Club Colours

Signature Tune

 

Our Nickname

Most clubs have original nicknames that in someway reflects something about their history, Arsenal - the Gunners - they were originally Woolwich Arsenal, Fulham - the Cottages - their ground is Craven Cottage, West Ham - the Irons - they were first called Thames Ironworks, others are not so original and only use the colour of their shirts.

Everton's nickname is nearly as old as the club itself, the Toffees or Toffeemen originated by association with not one but two local toffee shops. The first of these shops was 'Ye Anciente Everton Toffee House' and was located near to the Queen's Head Hotel which itself figured in the early development of the Club. The shop was owned by Old Ma Bushell who was the inventor of Everton toffee, which was sold in large quantities to the crowds as they made their way to watch Everton at each of first three grounds - Stanley Park, Priory Road and Anfield.

After the Club decided to move to Goodison Park another shop became prominent. Mother Nobletts Toffee Shop was situated very near to the ground however Old Mother Noblett could not use the name Everton Toffees in order sell her products to the crowd as this had been patented by Old Ma Bushell, so Everton Mints were invented. These were a great success as the colour, black and white, reflected a kit used by the club some years earlier

Old Ma Bushell was not to be out-done by Mrs Noblett's inventiveness and persuaded Everton officials to allow her to give away her toffees to the crowd who were inside the ground waiting for the match to start. Her young grand-daughter was given the honour and dressed in her finest clothes she distributed the individually wrapped Everton Toffees to the waiting supporters.

So the tradition of the Everton Toffee Lady, and the Club's nickname, were born and the pre-match feature at Goodison Park has stood the test of time to this day. At first it was one girl who performed the task week in, week out, nowadays a different girl is picked from the Everton Support's Club for each home game.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Club Colours

The colours used by Everton for their kits have changed quite a bit of the years from White to Salmon to Royle blue, the full list is as follows:

The Light Blue kit was only used for 1 year, around 1906, and bitter complaints by the fans the club reverted to popular Royal Blue. The next major uproar was in 1985-86 when a white panel was added to the home shirts. Again this only lasted for one season with the Royal Blue strip returning in 1986-87 when the team went onto win the league title for the second time in three years.

The Clubs away strip has changed regularly over the years with the most popular being the Amber shirts and Blue shorts, resembling that worn by Brazil, being worn in the sixties and on several occasions since.

 

 

 

 

Our Theme Tune

Since the mid-sixties a succession of Everton sides have run out to the strains of an old Liverpool folk song Johnny Todd, better know as the theme for the TV series from the same era - Z Cars. It is said that one of the cast was a staunch Evertonian and invited several other cast to watch his beloved team. The Club found out and in recognition played the theme of the show and has become a clarion call for generations of followers of the team from Goodison Park.

In the 1994-95 the then chairman Peter Johnson had the audacity to drop Z-Cars in favour of Fanfare for the Common Man in attempt to jazz up proceedings at Goodison. Needless to say this did not go down well with Evertonians and within a few short weeks, following the appointment of Joe Royle as manager, Z-Cars was re-introduced.

In the good old days when the teams did not run out together the strains of Z-Cars echoed around the towering Goodison stands as Everton, players supporting the famous Royal Blue shirts and White shorts took to the pristine green Goodison pitch. Guaranteeing goose-bumps in every true blue Evertonian.