1938–39 Everton F.C. season

In 1938–39, Everton won their fifth English title (and the last English top-flight title before World War II as the subsequent season was abandoned when Britain declared war on Germany on 3 September 1939). The club also competed in the FA Cup, advancing to the 6th round where they lost away to Wolves.[1][2]

Everton
1938–39 season
First DivisionChampions
FA Cup6th round
Top goalscorerLeague: Tommy Lawton (34)
All: Tommy Lawton (38)
Highest home attendance64,977 (vs. Liverpool, 1 October 1938)
Lowest home attendance8,199 (vs. Leicester City, 8 March 1939)
Biggest win8–0 (vs. Doncaster, 21 January 1939, FA Cup, 4th round)
Biggest defeat7–0 (at Wolves, 22 February 1939, First Division)
colours

League table

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Pos Team Pld HW HD HL HGF HGA AW AD AL AGF AGA GR Pts
1 Everton 42 17 3 1 60 18 10 2 9 28 34 1.692 59
2 Wolverhampton Wanderers 42 14 6 1 55 12 8 5 8 33 27 2.256 55
3 Charlton Athletic 42 16 3 2 49 24 6 3 12 26 35 1.271 50
4 Middlesbrough 42 13 6 2 64 27 7 3 11 29 47 1.257 49
5 Arsenal 42 14 3 4 34 14 5 6 10 21 27 1.341 47
6 Derby County 42 12 3 6 39 22 7 5 9 27 33 1.200 46
7 Stoke City 42 13 6 2 50 25 4 6 11 21 43 1.044 46
8 Bolton Wanderers 42 10 6 5 39 25 5 9 7 28 33 1.155 45
9 Preston North End 42 13 7 1 44 19 3 5 13 19 40 1.068 44
10 Grimsby Town 42 11 6 4 38 26 5 5 11 23 43 0.884 43
11 Liverpool 42 12 6 3 40 24 2 8 11 22 39 0.984 42
12 Aston Villa 42 11 3 7 44 25 5 6 10 27 35 1.183 41
13 Leeds United 42 11 5 5 40 27 5 4 12 19 40 0.881 41
14 Manchester United 42 7 9 5 30 20 4 7 10 27 45 0.877 38
15 Blackpool 42 9 8 4 37 26 3 6 12 19 42 0.824 38
16 Sunderland 42 7 7 7 30 29 6 5 10 24 38 0.806 38
17 Portsmouth 42 10 7 4 25 15 2 6 13 22 55 0.671 37
18 Brentford 42 11 2 8 30 27 3 6 12 23 47 0.716 36
19 Huddersfield Town 42 11 4 6 38 18 1 7 13 20 46 0.906 35
20 Chelsea 42 10 5 6 43 29 2 4 15 21 51 0.800 33
21 Birmingham 42 10 5 6 40 27 2 3 16 22 57 0.738 32
22 Leicester City 42 7 6 8 35 35 2 5 14 13 47 0.585 29
Source: [citation needed]
Key
League Champions
FA Cup Winners
Relegated

