Everton Captains
Everton Match Captains - Some Assumptions
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Club Captains
Researching match captains isn't easy!
In the 41 Everton games listed below an assumpion has been made as to the captain.
The assumptions have been fully thought through - but if you have any evidence to contradict them please do get in touch!
(and thanks to Gavin Buckland, Bradley Cates, Steve Flanagan, Dave Prentice and Kieran Smith for their great help!)
(Click on the opposition name to see full match details)
Everton Match Captains - Some Assumptions
Click for Match Captains: Present Day - 2012/13 2011/12 - 1992/93 1991/92 - 1970/71 1969/70 - 1945/46
1938/39 - 1919/20 1914/15 - 1887/88
Match Captain Totals: 10 Or More Occasions Under 10 Occasions
Club Captains
Researching match captains isn't easy!
In the 41 Everton games listed below an assumpion has been made as to the captain.
The assumptions have been fully thought through - but if you have any evidence to contradict them please do get in touch!
(and thanks to Gavin Buckland, Bradley Cates, Steve Flanagan, Dave Prentice and Kieran Smith for their great help!)
(Click on the opposition name to see full match details)
| Match Details | Captain? | Comments | ||||||||||||||
| Thu | Oct | 19 |
1995
|
ECWC 2:1 | H | Feyenoord | D | 0 |
-
|
0
|
Barry Horne | Horne had stood in as captain the previous season when Dave Wason was absent. Assumed that the same happened in this game | ||||
| Wed | Oct | 4 |
1995
|
LC 2:2 | H | Millwall | L | 2 |
-
|
4
|
Barry Horne | Horne had stood in as captain the previous season when Dave Wason was absent. Assumed that the same happened in this game | ||||
| Mon | Apr | 1 |
1991
|
Div 1 | H | Norwich | W | 1 |
-
|
0
|
Neville Southall | Southall had stood in as captain in previous seasons when Kevin Ratcliffe was absent. Assumed that the same happened in this game | ||||
| Sat | Mar | 12 |
1988
|
Div 1 | A | Chelsea | D | 0 |
-
|
0
|
Dave Watson | Watson had stood in as captain previously this season when Kevin Ratcliffe was absent. Assumed that the same happened in this game | ||||
| Wed | Mar | 9 |
1988
|
Div 1 | A | Tottenham | L | 1 |
-
|
2
|
Dave Watson | Watson had stood in as captain previously this season when Kevin Ratcliffe was absent. Assumed that the same happened in this game | ||||
| Wed | May | 8 |
1985
|
Div 1 | H | West Ham | W | 3 |
-
|
0
|
Peter Reid | Reid had stood in as captain in the previous season when Kevin Ratcliffe was absent. Assumed that the same happened in this game | ||||
| Tue | Mar | 31 |
1981
|
Div 1 | A | West Brom | L | 0 |
-
|
2
|
Billy Wright | Wright had stood in as captain in the previous two games. However, Hartford had captained the team previously this season, so maybe him? | ||||
| Sat | Oct | 16 |
1971
|
Div 1 | H | Ipswich | D | 1 |
-
|
1
|
John Hurst | Hurst had stood in as captain in the previous four games, so presumably was captain here too | ||||
| Sat | Mar | 20 |
1971
|
Div 1 | A | Nottm Forest | L | 2 |
-
|
3
|
Brian Labone | Given Labone's long previous history as captain, it is assumed he stood in here when Alan Ball was absent | ||||
| Tue | May | 21 |
1968
|
Div 1 | H | Fulham | W | 5 |
-
|
1
|
Ray Wilson | Both Wilson and Johnny Morrissey had previously captained the team in Labone's absence. It is assumed that Wilson did so here but possibly Morrissey. | ||||
