1917-1918
Summary
Appearances and Goals
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Appearances and Goals
<< 1916-17 (Click for: Final League Tables back to Everton's Results) 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.
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.
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Appearances
and Goals
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War Football League
Lancashire Section Principal Tournament |
War Football League
Lancashire Section Subsidiary Tournament |
Total
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|
Apps
|
Gls
|
Apps
|
Gls
|
Apps
|
Gls
|
|
| Frank Mitchell |
30
|
0
|
5
|
0
|
35
|
0
|
| Ernie Gault* |
28
|
30
|
6
|
8
|
34
|
38
|
| Alan Grenyer |
28
|
1
|
6
|
0
|
34
|
1
|
| Frank Jefferis |
29
|
6
|
4
|
2
|
33
|
8
|
| Billy Robinson |
28
|
0
|
3
|
0
|
31
|
0
|
| Joe Donnachie** (Oldham)† |
27
|
1
|
4
|
2
|
31
|
3
|
| Bill Wareing |
27
|
8
|
3
|
1
|
30
|
9
|
| Joe Clennell |
26
|
34
|
4
|
3
|
30
|
37
|
| Tom Fleetwood |
22
|
3
|
5
|
0
|
27
|
3
|
| Stephen Murray |
13
|
1
|
1
|
0
|
14
|
1
|
| Bob Thompson |
12
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
12
|
0
|
| Bill Wright |
10
|
5
|
1
|
0
|
11
|
5
|
| Edward Cotter (Kirkdale FC)† |
7
|
0
|
3
|
0
|
10
|
0
|
| J Collins (Kirkdale FC)† |
4
|
0
|
5
|
0
|
9
|
0
|
| Harold Wadsworth (Tranmere)† |
2
|
0
|
5
|
1
|
7
|
1
|
| Joseph Smith (West Brom)† |
5
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
5
|
0
|
| G Bain (Kirkdale FC)† |
4
|
2
|
0
|
0
|
4
|
2
|
| Sam Cordall |
4
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
4
|
0
|
| Jim Riley |
4
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
4
|
0
|
| James Twiss |
2
|
0
|
2
|
1
|
4
|
1
|
| Harry Bull (Tranmere)† |
2
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
3
|
0
|
| Bill Burgess (Bryn FC)† |
1
|
0
|
2
|
0
|
3
|
0
|
| John Stott |
0
|
0
|
3
|
0
|
3
|
0
|
| George Gutteridge |
2
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
2
|
0
|
| Billy Kirsopp |
2
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
2
|
0
|
| C Redford |
2
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
2
|
0
|
| Bob Stewart |
2
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
2
|
0
|
| A Williams |
2
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
2
|
0
|
| ? Cooper |
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
| A Lovelady |
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
| Jock Maconnachie |
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
| J Murphy (Liverpool)† |
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
| William Newton (Stockport)† |
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
| Sam Challinor |
0
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
| Tommy Fern |
0
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
| Horace Howarth |
0
|
0
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
† Teams were allowed to use guest players in wartime matches.
The actual clubs that Everton's guest players belonged to is indicated where appropriate.
* Ernie Gault played for Everton in 1912/13 and again in 1919/20.
During the war he played for the club as a guest in 1916/17 before signing permanently
at the end of that season.
** Joe Donnachie played for Everton from 1905/06 - 1908/09 and again in 1919/20.
During the war he played for the club as a guest.
Players in bold only played wartime games for Everton; they never played in a normal Football League
or FA Cup match for the club.