Everton
have won 64 points against West Ham United with 18 wins and 10 draws in the
34 English Premier League (EPL) matches played from 1993/1994 to 2012/2013 seasons.
The Toffees are one of seven teams to have played all 21 seasons of the EPL since its inception in August 1992 - the others being Arsenal, Aston Villa, Chelsea, Liverpool, Manchester United, and Tottenham Hotspur.
In 2008, Sporting Braga of Portugal were the last overall team to win the UEFA Intertoto Cup when they defeated Sivasspor of Turkey 5-0 on aggregate in their third round fixture. This qualified qualified them for the UEFA Cup First Round where they got to the Round of 16 but lost to France's Paris Saint-Germain.
That season's competition was the 14th to be organised by UEFA and the third since the competition's format was given a major overhaul. It was rested and merged with the newly formed UEFA Europa League. Aston Villa were the seond overall winner of the last edtion when they defeated OB Odense of Denmark 3-2 on aggregate.
The last time Manchester City won a FA Community Shield Cup was in 1972 at the Villa Park in Birmingham against home side Aston Villa in a 1-0 scoreline netted by Francis Lee from the penalty spot.
Normally, the Charity Shield (as it was then known), would have been contested by the English League First Division champions and English FA Cup holders, who were Derby County and Leeds United, but both declined the chance to play in the Charity Shield. Instead, Manchester City, who had finished in fourth place in the First Division and Aston Villa, who finished as Third Division champions, accepted the invitation to play.
Slovakian Jozef Vengloš is the first manager not from Britain or Ireland to take charge of a top-flight club in England. He was appointed manager of Aston Villa for the 1990/1991 season after he remarkably led Czechoslovakia to the quarter-finals of the Italia'90 FIFA World Cup. He left Aston Villa after one season when they finished just two places above the English First Division relegation zone.
Gareth Southgate holds the record of been the first player to captain two winning sides in the English League Cup (now the Carling Cup) with both Aston Villa under manager Brian Little in 1996 and with Middlesbrough in 2004 under Steve McClaren. Southgate played in every English Premier League (EPL) game during the 1998/1999 season for Aston Villa.
Since the advent of the English Premier League (EPL) in the 1991/1992 season, only five Colombians have played in this most followed football league in the world. The first was Faustino Asprilla who played for Newcastle United from 1995–98, followed by Hamilton Ricard played for Middlesbrough from 1998–2002. The third man is Juan Pablo Ángel played for Aston Villa from 2000–20007, the penultimate Colombian is Jhon Viáfara who played for Portsmouth from 2005–2006 while the last man who is still playing is Hugo Rodallega who joined Wigan Athletic in 2008.
The Carling Cup is a competition established in 1960 and is considered to be the second most important domestic cup competition for English football clubs, after the FA Cup. The first Football League Cup was won by Aston Villa, who beat Rotherham United 3–2 on aggregate, after losing the first leg 2–0.
The quintessential goal scoring midfield player David Platt scored 27 goals in 62 caps for the Three Lions of England, but was given his first cap by the late Bobby Robson in an International Friendly against the Azzuris of Italy in November 1989 when he was still with Aston Villa. He was included in the England squad when Robson named his 22 player-squad for the Italia 90 FIFA World Cup. He however open his scoring account for the Three Lions in the last minute of extra time during the second round match against the les Diables Rouges (Red Devils ) of Belgium.