1948–49 season of Everton F.C.
Everton 1948–49 football season
During the 1948–49 English football season, Everton F.C. competed in the Football League First Division .
In October 1948 Theo Kelly , the Everton manager resigned reverting back to his old job of Club Secretary with Cliff Britton returning to the club as manager.
Final league table [ ]
Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
F
A
W
D
L
F
A
F
A
GA
GD
Pts
1 Portsmouth 42 18 3 0 52 12 7 5 9 32 30 84 42 2.000 +42 58
2
Manchester United 42
11
7
3
40
20
10
4
7
37
24
77
44
1.750
+33
53
3
Derby County 42
17
2
2
48
22
5
7
9
26
33
74
55
1.345
+19
53
4
Newcastle United 42
12
5
4
35
29
8
7
6
35
27
70
56
1.250
+14
52
5
Arsenal 42
13
5
3
51
18
5
8
8
23
26
74
44
1.682
+30
49
6
Wolverhampton Wanderers 42
13
5
3
48
19
4
7
10
31
47
79
66
1.197
+13
46
7
Manchester City 42
10
8
3
28
21
5
7
9
19
30
47
51
0.922
–4
45
8
Sunderland 42
8
10
3
27
19
5
7
9
22
39
49
58
0.845
–9
43
9
Charlton Athletic 42
10
5
6
38
31
5
7
9
25
36
63
67
0.940
–4
42
10
Aston Villa 42
10
6
5
40
36
6
4
11
20
40
60
76
0.789
–16
42
11
Stoke City 42
14
3
4
43
24
2
6
13
23
44
66
68
0.971
–2
41
12
Liverpool 42
5
10
6
25
18
8
4
9
28
25
53
43
1.233
+10
40
13
Chelsea 42
10
6
5
43
27
2
8
11
26
41
69
68
1.015
+1
38
14
Bolton Wanderers 42
10
4
7
43
32
4
6
11
16
36
59
68
0.868
–9
38
15
Burnley 42
10
6
5
27
19
2
8
11
16
31
43
50
0.860
–7
38
16
Blackpool 42
8
8
5
24
25
3
8
10
30
42
54
67
0.806
–13
38
17
Birmingham City 42
9
7
5
19
10
2
8
11
17
28
36
38
0.947
–2
37
18
Everton 42
12
5
4
33
25
1
6
14
8
38
41
63
0.651
–22
37
19
Middlesbrough 42
10
6
5
37
23
1
6
14
9
34
46
57
0.807
–11
34
20
Huddersfield Town 42
6
7
8
19
24
6
3
12
21
45
40
69
0.580
–29
34
21
Preston North End 42
8
6
7
36
36
3
5
13
26
39
62
75
0.827
–13
33
22
Sheffield United 42
8
9
4
32
25
3
2
16
25
53
57
78
0.731
–21
33
P = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; GA = Goal average; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points
Key
League Champions
FA Cup winners
Relegated
Results [ ] [ ]
Date
Opponent
Venue
Result FT (HT)
Attendance
Scorers
21 August 1948
Newcastle United H
3-3 (2-2)
57,729
Dodds 2, Powell
25 August 1948
Portsmouth A
0-4 (0-2)
31,433
-
28 August 1948
Middlesbrough A
0-1 (0-1)
35,960
-
1 September 1948
Portsmouth H
0-5 (0-3)
41,511
-
4 September 1948
Birmingham City H
0-5 (0-2)
49,199
-
8 September 1948
Stoke City H
2-1 (1-1)
42,818
Juliussen, Powell
11 September 1948
Chelsea
A
0-6 (0-2)
42,736
-
13 September 1948
Stoke City
A
0-2 (0-0)
24,454
-
18 September 1948
Liverpool H
1-1 (0-0)
78,299
Dodds
25 September 1948
Preston North End H
4-1 (1-1)
48,674
Dodds 3, Stevenson
2 October 1948
Burnley A
0-1 (0-0)
31,341
-
9 October 1948
Blackpool A
0-3 (0-1)
22,070
-
