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 1918/19 Everton played in the Lancashire Section Principal Tournament
up until March 29 1919.
After that date they competed in a further Lancashire Section Subsidiary
Tournament - which itself was
sub-regionalised into 4 Groups, with Everton in Group D.
The 4 Group winners qualified for the Lancashire Senior Cup.
(One of the Subsidiary Tournament matches - at home to Liverpool - actually
took place
earlier than March 1919 - in January 1919 in fact).
In 1918/19 London clubs formed their own 'London Combination'.
Early in 1919, some North-Eastern, Midland and London clubs also participated
in, respectively, the
Northern Victory League, the Midland Victory League and the London Victory
Cup.
The FA Cup was not replaced.
Match, appearance and goal statistics are not counted in any official
records.
War
Football League
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Lancashire
Section Principal Tournament - Final Table
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League
Championship Play-Off
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HOME
|
AWAY
|
|
Nottm
Forest
|
1
|
-
|
0
|
Everton |
|
|
PLD
|
W
|
D
|
L
|
F
|
A
|
W
|
D
|
L
|
F
|
A
|
PTS
|
(on agg: 0-0;
1-0)
|
1.
|
Everton |
30
|
15
|
0
|
0
|
66
|
14
|
12
|
2
|
1
|
42
|
12
|
56
|
|
2.
|
Stoke |
30
|
11
|
1
|
3
|
39
|
14
|
9
|
2
|
4
|
45
|
22
|
43
|
Other
War Regional League Winners
|
3.
|
Liverpool |
30
|
12
|
2
|
1
|
56
|
9
|
7
|
2
|
6
|
26
|
24
|
42
|
|
|
|
|
|
4.
|
Bolton |
30
|
11
|
2
|
2
|
36
|
25
|
4
|
4
|
7
|
22
|
33
|
36
|
Midland
Section Principal Tournament
|
5.
|
Man City |
30
|
9
|
2
|
4
|
33
|
11
|
6
|
1
|
8
|
24
|
25
|
33
|
Nottm
Forest
|
6.
|
Southport
V |
30
|
10
|
2
|
3
|
33
|
19
|
5
|
1
|
9
|
16
|
34
|
33
|
|
7.
|
Preston |
30
|
6
|
3
|
6
|
22
|
23
|
6
|
3
|
6
|
19
|
28
|
30
|
Midland
Section Subsidiary Tournaments
|
8.
|
Stockport |
30
|
7
|
5
|
3
|
26
|
21
|
4
|
2
|
9
|
22
|
31
|
29
|
Combined
Table
|
9.
|
Man Utd |
30
|
7
|
1
|
7
|
28
|
20
|
4
|
4
|
7
|
23
|
30
|
27
|
Sheff
Utd
|
10.
|
Rochdale |
30
|
8
|
1
|
6
|
35
|
26
|
3
|
4
|
8
|
21
|
35
|
27
|
Group
A
|
11.
|
Blackpool |
30
|
7
|
3
|
5
|
31
|
28
|
3
|
2
|
10
|
14
|
33
|
25
|
Sheff
Utd
|
12.
|
Port Vale |
30
|
9
|
2
|
4
|
28
|
27
|
1
|
2
|
12
|
11
|
50
|
24
|
Group
B
|
13.
|
Burnley |
30
|
8
|
1
|
6
|
35
|
34
|
2
|
2
|
11
|
19
|
42
|
23
|
Birmingham
|
14.
|
Bury |
30
|
4
|
5
|
6
|
12
|
18
|
3
|
1
|
11
|
15
|
40
|
20
|
Group
C
|
15.
|
Oldham |
30
|
5
|
2
|
8
|
22
|
22
|
2
|
2
|
11
|
17
|
40
|
18
|
Bradford
PA
|
16.
|
Blackburn |
30
|
3
|
3
|
9
|
24
|
36
|
2
|
1
|
12
|
11
|
47
|
14
|
Group
D
|
|
Hull
C
|
War
Football League
|
|
Lancashire
Section Subsidiary Tournament
|
Midland
Victory League
|
Group A - Final Table
|
West
Brom
|
|
|
|
HOME
|
AWAY
|
|
|
|
|
PLD
|
W
|
D
|
L
|
F
|
A
|
W
|
D
|
L
|
F
|
A
|
PTS
|
Northern
Victory League
|
1.
|
Blackpool |
6
|
2
|
1
|
0
|
9
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
4
|
6
|
8
|
Middlesbrough
|
2.
|
Burnley |
6
|
2
|
0
|
1
|
11
|
5
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
4
|
3
|
7
|
|
3.
|
Preston |
6
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
2
|
0
|
1
|
4
|
4
|
7
|
London
Combination
|
4.
|
Blackburn |
6
|
0
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
6
|
0
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
12
|
2
|
Brentford
|
|
|
Group B - Final Table
|
London
Victory Cup
|
|
|
|
HOME
|
AWAY
|
|
Chelsea
|
|
|
PLD
|
W
|
D
|
L
|
F
|
A
|
W
|
D
|
L
|
F
|
A
|
PTS
|
|
1.
|
Oldham |
6
|
3
|
0
|
0
|
13
|
1
|
2
|
0
|
1
|
4
|
3
|
10
|
|
2.
|
Bolton |
6
|
3
|
0
|
0
|
8
|
3
|
2
|
0
|
1
|
8
|
6
|
10
|
|
3.
|
Rochdale |
6
|
0
|
0
|
3
|
1
|
6
|
1
|
0
|
2
|
4
|
7
|
2
|
|
4.
|
Bury |
6
|
0
|
0
|
3
|
1
|
9
|
1
|
0
|
2
|
3
|
7
|
2
|
|
|
|
Group C - Final Table
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|
|
|
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HOME
|
AWAY
|
|
|
|
|
PLD
|
W
|
D
|
L
|
F
|
A
|
W
|
D
|
L
|
F
|
A
|
PTS
|
|
1.
|
Man
City |
6
|
3
|
0
|
0
|
8
|
1
|
2
|
1
|
0
|
6
|
3
|
11
|
|
2.
|
Stoke |
6
|
1
|
2
|
0
|
7
|
5
|
1
|
0
|
2
|
2
|
5
|
6
|
|
3.
|
Man
Utd |
6
|
1
|
0
|
2
|
4
|
6
|
1
|
0
|
2
|
5
|
8
|
4
|
|
4.
|
Port
Vale |
6
|
1
|
0
|
2
|
5
|
5
|
0
|
1
|
2
|
4
|
8
|
3
|
|
|
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Group D - Final Table
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|
|
|
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HOME
|
AWAY
|
|
|
|
|
PLD
|
W
|
D
|
L
|
F
|
A
|
W
|
D
|
L
|
F
|
A
|
PTS
|
|
1.
|
Liverpool |
6
|
2
|
1
|
0
|
8
|
4
|
2
|
1
|
0
|
5
|
2
|
10
|
|
2.
|
Stockport |
6
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
4
|
3
|
2
|
0
|
1
|
3
|
3
|
7
|
|
3.
|
Southport
V |
6
|
1
|
0
|
2
|
4
|
4
|
1
|
0
|
2
|
5
|
8
|
4
|
|
4.
|
Everton |
6
|
0
|
0
|
3
|
2
|
5
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
3
|
5
|
3
|
|
|
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The Group Winners Qualified for the Lancashire Senior
Cup
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In
the Semi-Finals, Liverpool won 1-0 away at Blackpool and |
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Oldham
beat Man City 1-0 at home after a 1-1 draw at City. |
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In
the Final, Liverpool beat Oldham 3-0 at home |
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