On this day in 1968 - Everton 0 Liverpool 0 1968/9 Division 1

47 years ago today Everton moved up to 6th place in Division 1 after a 0-0 home draw with Liverpool.

EFC 0 LFC 0 - 27/8/68 West Wright Brown Kendall Labone (c) Harvey Husband Ball @DirofFootball Hurst Morrissey

On this day in 1977 - Aston Villa 1 (Gray) Everton 2 (McKenzie 2) 1977/8 1st Division

38 years ago today Everton moved up to 14th place in Division 1 after a 2-1 away win at Aston Villa.

AVFC 1 EFC 2 - 27/8/77 Wood Darracott Pejic Lyons (c) Kenyon Rioch King Pearson Latchford McKenzie Thomas

Everton Records what a day 😂

On this day in 1983 - Everton 1 (Sharp) Stoke City 0 1983/4 1st Division

32 years ago today Everton went 8th in Division 1 after a 1-0 home win over Stoke City.

EFC 1 SCFC 0 - 27/8/83 Arnold Harper Bailey Derek Mountfield Higgins Richardson Steven Heath Sharp King Kevin Sheedy

On this day in 1988 - Everton 4 (Tony Cottee 3, Sharp) Newcastle United 0 1988/9 1st Division youtu.be/wzMb2fp9NqE via YouTube

27 years ago today Tony Cottee scored a hat-trick for Everton in a 4-0 home win over Newcastle United. He would score 18 goals that season.

EFC 4 NUFC 0 -27/8/88 Neville Southall McDonald Pointon Snodin Watson (c) Peter Reid 💙 Steven McCall Sharp Tony Cottee Pat Nevin

On this day in 2009 Sigma 1 (Sultes) Everton 1 (Steven Pienaar) AGG: 1-5 2009/10 UEFA Cup R1 Leg 2 youtu.be/50A6_Fs5aY8 via YouTube

6 years ago today Everton qualified for the Group Stage of the UEFA Cup by beating Sigma Olomouc 5-1 on aggregate..

SKSO 1 EFC 1 - 27/8/09 Tim Howard Hibbert Baines @fizzer18 (c) Yobo Jack Rodwell Gosling Marouane Fellaini Jo Leon Osman Steven Pienaar

On this day in 2011 - Blackburn Rovers 0 Everton 1 (Mikel Arteta pen) 2011/2 Premier League

4 years ago today Everton moved up to 10th in the Premier League after a 1-0 away win at Blackburn Rovers.

BR 0 EFC 1 Tim Howard @fizzer18 Baines John Heitinga Phil Jagielka Sylvain Distin RBarkley20 Mikel Arteta Victor Anichebe Marouane Fellaini Leon Osman