1941-1942
Summary
Appearances and Goals
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Appearances and Goals
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The normal Football
League and FA Cup had been suspended when World War II broke out.
The Football League was replaced with regional leagues - and in 1941/42 Everton played in the Northern Division,
which ended on December 25 1941, with 38 teams competing but only playing 18 games each (9 at home and 9 away).
After that date the 51 teams from the Northern and Southern Divisions combined for a 10-game
League War Cup qualifying competition.
Each club played 5 others, home and away, with the opponents being selected by the Football League.
The 32 teams with the best records qualified for the knock-out stages.
All of the games played in the Cup qualifying competition and the knock-out rounds, together with other
non-War Cup fixtures, counted towards the War Football League Championship, which comprised all 51 teams
who had competed in the pre-Xmas Northern and Southern Divisions.
Clubs did not all play the same number of games and positions were decided on the average points
per game multiplied by 23, with only those teams playing 18 or more games being included in the final table.
In 1941/42 London clubs played in their own separate London League and London War Cup competitions.
Match, appearance and goal statistics are not counted in any official records.
The Football League was replaced with regional leagues - and in 1941/42 Everton played in the Northern Division,
which ended on December 25 1941, with 38 teams competing but only playing 18 games each (9 at home and 9 away).
After that date the 51 teams from the Northern and Southern Divisions combined for a 10-game
League War Cup qualifying competition.
Each club played 5 others, home and away, with the opponents being selected by the Football League.
The 32 teams with the best records qualified for the knock-out stages.
All of the games played in the Cup qualifying competition and the knock-out rounds, together with other
non-War Cup fixtures, counted towards the War Football League Championship, which comprised all 51 teams
who had competed in the pre-Xmas Northern and Southern Divisions.
Clubs did not all play the same number of games and positions were decided on the average points
per game multiplied by 23, with only those teams playing 18 or more games being included in the final table.
In 1941/42 London clubs played in their own separate London League and London War Cup competitions.
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 Northern Division |
War Football
League Championship |
Football League
War Cup* |
Total
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Apps
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Gls
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Apps
|
Gls
|
Apps
|
Gls
|
Apps
|
Gls
|
|
| Stan Bentham |
18
|
4
|
22
|
1
|
16
|
1
|
40
|
5
|
| Billy Cook |
17
|
5
|
22
|
3
|
15
|
3
|
39
|
8
|
| Alex Stevenson |
16
|
10
|
18
|
2
|
13
|
1
|
34
|
12
|
| Alf Anderson (Third Lanark)† |
14
|
1
|
20
|
4
|
15
|
3
|
34
|
5
|
| Norman Greenhalgh |
18
|
0
|
14
|
0
|
11
|
0
|
32
|
0
|
| George Burnett |
12
|
0
|
17
|
0
|
10
|
0
|
29
|
0
|
| Harry Jones (West Brom)† |
13
|
9
|
13
|
1
|
10
|
1
|
26
|
10
|
| Eric Keen (Derby)† |
9
|
0
|
17
|
0
|
13
|
0
|
26
|
0
|
| Tommy 'TG' Jones |
8
|
1
|
15
|
5**
|
12
|
6
|
23
|
7
|
| Joe Mercer |
9
|
3
|
13
|
5
|
10
|
3
|
22
|
8
|
| Wally Owen |
9
|
6
|
12
|
2
|
7
|
0
|
21
|
8
|
| Jack Lyon |
13
|
6
|
5
|
0
|
3
|
0
|
18
|
6
|
| George Jackson |
8
|
3
|
9
|
1
|
9
|
1
|
17
|
4
|
| Wally Boyes |
4
|
2
|
9
|
1
|
8
|
1
|
13
|
3
|
| Tommy Lawton |
3
|
6
|
8
|
8
|
6
|
4
|
11
|
14
|
| Gordon Watson |
4
|
0
|
5
|
0
|
2
|
0
|
9
|
0
|
| Ted Sagar |
3
|
0
|
5
|
0
|
5
|
0
|
8
|
0
|
| George Curwen |
0
|
0
|
7
|
0
|
3
|
0
|
7
|
0
|
| Maurice Hill |
4
|
0
|
2
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
6
|
0
|
| Jack Jones |
2
|
0
|
3
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
5
|
0
|
| Percy Lovett |
3
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
3
|
0
|
| Jimmy 'Nat' Cunliffe |
2
|
1
|
1
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
3
|
1
|
| George Mutch (Preston)† |
2
|
1
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
3
|
1
|
| Jock Thomson |
2
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
3
|
0
|
| Albert Williams |
0
|
0
|
3
|
0
|
2
|
0
|
3
|
0
|
| Tom 'Pongo' Waring (Tranmere)† |
0
|
0
|
3
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
3
|
1
|
| James Caskie |
0
|
0
|
2
|
0
|
2
|
0
|
2
|
0
|
| Gordon Bailey |
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
| Arthur Barber |
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
| Harry Catterick |
1
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
1
|
| Bob Kinnell (Hearts)† |
1
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
1
|
| Eddie Seddon |
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
| Frank David (Bolton)† |
0
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
| Norman Higham |
0
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
| Norman Sharp |
0
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
| Dick Ireland |
0
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
| Frank Soo (Stoke)† |
0
|
0
|
1
|
2
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
2
|
| Cecil Wyles |
0
|
0
|
1
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
1
|
* All of the Football League War Cup games also counted towards the War Football League Championship.
Games played and goals scored in these 'dual matches' have only been included once in the players' overall totals.
** Jones scored an extra-time goal in a League Championship/League War Cup 'dual' match at Preston.
The score after 90 minutes was counted as the result of the League match, so the extra-time goal is included in these
statistics as only a War Cup goal.
† Teams were allowed to use guest players in wartime matches.
The actual clubs that Everton's guest players belonged to is indicated where appropriate.
Players in bold only played wartime games for Everton; they never played in a normal Football League
or FA Cup match for the club.