Goodison Park’s firsts and lasts in the men’s era (competitive matches only).

Game

First: Everton 2-2 Nottingham Forest (3rd September 1892)
Last: Everton 2-0 Southampton (18th May 2025)

FA Cup Game

First: Everton 4-1 West Bromwich Albion (21st January 1893)
Last: Everton 0-2 Bournemouth (8th February 2025)

League Cup Game

First: Everton 3-1 Accrington Stanley (1891) (12th October 1960)
Last: Everton 1-1 Southampton [Southampton won 6-5 on penalties] (17th September 2024)

European Game

First: Everton 1-0 Dunfermline Athletic (Inter-Cities Fairs Cup – 24th October 1962)
Last: Everton 1-5 Atalanta (Europa League – 23rd November 2017)

Everton Goalscorer

First: Fred Geary (vs Nottingham Forest – 3rd September 1892)
Last: Iliman Ndiaye (vs Southampton – 18th May 2025)

Opposition Goalscorer

First: Horace Pike (for Nottingham Forest – 3rd September 1892)
Last: George Hirst (for Ipswich Town – 3rd May 2025)

Everton Manager

First: Dick Molyneux (vs Nottingham Forest – 3rd September 1892)
Last: David Moyes (vs Southampton – 18th May 2025)

Opposing Manager

First: Harry Radford (for Nottingham Forest – 3rd September 1892)
Last: Simon Rusk (for Southampton – 18th May 2025)

Merseyside Derby Goal

First: Tom McInnes – 13th October 1894
Last: James Tarkowski – 12th February 2025

Clean Sheet

First: Archie Pinnell (vs Newton Heath – 24th September 1892)
Last: Jordan Pickford (vs Southampton – 18th May 2025)

Hat-Trick

First: Jack Southworth (4 goals vs The Wednesday – 23rd December 1893)
Last: Josh King (3 goals for Watford – 23rd October 2021)
Last EFC player: Dominic Calvert-Lewin (3 goals vs West Ham United – 30th September 2020)

Penalty

First: Fred Geary (hit woodwork vs Burnley – 24th December 1892)
Last: Iliman Ndiaye (scored vs Arsenal – 5th April 2025)

Penalty Scored

First: Bob Kelso (vs The Wednesday – 18th February 1893)
Last: Iliman Ndiaye (vs Arsenal – 5th April 2025)

Goalkeeper To Save A Penalty

First: Richard Williams (vs Darwen, taken by John McKnight – 21st October 1893)
Last: Jordan Pickford (vs Newcastle United, taken by Anthony Gordon – 5th October 2024)

Goal Scored Directly From A Free Kick

First: Walter Abbott (vs Aston Villa – 22nd October 1904)
Last: Bruno Fernandes (for Manchester United – 22nd February 2025)
Last EFC player: Ashley Young (vs Wolverhampton Wanderers – 4th December 2024)

Own Goal

First: Willie Dunning (vs Aston Villa – 16th September 1893)
First EFC player: Billy Balmer (vs Liverpool – 30th January 1902)
Last: Archie Gray (vs Tottenham Hotspur – 19th January 2025)
Last EFC player: Vitalii Mykolenko (vs Luton Town – 27th January 2024)

Everton Starting Captain

First: Bob Howarth (vs Nottingham Forest – 3rd September 1892)
Last: Seamus Coleman (vs Southampton – 18th May 2025)

Everton Number 9

First: Dixie Dean (vs Sheffield United – 3rd May 1933)
Last: Dominic Calvert-Lewin (vs Southampton – 18th May 2025)

Referee

First: Sam Ormerod (vs Nottingham Forest – 3rd September 1892)
Last: Michael Oliver (vs Southampton – 18th May 2025)

Sending Off

First: Arthur Evans (for Stoke – 12th November 1892)
First EFC player: Jimmy Gourlay (vs Bristol City – 24th December 1910)
Last: Abdoulaye Doucoure, Curtis Jones, Arne Slot and Sipke Hulshoff (vs Liverpool – 12th February 2025)