16 October 1948
Derby County H
0-1 (0-1)
53,087
-
23 October 1948
Arsenal A
0-5 (0-2)
49,048
-
30 October 1948
Huddersfield Town H
2-0 (1-0)
46,632
Catterick 2
6 November 1948
Manchester United A
0-2 (0-1)
45,636
-
13 November 1948
Sheffield United H
2-1 (1-0)
29,816
Bentham, Corr
20 November 1948
Aston Villa A
1-0 (0-0)
43,382
Catterick
27 November 1948
Sunderland H
1-0 (0-0)
38,170
opp. og
4 December 1948
Wolverhampton Wanderers A
0-1 (0-1)
37,800
-
11 December 1948
Bolton Wanderers H
1-0 (0-0)
40,407
Eglington
18 December 1948
Newcastle United A
0-1 (0-0)
43,515
-
25 December 1948
Manchester City H
0-0 (0-0)
37,444
-
27 December 1948
Manchester City A
0-0 (0-0)
40,471
-
1 January 1949
Middlesbrough H
3-1 (1-0)
39,445
Eglington 2, Stevenson
22 January 1949
Chelsea H
2-1 (1-1)
52,700
Wainwright 2
5 February 1949
Liverpool A
0-0 (0-0)
50,132
-
12 February 1949
Birmingham City A
0-0 (0-0)
35,098
-
19 February 1949
Preston North End A
1-3 (0-0)
34,496
Wainwright
26 February 1949
Burnley H
2-1 (2-0)
34,568
Eglington 2
5 March 1949
Blackpool H
5-0 (4-0)
25,548
Wainwright 4, McIntosh
12 March 1949
Derby County A
2-3 (2-1)
33,120
Fielding, McIntosh
19 March 1949
Aston Villa H
1-3 (1-1)
50,201
Wainwright
26 March 1949
Sunderland A
1-1 (0-1)
36,226
McIntosh
2 April 1949
Charlton Athletic A
1-3 (1-3)
28,529
Wainwright
9 April 1949
Sheffield United A
1-1 (0-1)
29,473
McIntosh
16 April 1949
Arsenal H
0-0 (0-0)
56,987
-
18 April 1949
Charlton Athletic H
1-1 (0-0)
45,059
Eglington
23 April 1949
Huddersfield Town A
1-1 (0-1)
19,051
Powell
27 April 1949
Manchester United H
2-0 (2-0)
39,106
McIntosh, Wainwright
4 May 1949
Wolverhampton Wanderers H
1-0 (1-0)
40,488
Eglington
7 May 1949
Bolton Wanderers A
0-1 (0-1)
22,725
-
[1]
FA Cup [ ]
Round
Date
Opponent
Venue
Result
Attendance
Goalscorers
3
8 January 1949
Manchester City H
1–0
Higgins
4
29 January 1949
Chelsea N 0–2
[1]
Squad [ ] [2]
Player
Lge Apps
League Goals
Cup Apps
Cup Goals
Stan Bentham
13
1
0
0
Wally Boyes
4
0
0
0
George Burnett
2
0
0
0
Daniel Cameron
1
0
0
0
Harry Catterick
10
3
1
0
Tommy Clinton
4
0
0
0
Peter Corr
10
1
0
0
Ephraim (Jock) Dodds
7
6
0
0
Gordon Dugdale
19
0
1
0
Tommy Eglington
34
7
2
0
Peter Farrell
38
0
2
0
Wally Fielding
36
1
2
0
Jackie Grant
7
0
1
0
Norman Greenhalgh
2
0
0
0
Jack Hedley
23
0
2
0
Billy Higgins
14
0
1
1
John (Jack) Humphreys
4
0
0
0
Tommy G Jones
37
0
2
0
Albert Juliussen
10
1
0
0
Cyril Lello
20
0
1
0
Maurice Lindley
11
1
1
0
Harry McCormick
4
0
0
0
John McIlhatton
5
0
1
0
Jimmy McIntosh
12
5
0
0
Aubrey Powell
19
3
0
0
Ted Sagar
40
0
2
0
George Saunders
36
0
1
0
Alex Stevenson
19
2
1
0
Eddie Wainwright
17
10
1
0
Gordon Watson
4
0
0
0
References [ ]
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