Everton's Record in 1917-18

 << 1916-17                              Click here for Appearances and Goals and the Final League Tables                              1918-19 >> 

The normal Football League and FA Cup competitions were suspended at the end of the 1914/15 season due to World War I.
The Football League was replaced with regional leagues - a Lancashire Section and a Midlands Section.
In 1917/18 and 1918/19 the winners of the 2 Sections met home and away to decide who would be League Champions.
In 1917/18 Everton played in the Lancashire Section Principal Tournament up until March 23 1918.
After that date they competed in a further Lancashire Section Subsidiary Tournament - which itself was
sub-regionalised into 4 Groups, with Everton in Group A.
(One of the Subsidiary Tournament matches - away at Liverpool - actually took place
earlier than March 1918 - in January 1918 in fact).
The 4 final Group tables were amalgamated to give a combined Final Table for the Subsidiary Tournament.
In 1917/18 London clubs formed their own 'London Combination'.
The FA Cup was not replaced and no Cup competitions were contested.
Match, appearance and goal statistics are not counted in any official records.

Click on the Opposition Team Name to See Line-Ups, etc
Directors Responsible For Team Selection - Club Secretary: William Cuff Home Ground:  Goodison Park
Sat Sep 1
1917
 WFL-LSPT H Southport C W 6
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1
 8,000   Clennell J 3  Jefferis F  Donnachie J  Gault E
Sat Sep 8
1917
 WFL-LSPT A Southport C W 2
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0
 2,000   Clennell J 2 (1 pen)
Sat Sep 15
1917
 WFL-LSPT H Burnley W 9
-
0
 12,000   Clennell J 2 (1 pen)  Fleetwood T 2  Gault E 4
                          Jefferis F
Sat Sep 22
1917
 WFL-LSPT A Burnley W 5
-
0
 1,500   Clennell J 3  Jefferis F  Fleetwood T
Sat Sep 29
1917
 WFL-LSPT H Liverpool D 2
-
2
 28,000   Gault E  Clennell J
Sat Oct 6
1917
 WFL-LSPT A Liverpool L 0
-
6
 26,000    
Sat Oct 13
1917
 WFL-LSPT H Man Utd W 3
-
0
 10,000   Gault E 2  Clennell J
Sat Oct 20
1917
 WFL-LSPT A Man Utd D 0
-
0
 10,000    
Sat Oct 27
1917
 WFL-LSPT A Stockport D 0
-
0
 4,000    
Sat Nov 3
1917
 WFL-LSPT H Stockport L 2
-
3
 5,000   Clennell J 2
Sat Nov 10
1917
 WFL-LSPT A Oldham W 3
-
1
 2,119   Jefferis F  Clennell J 2
Sat Nov 17
1917
 WFL-LSPT H Oldham W 4
-
2
 12,000   Clennell J 3  Gault E
Sat Nov 24
1917
 WFL-LSPT A Bury W 5
-
2
 ??   Gault E 4  Jefferis F
Sat Dec 1
1917
 WFL-LSPT H Bury W 7
-
1
 ??   Clennell J 4 (1 pen)  Wareing B 2  Murray S
Sat Dec 8
1917
 WFL-LSPT A Stoke L 0
-
3
 8,000    
Sat Dec 15
1917
 WFL-LSPT H Stoke W 3
-
2
 10,000   Maddock J (og)  Clennell J 2
Sat Dec 22
1917
 WFL-LSPT A Preston W 1
-
0
 ??   Gault E
Sat Dec 29
1917
 WFL-LSPT H Preston W 6
-
0
 ??   Clennell J 4 (1 pen)  Wright B  Wareing B
Tue Jan 1
1918
 WFL-LSST GpA A Liverpool L 1
-
4
 25,000   Gault E
Sat Jan 5
1918
 WFL-LSPT A Blackpool L 0
-
1
 3,000    
Sat Jan 12
1918
 WFL-LSPT H Blackpool W 7
-
2
 ??   Wright B 2  Gault E 4  Bain G
Sat Jan 19
1918
 WFL-LSPT A Man City W 2
-
0
 13,000   Wright B  Gault E
Sat Jan 26
1918
 WFL-LSPT H Man City D 0
-
0
 20,000    
Sat Feb 2
1918
 WFL-LSPT A Rochdale D 2
-
2
 8,000   Wright B  Bain G
Sat Feb 9
1918
 WFL-LSPT H Rochdale D 2
-
2
 ??   Grenyer A  Wareing B
Sat Feb 16
1918
 WFL-LSPT A Blackburn W 6
-
0
 ??   Clennell J  Gault E 3  Wareing B 2
Sat Feb 23
1918
 WFL-LSPT H Blackburn W 2
-
1
 ??   Gault E  Wareing B
Sat Mar 2
1918
 WFL-LSPT A Port Vale W 1
-
0
 5,000   Gault E
Sat Mar 9
1918
 WFL-LSPT H Port Vale W 7
-
0
 8,000   Clennell J 4  Gault E 2  Jefferis F
Sat Mar 16
1918
 WFL-LSPT A Bolton W 3
-
2
 8,000   Gault E 2  Wareing B
Sat Mar 23
1918
 WFL-LSPT H Bolton L 2
-
3
 ??   Gault E 2
                           
Fri Mar 29
1918
 WFL-LSST GpA H Liverpool W 3
-
2
 28,000   Donnachie J 2  Gault E (pen)
Sat Mar 30
1918
 WFL-LSST GpA H Stockport W 4
-
0
 ??   Wadsworth H  Gault E 2  Howarth H
Mon Apr 6
1918
 WFL-LSST GpA A Stockport W 1
-
0
 ??   Twiss J
Sat Apr 13
1918
 WFL-LSST GpA H Southport C W 6
-
1
 ??   Clennell J 2  Gault E 3  Jefferis F
Sat Apr 20
1918
 WFL-LSST GpA A Southport C W 4
-
0
 ??   Gault E  Wareing B  Clennell J  Jefferis F