Everton Results

Everton's Record in 1944-45

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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 1944/45 Everton played in the Northern Division,
which ended on December 23 1944, with 54 teams competing but only playing 18 games each (9 at home and 9 away).
After that date the 60 teams from the Northern and Western Divisions combined for a 10-game
League War North 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 Northern Division 2nd Championship,
which comprised all 60 teams who had competed in the pre-Xmas Northern and Western Divisions,
although clubs did not all play the same number of games.
In 1944/45 London and Southern clubs played in the War Football League Southern Division and
in their own Football League War South Cup.
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: Theo Kelly													Home Ground: Goodison Park
Sat	Aug	26	1944	WFL-ND	H	Man Utd	L	1	-	2	17,034		Rawlings S
Sat	Sep	2	1944	WFL-ND	A	Man Utd	W	3	-	1	10,000		Rawlings S Peters T Boyes W
Sat	Sep	9	1944	WFL-ND	A	Bury	W	2	-	1	4,309		Wyles C Wainwright E
Sat	Sep	16	1944	WFL-ND	A	Bury	W	4	-	1	3,500		Wyles C 2 Stevenson A Rawlings S
Sat	Sep	23	1944	WFL-ND	H	Chester	W	6	-	2	16,145		Wainwright E Lawton T 2 Makin G 2 Rawlings S
Sat	Sep	30	1944	WFL-ND	A	Chester	W	6	-	2	5,000		Wainwright E 2 Wyles C 3 Stevenson A
Sat	Oct	7	1944	WFL-ND	A	Tranmere	W	4	-	1	6,500		Lawton T 3 Wainwright E
Sat	Oct	14	1944	WFL-ND	H	Tranmere	W	2	-	1	10,746		Stevenson A Wainwright E
Sat	Oct	21	1944	WFL-ND	H	Liverpool	L	0	-	2	33,199
Sat	Oct	28	1944	WFL-ND	A	Liverpool	D	0	-	0	26,068
Sat	Nov	4	1944	WFL-ND	A	Man City	W	3	-	1	30,000		Bray J (og) Lawton T Stevenson A
Sat	Nov	11	1944	WFL-ND	H	Man City	W	4	-	1	12,144		Catterick H 3 Stevenson A
Sat	Nov	18	1944	WFL-ND	H	Crewe	L	3	-	5	20,169		Stevenson A Lawton T Jones TG
Sat	Nov	25	1944	WFL-ND	A	Crewe	W	5	-	1	8,700		Lawton T 5
Sat	Dec	2	1944	WFL-ND	A	Wrexham	L	0	-	1	11,800
Sat	Dec	9	1944	WFL-ND	H	Wrexham	D	2	-	2	15,965		Catterick H Makin G
Sat	Dec	16	1944	WFL-ND	H	Stockport	W	6	-	1	8,699		Lawton T 2 Stevenson A 2 Jones TG Makin G
Sat	Dec	23	1944	WFL-ND	A	Stockport	W	7	-	0	8,000		Jones TG 3 Wainwright E 2 Lawton T 2

Mon	Dec	25	1944	WFL-ND2/LWNC QC	H	Tranmere	L	2	-	4	??		Lawton T 2
Tue	Dec	26	1944	WFL-ND2**	H	Liverpool	D	2	-	2	36,810		Wainwright E Stevenson A
Sat	Dec	30	1944	WFL-ND2/LWNC QC	A	Tranmere	W	4	-	0	7,422		Jones TG 3 Wainwright E
Sat	Jan	6	1945	WFL-ND2/LWNC QC	H	Bolton	W	2	-	1	18,123		Lawton T 2
Sat	Jan	13	1945	WFL-ND2/LWNC QC	A	Bolton	W	3	-	1	14,204		Stevenson A Rawlings S Lawton T
Sat	Jan	20	1945	WFL-ND2/LWNC QC	A	Stockport	W	3	-	0	1,400		Catterick H Bentham S 2
Sat	Jan	27	1945	WFL-ND2/LWNC QC	H	Stockport	W	9	-	2	6,700		Lawton T 4 McIntosh J (pen) Bentham S 2
													Rawlings S Stevenson A
Sat	Feb	3	1945	WFL-ND2/LWNC QC	H	Liverpool	W	4	-	1	26,718		Wyles C Rawlings S 2 McIntosh J
Sat	Feb	10	1945	WFL-ND2/LWNC QC	A	Liverpool	L	1	-	3	33,235		Lawton T
Sat	Feb	17	1945	WFL-ND2/LWNC QC	H	Southport	W	6	-	0	10,085		Wyles C 2 Stevenson A Rawlings S 2 (1 pen)
													Bentham S
Sat	Feb	24	1945	WFL-ND2/LWNC QC	A	Southport	W	5	-	3	4,560		Mercer J (pen) Stevenson A Wyles C 2
													Bentham S
Sat	Mar	3	1945	WFL-ND2*	H	Chester	W	4	-	1	14,169		Lawton T 2 Bentham S Stevenson A
Sat	Mar	10	1945	WFL-ND2*	A	Chester†	L	4	-	6	4,188		Bentham S 2 Wyles C 2 (aet)
Sat	Mar	17	1945	WFL-ND2	H	Preston	W	3	-	0	14,300		Wyles C 3
Sat	Mar	24	1945	WFL-ND2/LWNC 1:1	A	Liverpool	L	0	-	1	39,657
Sat	Mar	31	1945	WFL-ND2/LWNC 1:2	H	Liverpool	L	0	-	1	51,512		(agg 0-2)
Mon	Apr	2	1945	WFL-ND2**	A	Liverpool	W	3	-	1	22,815		Jackson G Grant J Wyles C
Sat	Apr	7	1945	WFL-ND2	A	Wrexham	W	2	-	1	7,000		Wyles C 2 (1 pen)
Sat	Apr	14	1945	WFL-ND2	H	Wrexham	W	5	-	3	??		Stevenson A 2 Bentham S Wyles C 2
Sat	Apr	21	1945	WFL-ND2*	A	Southport	W	5	-	0	??		Catterick H 3 Stevenson A Boyes W
Sat	Apr	28	1945	WFL-ND2*	H	Southport	D	1	-	1	??		Wyles C
Sat	May	5	1945	WFL-ND2*	A	Accrington S	D	1	-	1	??		Rawlings S
Wed	May	9	1945	WFL-ND2**	A	Tranmere	W	3	-	0	??		Bentham S Catterick H Rawlings S
Sat	May	12	1945	WFL-ND2*	H	Accrington S	L	0	-	2	9,906
Sat	May	19	1945	WFL-ND2	A	Stoke	L	1	-	5	2,500		Catterick H
Mon	May	21	1945	WFL-ND2**	H	Tranmere	W	4	-	1	6,722		Bentham S Wyles C 2 (1 pen) Boyes W
Sat	May	26	1945	WFL-ND2	H	Stoke	W	3	-	2	8,000		Wyles C 2 Bentham S
* Match was also a Lancashire Senior Cup tie. ** Match was also a Liverpool Senior Cup tie. † The 3-6 score after 90 minutes was counted as the result of the League match.