| Sat | Feb | 11 |
1967
|
Div 1 | A | Newcastle | W | 3 |
-
|
0
|
Ray Wilson | Wilson had stood in as captain in the previous season in Labone's absence. Possibly Brown, Ball, Hurst or Morrissey? | ||||
| Sat | Feb | 4 |
1967
|
Div 1 | H | Leeds | W | 2 |
-
|
0
|
Ray Wilson | Wilson had stood in as captain in the previous season in Labone's absence. Possibly Ball, Hurst or Morrissey? | ||||
| Sat | Oct | 23 |
1965
|
Div 1 | H | Blackpool | D | 0 |
-
|
0
|
Ray Wilson | Wilson had stood in as captain in the previous game, so presumably was captain here too? | ||||
| Tue | Sep | 28 |
1965
|
ICFC 1:1 | A | 1.FC Nurnberg | D | 1 |
-
|
1
|
Ray Wilson | Wilson had stood in as captain four games previously and later in the season, so presumably was captain here too? | ||||
| Sat | Dec | 12 |
1964 |
Div 1 | H | Stoke | D | 1 |
- |
1 |
Brian Harris | Both Labone and Harris played. Club captain Parker didn’t. Both Labone and Harris had stood in for him previously. Which one was captain here? | ||||
| Sat | Dec | 5 |
1964 |
Div 1 | H | Wolves | W | 5 |
- |
0 |
Brian Harris | Both Labone and Harris played. Club captain Parker didn’t. Both Labone and Harris had stood in for him previously. Which one was captain here? | ||||
| Sat | Nov | 28 |
1964 |
Div 1 | A | Sunderland | L | 0 |
- |
4 |
Brian Harris | Both Labone and Harris played. Club captain Parker didn’t. Both Labone and Harris had stood in for him previously. Which one was captain here? | ||||
| Sat | Nov | 21 |
1964 |
Div 1 | H | Leicester | D | 2 |
- |
2 |
Brian Labone | Club captain Parker didn’t play and Labone had previously stood in as captain. | ||||
| Sat | Nov | 14 |
1964 |
Div 1 | A | Chelsea | L | 1 |
- |
5 |
Brian Harris | Both Labone and Harris played. Club captain Parker didn’t. Both Labone and Harris had stood in for him previously. Which one was captain here? | ||||
| Wed | Nov | 11 |
1964 |
ICFC 2:1 | A | Kilmarnock | W | 2 |
- |
0 |
Brian Harris | Both Labone and Harris played. Club captain Parker didn’t. Did Labone keep the captaincy after the previous infamous Leeds game – or did it revert to the returning Harris? | ||||
| Wed | Oct | 14 |
1964 |
ICFC 1:2 | H | Valerengens | W | 4 |
- |
2 |
Brian Harris | Club captain Parker didn’t play – so that leaves Labone, Harris or Vernon as contenders. Labone hadn’t yet captained the team – and it was Vernon’s 1st game for a month. My guess it was Harris, given he’d been captain in three previous games | ||||
| Sat | Sep | 26 |
1964 |
Div 1 | A | Birmingham | W | 5 |
- |
3 |
Brian Harris | Harris had stood in as captain instead of Parker in previous games, so presumably was captain here too? | ||||
| Wed | Sep | 23 |
1964 |
ICFC 1:1 | A | Valerengens | W | 5 |
- |
2 |
Brian Harris | Harris had stood in as captain instead of Parker in the previous game, so presumably was captain here too? | ||||
| Sat | Jan | 18 |
1964 |
Div 1 | H | Ipswich | D | 1 |
- |
1 |
Tony Kay | Gabriel had been captain in the previous match when both Kay and club captain Vernon were absent. Kay had stood in as captain previously this season when Vernon was absent - even when Gabriel was in the team. | ||||
| Wed | Apr | 23 |
1958
|
Div 1 | A | Blackpool | W | 1 |
-
|
0
|