Competitions

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First Division

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27 August 1938 (1938-08-27) 1 Blackpool 0–2
Everton Blackpool, Lancashire
3:15 p.m.
Stadium: Bloomfield Road
Attendance: 29,647
Referee: E. Carnwell
31 August 1938 (1938-08-31) 2 Everton 3–0
Grimsby Town Walton, Liverpool
6:30 p.m.
Stadium: Goodison Park
Attendance: 25,017
Referee: Dr. A. Barton
3 September 1938 (1938-09-03) 3 Everton 2–1
Brentford Walton, Liverpool
3:15 p.m. Lawton   40', 82' R. Reid   72' Stadium: Goodison Park
Attendance: 35,989
Referee: I. Wright
5 September 1938 (1938-09-05) 4 Aston Villa 0–3
Everton Aston, Birmingham
6:00 p.m.
Stadium: Villa Park
Attendance: 34,105
Referee: E. Gough
10 September 1938 (1938-09-10) 5 Arsenal 1–2
Everton Highbury, London
3:30 p.m. B. Jones   64'
Stadium: Arsenal Stadium
Attendance: 64,555
Referee: H. Mee
17 September 1938 (1938-09-17) 6 Everton 5–1
Portsmouth Walton, Liverpool
3:15 p.m.
W. Bagley   7' Stadium: Goodison Park
Attendance: 43,913
Referee: A. Jewell
24 September 1938 (1938-09-24) 7 Huddersfield Town 3–0
Everton Huddersfield
3:15 p.m.
  • T. Hinchcliffe   50', 53'
  • J. Isaac   86'
Stadium: Leeds Road
Attendance: 27,710
Referee: H. Whitfield
1 October 1938 (1938-10-01) 8 Everton 2–1
Liverpool Walton, Liverpool
3:15 p.m.
W. Fagan   43' Stadium: Goodison Park
Attendance: 64,977
Referee: H. Williams
8 October 1938 (1938-10-08) 9 Everton 1–0
Wolves Walton, Liverpool
3:15 p.m. Lawton   28' Stadium: Goodison Park
Attendance: 36,681
Referee: Dr. A. Barton
15 October 1938 (1938-10-15) 10 Bolton 4–2
Everton Burnden, Greater Manchester
3:00 p.m.
  • J. Roberts   12', 29', 82'
  • T. Woodward   77'
Stadium: Burnden Park
Attendance: 57,989
Referee: G. Blackhall
22 October 1938 (1938-10-22) 11 Everton 4–0
Leeds United Walton, Liverpool
3:15 p.m.
  • D. Trentham   33'
  • Bell   41', 44', 52'
Stadium: Goodison Park
Attendance: 30,747
Referee: G. Davies
29 October 1938 (1938-10-29) 12 Leicester City 3–0
Everton Leicester
3:00 p.m.
  • A. Maw   26'
  • G. Dewis   76'
  • M. Griffiths   80'
Stadium: Filbert Street
Attendance: 23,964
Referee: L. Dale
5 November 1938 (1938-11-05) 13 Everton 4–0
Middlesbrough Walton, Liverpool
2:45 p.m.
Stadium: Goodison Park
Attendance: 35,683
Referee: H. Rayner
12 November 1938 (1938-11-12) 14 Birmingham City 1–0
Everton Bordesley, Birmingham
2:40 p.m. C. Phillips   43' Stadium: St Andrew's
Attendance: 27,548
Referee: W. Lewington
19 November 1938 (1938-11-19) 15 Everton 3–0
Manchester United Walton, Liverpool
2:30 p.m.
Stadium: Goodison Park
Attendance: 31,809
Referee: G. Salmon
26 November 1938 (1938-11-26) 16 Stoke City 0–0
Everton Stoke-on-Trent
2:30 p.m. Stadium: Victoria Ground
Attendance: 26,725
Referee: W. Nixon
3 December 1938 (1938-12-03) 17 Everton 4–1
Chelsea Walton, Liverpool
2:15 p.m.
G. Mills   60' Stadium: Goodison Park
Attendance: 27,959
Referee: J. Parker
10 December 1938 (1938-12-10) 18 Preston North End 0–1
Everton Deepdale, Preston
2:15 p.m. Lawton   84' Stadium: Deepdale
Attendance: 26,549
Referee: G. Hewitt
17 December 1938 (1938-12-17) 19 Everton 1–4
Charlton Athletic Walton, Liverpool
2:15 p.m. Gillick   48'
  • J. Wilkinson   38'
  • G. Tadman   56', 89'
  • R. Brown   60'
Stadium: Goodison Park
Attendance: 22,053
Referee: H. Wright
24 December 1938 (1938-12-24) 20 Everton 4–0
Blackpool Walton, Liverpool
2:15 p.m.
Stadium: Goodison Park
Attendance: 24,040
Referee: E. Carnwell
26 December 1938 (1938-12-26) 21 Everton 2–2
Derby County Walton, Liverpool
2:15 p.m.
  • D. McCulloch   48'
  • R. Dix   82'
Stadium: Goodison Park
Attendance: 55,401
Referee: F. Milner
27 December 1938 (1938-12-27) 22 Derby County 2–1
Everton Derby
2:15 p.m. D. McCulloch   30' D. Duncan   51' Cook   37' (pen) Stadium: Baseball Ground
Attendance: 35,683
Referee: F. Milner
31 December 1938 (1938-12-31) 23 Brentford 2–0
Everton Brentford, Greater London
2:30 p.m. L. Townsend   18', 67' Stadium: Griffin Park
Attendance: 27,861
Referee: I. Wright
14 January 1939 (1939-01-14) 24 Everton 2–0
Arsenal Walton, Liverpool
2:45 p.m.
Stadium: Goodison Park
Attendance: 47,178
Referee: H. Mee
