Kammala jumla mai zuwa: Masana da yawa sun ba Everton damar faduwa a wannan kakar: bayan da ya tsere daga faduwa daga Premier League da maki shida a kakar da ta gabata, aikin Everton na kasancewa a cikin wasan kwallon kafa na Ingila ya zama mafi wuya bayan canja wurin miliyoyin fam na matashi mai suna Wayne Rooney zuwa Manchester United bayan kafa lokacin bazara.
Gasar Zakarun Turai ta fara. Koyaya, kakar wasan ta zama mafi nasara ga Everton a tarihin Premier League yayin da suka kasance na huɗu a gasar tare da 61pts. Everton ya ci gaba da tafiya tare da irin su Chelsea (95pts) da Arsenal (83pts) a taron koli na Premier League a farkon rabin kakar wasa, yana gama 2004 kawai 'yan maki kaɗan daga shugabannin Chelsea. Kodayake kalubalen taken Everton ya ƙare bayan siyar da dan wasan tsakiya na waje Thomas Gravesen zuwa ƙattai na Spain Real Madrid, sun sami damar ganin gasa daga abokan hamayyarsu Liverpool (58pts) da kuma 'yan arewa maso yammacin Bolton Wanderers (58pts) don kammala a matsayi na huɗu, maki uku a gaban ƙungiyoyin biyu. Wannan ya tabbatar da cancantar Toffees zuwa gasar zakarun Turai ta 2005-06, inda za su shiga gasar a zagaye na uku na neman shiga. A lokacin bazara, kocin David Moyes ya yayyafa kudi a kan 'yan wasan Netherlands da Inter Milan winger Andy van der Meyde a yunƙurin kiyaye Everton a cikin matsayi don yin ƙalubale mai tsanani don cancantar Turai a kakar wasa mai zuwa.