The methodist church of St.Domingo formed a football section in 1878, renting a pitch in Stanley Park. Quickly becoming the best team in the area the Club was re-named Everton after the name of the local village. They became known as 'The Toffees' on account of the location in Everton of Molly Johnson's cottage where she originated the production of toffees derived from a doctor's recipe to soothe sore throats.

The first colours were blue and white stripes. Because the Club wanted to ensure all players individual kits were dyed a uniform colour a distinctive black kit with a red sash was introduced. This was followed followed by, amongst others, salmon pink and even red. It was only in 1901 that royal blue shirts and white shorts were adopted. Unlike most other clubs, Everton have remained true to these colours throughout their subsequent history with the only exception being the introduction of black in the socks of the mid 30's and the mid 90's. Their change strip of gold and blue was used in the FA Cup Final of 1968.

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