Everton Season Scrapbook 1890 91

In 1891, in only the third season of the Football League, the trophy found it's way to Anfield for the first time. The winners, however, were not Liverpool F.C., the club generally associated with that venue, but Everton, who were the first tenants, before Liverpool F.C. even existed. This is the story of Everton's first League Championship, told through the press of the time with additional research and commentary by the author. Every first team match of the season covered - League, Cup, Benefit Matches and Friendlies (e.g. Everton v. the famous Corinthians).Background story begins with the creation of the club and continues until the schism in the club ranks that saw Everton move to Goodison and led to the creation of Liverpool F.C. Includes some other important early matches - first match in Football League, the cup-tie that was stricken from the record books and others.More than 70 matches covered in all, all with full period match report.