HT: 2-0
Everton
3  -  1
Port Vale
 
at Goodison Park
 
Saturday 9 December 1939 - 2.30pm
1939-40 - War Football League Western Division
Ref: S Roberts
1,360
S Bentham 34',  F Sweeney 38',  J Mercer (3-0, pen)
(Scorers)
P Griffiths (3-1)
© T Sagar
(Players)
A Jepson
G Jackson
 
J Rowe
N Greenhalgh
 
C Scrimshaw
J Mercer
 
W Smith
TG Jones
 
H Griffiths
M Lindley
 
A Obrey
F Sweeney
 
D Higgins
S Bentham
 
T Nolan
R Bell
 
P Griffiths
A Stevenson
 
E Blunt
W Boyes
J Tunnicliffe

The normal Football League had been abandoned when World War II broke out.
It was replaced with regional leagues - and in 1939/40 Everton played in the Western Division
Match, appearance and goal statistics are not counted in any official records.