28 January 1939 (1939-01-28) 25 Everton 3–2
Huddersfield Town Walton, Liverpool
3:00 p.m.
  • A. Beasley   46'
  • A. Price   82'
Stadium: Goodison Park
Attendance: 37,269
Referee: H. Whitfield
1 February 1939 (1939-02-01) 26 Portsmouth 0–1
Everton Portsmouth
3:00 p.m. Lawton   53' Stadium: Fratton Park
Attendance: 17,371
Referee: G. Gould
4 February 1939 (1939-02-04) 27 Liverpool 0–3
Everton Anfield, Liverpool
3:15 p.m.
Stadium: Anfield
Attendance: 55,994
Referee: H. Williams
18 February 1939 (1939-02-18) 28 Everton 2–1
Bolton Walton, Liverpool
3:15 p.m.
A. Geldard   17' Stadium: Goodison Park
Attendance: 38,961
Referee: G. Blackhall
22 February 1939 (1939-02-22) 29 Wolves 7–0
Everton Wolverhampton
3:15 p.m.
  • D. Westcott   2', 85'
  • R. Dorsett   24', 37', 49', 78'
  • A. McIntosh   54'
Stadium: Molineux Stadium
Attendance: 39,774
Referee: W. Harper
25 February 1939 (1939-02-25) 30 Leeds United 1–2
Everton Leeds
3:15 p.m. G. Ainsley   28'
Stadium: Elland Road
Attendance: 21,728
Referee: G. Davies
8 March 1939 (1939-03-08) 31 Everton 4–0
Leicester City Walton, Liverpool
3:15 p.m.
Stadium: Goodison Park
Attendance: 8,199
Referee: L. Dale
11 March 1939 (1939-03-11) 32 Middlesbrough 4–4
Everton Middlesbrough
3:00 p.m.
  • C. Chadwick   3'
  • B. Yorston   7'
  • J. Milne   32'
  • M. Fenton   39'
Lawton   37', 38', 49', 83' Stadium: Ayresome Park
Attendance: 20,014
Referee: H. Rayner
18 March 1939 (1939-03-18) 33 Everton 4–2
Birmingham City Walton, Liverpool
3:15 p.m.
  • F. Harris   26'
  • C. Jones   82'
Stadium: Goodison Park
Attendance: 29,687
Referee: W. Lewington
29 March 1939 (1939-03-29) 34 Manchester United 0–2
Everton Old Trafford, Greater Manchester
3:00 p.m.
Stadium: Old Trafford
Attendance: 18,348
Referee: G. Salmon
1 April 1939 (1939-04-01) 35 Everton 1–1
Stoke City Walton, Liverpool
3:15 p.m. Lawton   76' T. Sale   62' Stadium: Goodison Park
Attendance: 38,601
Referee: W. Nixon
7 April 1939 (1939-04-07) 36 Sunderland 1–2
Everton Roker, Sunderland
2:45 p.m. L. Duns   15'
Stadium: Roker Park
Attendance: 40,521
Referee: J. Mellor
8 April 1939 (1939-04-08) 37 Chelsea 0–2
Everton Fulham, London
3:30 p.m.
Stadium: Stamford Bridge
Attendance: 51,481
Referee: J. Parker
10 April 1939 (1939-04-10) 38 Everton 6–2
Sunderland Walton, Liverpool
3:15 p.m.
  • A. Housam   44'
  • L. Duns   89'
Stadium: Goodison Park
Attendance: 46,016
Referee: J. Mellor
15 April 1939 (1939-04-15) 39 Everton 0–0
Preston North End Walton, Liverpool
3:15 p.m. Stadium: Goodison Park
Attendance: 31,987
Referee: G. Hewitt
22 April 1939 (1939-04-22) 40 Charlton Athletic 2–1
Everton Charlton, London
3:30 p.m.
  • H. Hobbles   1'
  • G. Robinson   41'
Gillick   60' Stadium: The Valley
Attendance: 26,338
Referee: H. Wright
Note: Everton clinch title with Wolves' draw at Bolton
29 April 1939 (1939-04-29) 41 Everton 3–0
Aston Villa Walton, Liverpool
3:15 p.m.
Stadium: Goodison Park
Attendance: 23,667
Referee: E. Gough
6 May 1939 (1939-05-06) 42 Grimsby Town 3–0
Everton Cleethorpes, Lincolnshire
3:15 p.m.
  • E. Glover   4', 75'
  • J. Boyd   88'
Stadium: Blundell Park
Attendance: 11,016
Referee: Dr. A. Barton

FA Cup

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7 January 1939 (1939-01-07) 3rd Derby 0–1
Everton Derby
2:30 p.m. Report Boyes   54' Stadium: Baseball Ground
Attendance: 22,237
Referee: A. Jewell
21 January 1939 (1939-01-21) 4th Everton 8–0
Doncaster Walton, Liverpool
2:45 p.m.
Report Stadium: Goodison Park
Attendance: 41,115
Referee: H. Wright
11 February 1939 (1939-02-11) 5th Birmingham City 2–2
Everton Bordesley, Birmingham
3:00 p.m. O. Madden   44', 81' Report
Stadium: St Andrew's
Attendance: 66,844
Referee: W. Daly
15 February 1939 (1939-02-15) 5th (replay) Everton 2–1
Birmingham City Walton, Liverpool
3:00 p.m.
Report F. Harris   4' Stadium: Goodison Park
Attendance: 64,796
Referee: W. Daly
4 March 1939 (1939-03-04) 6th Wolves 2–0
Everton Wolverhampton
3:00 p.m. D. Westcott   41', 60' Report Stadium: Molineux Stadium
Attendance: 59,545
Referee: T. Thompson

Squad

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References

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