 'Dogs of War' style of football. With players like Barry Horne, Joe Parkinson and John Ebbrell in the team there was no room for feint hearts and during an interview Royle paid tribute to his teams commitment by saying that if a piece of paper drifted across the pitch somebody would tackle it.. Not many people outside of Goodison liked the way Everton were playing but friends were no good when points were needed. In the seven games in charge until Christmas Royle's team was to win four and draw two, Evertonians started to believe miracles do happen. After the turn of the new year twenty games were left to play and the team were only to lose five but had to wait until the second to last game of the season to ensure survival, a Paul Rideout goal at Ipswich was enough to secure safety.

The season was not over. While the need for Premier League survival was the number one priority, Everton had quietly reached the last four of the FA Cup. The semi final line ups were Everton v Tottenham Hotspurs and Manchester United v Crystal Palace and the press were drooling over the prospect of a Spurs v United final, they did not reckon with an inspirational Everton display. United got through after a replay but Everton were to upset the form book by drubbing Spurs 4-1 at Elland Road, Leeds. Evertonians seemed to be all everywhere as Tottenham had been given Leeds's massive main stand and Everton the other three sides. This was to work in the clubs favour as the atmosphere generated by the blue's fans was to drive the team on and goals from Matt Jackson, Graham Stuart and two from Daniel Amokachi saw Everton through to the final.

Manchester United were overwhelming favourites and from the kick off played like it but Everton finally started to get a foothold in the game and unlocked the United defence with a swift counter attack. Anders Limpar took possession in his own half before releasing a perfect pass to the overlapping Matt Jackson, his cross was met by Graham Stuart but his shot crashed against the bar, However, Paul Rideout was on hand to head the rebound past Peter Schmeichel. United pressed relentlessly, Dave Watson was rock in the middle of defence and Neville Southall turned the clock back ten years to give an inspired display.

So Everton had not only miraculously saved themselves from relegation but they had won the FA Cup, were the good times about to return.

The following season started off poorly with only two wins in the first eleven games but Joe Royle and the team turned it round and went into the last game of the season knowing that victory over Aston Villa would guarantee a Uefa cup place. It was not to be, the game ended in a 1-1 and with Arsenal beating Bolton, Everton had to be satisfied with sixth place. Although not qualifying for Europe was disappointing progress had been made and expectations for the next season were high.

Things did not turn out well in 1996-97 for neither Joe Royle or the club. The team were in the top half of the table up until Christmas but from then things went down hill. Six straight defeats from Boxing Day meant that the club were once again looking at a relegation battle. Things came to a head in March when the then chairman Peter Johnson refused to sanction a purchase on Norwegian pair Tore Andre Flo and Claus Eftevaag. The problem was Eftevaag, he was only to be makeweight in the deal to get Flo and he was injured. Johnson refused to release funds for an injured player and Royle, who was desperate to sign Flo, resigned. So ended a short but interesting period with Joe Royle in charge.

Joe Rolye 's full managerial record :

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Dave Watson - April 1997 - May 1997.

Club captain Dave Watson took over until the end of the season with just one aim to save the team from relegation. He was successful and the club stayed in the Premier League by just two points.

Dave Watson 's caretaker managerial record :

	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
League	7	1	3	3	7	12	6

Walter Smith - July 1998 - March 2002.

Following Howard Kendall's brief third spell in charge Everton turned to a man who had enjoyed huge success, albeit north of the border, when they appointed Walter Smith. His first season was all about steadying the ship but Everton were still to struggle and by Christmas had won only four games and scored just twelve goals in nineteen games. Smith had spent freely bring in several new players such as Olivier Dacourt, Marco Materazzi, John Collins and David Wier, but his most influential was a loan deal that brought Kevin Campbell to Everton. The team were still at the wrong end of the table and what seemed an annual event, were struggling against relegation. Kevin Campbell was to prove the saviour despite only playing in eight games he scored nine goals to give the team breathing space and ended the season seven points above the drop zone.

The next two seasons did not see any sort of improvement with league placings of fourteenth in 1999-2000 and sixteenth in 2000-01 went hand in hand with early exits from the cup competitions, on three occasions to lower league opponents. Due to spiraling debts money was tight and Smith had to wheel and deal in the transfer market, which did not lend itself to the building of a successful team.

The 2001-02 season was to be no better and by March Everton faced relegation yet again. Walter Smith took his team to Middlesgrough for a FA Cup quarter final tie and this turned out to be his final game. The game was lost 3-0 but this was not the problem, it was the inept manner in which the team lost. Whether Smith had lost the dressing room or not was not clear but it appeared that the players had no confidence and no stomach for any sort of battle. Smith's dismissal soon followed.

Walter Smith 's full managerial record :

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	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
League	143	41	42	70	172	190	165
F A Cup	16	10	2	4	22	16	*
League Cup	9	2	6	1	11	10	*

	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
League	97	36	31	30	136	116	139
F A Cup	12	8	2	2	26	12	*	1 win
League Cup	4	0	2	2	5	8	*
Charity Shield	1	1	0	0	1	0	*
Cup Winners Cup	4	2	1	1	6	4	*

David Moyes - March 2002 - To date.

David Moyes arrived from Preston North End were he had experienced some measure of success. He was not the high profile manager that a lot of Evertonians wanted but he was to win most people over during his interview following his appointment. He said he thought of Everton as the People's Club and that most people on Merseyside supported them, this went down a storm. It seemed to galvanized fans and players alike and what should have been a hard task in keeping the club up was achieved with relative ease. He got the players to play as a team and with four wins and a draw in the last nine games survival was secured.

His first full season was a success compared with what had gone on over the past few years. Europe was just missed when the team finished seventh one point behind Blackburn Rovers and even early exits from both cup competitions could not put a damper on the season. The next season, however, was nowhere near as good, David Moyes's no nonsense approach appeared to have upset some of the squad, particularly the senior players. There were rumours of player/manager bust ups and even that he had lost the dressing room, the rumblings of disquiet were not dispelled by the results once safety was achieved. Everton lost the last four games and a 5-1 thrashing at Manchester City on the last day of the season seen as one of the worst for some time. Things had to change.

During the summer Moyes admitted that he could have done things differently, had heart to heart talks with several players and following a team bonding trip to the USA everything was put right. The 2004-05 season was nothing short of miraculous. Despite losing 4-1 at home to Arsenal on the opening day, Eveton went on to clinch fourth spot in the league and qualified for the Champions League for the first time.

Season 2005-06 was as much a disappointment as the previous has been enjoyable, The season did not start well with ellimination from both the Champions league and Uefa Cup in the first rounds and the season stuttered for several weeks until the players got those defeats out of their systems. It was all to little to late, however, and the team ended the season with the lowest goal tally in the club's history with just 34 in 38 games. David Moyes was not to waste any time once the transfer window opened and by the end of May Andrew Johnson had been added to the squad for a club record £8.6m in order to add much needed fire power to the forward line.

David Moyes 's full managerial record (to the end of 2007-08) :

	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
League	237	96	57	84	297	292	340
F A Cup	9	3	1	5	13	14	*
League Cup	17	9	3	5	29	19	*
Champions League	2	0	0	2	2	4	*
UEFA Cup	12	9	1	2	25	14	*