Jimmy Tansey | Tansey was captain in the next game - in an unchanged team - so was presumably captain here too | ||||
| Sat | Mar | 29 |
1958
|
Div 1 | A | Birmingham | L | 1 |
-
|
2
|
Jimmy Tansey | Club captain Don Donovan and his usual stand in TE Jones were both absent and Tansey stood as captain in later this season | ||||
| Wed | Mar | 25 |
1953
|
Div 2 | H | Fulham | D | 3 |
-
|
3
|
TE Jones | Club captain Peter Farrell and his usual stand in Jack Lindsay were both absent. Jones stood in as captain in later seasons | ||||
| Sat | Jan | 3 |
1953
|
Div 2 | H | Blackburn | L | 0 |
-
|
3
|
Jack Lindsay | Club captain Peter Farrell was absent and and Lindsay had been a stand in in the previous season | ||||
| Sat | Apr | 24 |
1948
|
Div 1 | H | Portsmouth | L | 0 |
-
|
2
|
Gordon Watson | Watson had captained the team previously this season in the absence of club captain Peter Farrell | ||||
| Sat | Apr | 25 |
1931
|
Div 2 | A | Southampton | L | 1 |
-
|
2
|
Dixie Dean | Dean had captained the team previously this season in the absence of club captain Ben Williams | ||||
| Sat | Jan | 30 |
1926
|
Div 1 | H | Leicester | W | 1 |
-
|
0
|
Jock McDonald | Club captain Hunter Hart and his usual stand in Sam Chedgzoy were both absent. McDonald stood in as captain in the following season and had been club captain a few seasons earlier | ||||
| Sat | Jan | 3 |
1920
|
Div 1 | H | Sheff Wed | D | 1 |
-
|
1
|
Frank Jefferis | Club captain Tom Fleetwood and his usual stand in Jock Maconnachie were both absent. Jefferis had been a stand-in captain before WW1 | ||||
| Sat | Dec | 27 |
1919
|
Div 1 | A | Liverpool | L | 1 |
-
|
3
|
Frank Jefferis | Club captain Tom Fleetwood and his usual stand in Jock Maconnachie were both absent. Jefferis had been a stand-in captain before WW1 but Bill Wareing may have been captain | ||||
| Sat | Apr | 15 |
1911
|
Div 1 | A | Oldham | L | 0 |
-
|
2
|
Jock Maconnachie | Jock Maconnachie stood in as captain in later seasons | ||||
| Fri | Apr | 14 |
1911
|
Div 1 | H | Nottm Forest | W | 2 |
-
|
1
|
Jock Maconnachie | Possibly Bob Balmer - but Jock Maconnachie had stood in as captain in the previous season when Balmer was also in the team | ||||
| Mon | Mar | 28 |
1910
|
Div 1 | H | Bury | W | 3 |
-
|
0
|
Jock Maconnachie | Almost certainly. Maconnachie had stood in as captain earlier in the season | ||||
| Sat | Feb | 26 |
1910
|
Div 1 | A | Sheff Utd | L | 0 |
-
|
3
|
Jock Maconnachie | Possibly Maconnachie, as he stood in as captain later in the season | ||||
| Sat | Apr | 14 |
1906
|
Div 1 | H | Derby | W | 2 |
-
|
1
|
Walter Abbott | An educated guess in the absence of club captain Tom Booth, his usual stand-in Jack Taylor and Jack Sharp. Possibly Harold Hardman. | ||||
| Sat | Mar | 18 |
1905
|
Div 1 | A | Sunderland | W | 3 |
-
|
2
|
Jack Taylor | Taylor was a regular replacement for club captain Tom Booth and his usual stand-in Bill Balmer in this season | ||||
| Sat | Apr | 3 |
1897
|
Div 1 | A | Preston | L | 1 |
-
|
4
|
Dickie Boyle | Boyle was club captain the previous season and the most likely stand-in for club captain Billy Stewart | ||||
| Sat | Feb | 25 |
1893
|
Div 1 | A | Accrington | W | 3 |
-
|
0
|
Johnny Holt | Holt was club captain the previous season and the most likely stand-in for club captain Bob Howarth. Possiby Fred Geary | ||||