1936–37 Everton F.C. season

During the 1936–37 English football season, Everton competed in the Football League First Division.

Everton
1936–37 season
ManagerRun by committee
GroundGoodison Park
First Division17th
FA Cup5th round
Top goalscorerLeague: Dixie Dean (24)
All: Dixie Dean (27)
Highest home attendance59,440 (vs. Arsenal, 26 December 1936)
Lowest home attendance11,105 (vs. Charlton Athletic, 17 April 1937)
Biggest win7-0 (vs. Derby, 25 December 1936, First Division)
Biggest defeat7–2 (at Wolves, 13 February 1937, First Division)
colours

Final league table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GAv Pts
15 Huddersfield Town 42 12 15 15 62 64 0.969 39
16 West Bromwich Albion 42 16 6 20 77 98 0.786 38
17 Everton 42 14 9 19 81 78 1.038 37
18 Liverpool 42 12 11 19 62 84 0.738 35
19 Leeds United 42 15 4 23 60 80 0.750 34
Source: World Football
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal average; 3) Goals scored

Results

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Win Draw Loss

Football League First Division

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29 August 1936 1 Arsenal 3-2 Everton London
James   34'
Hapgood   57'
Bowden   80'
Dean   36'
Stevenson   75'
Stadium: Highbury
Attendance: 50,321
Referee: William Harper
2 September 1936 2 Everton 3-1 Sheffield Wednesday Liverpool
Dean   29'
Stevenson   42'
Gillick   72'
Luke   37' Stadium: Goodison Park
Attendance: 31,586
Referee: J. Mellor
5 September 1936 3 Everton 3-0 Brentford Liverpool
Dean   19', 24'
Gillick   38'
Stadium: Goodison Park
Attendance: 37,524
Referee: G. Denton
10 September 1936 4 Sheffield Wednesday 6-4 Everton Sheffield
Dewar   6', 45', ??'
Rimmer   21', ??'
Luke   47'
Miller   19'
Gillick   50', 52'
Stevenson   85'
Stadium: Hillsborough
Attendance: 15,444
Referee: J. Mellor
10 September 1936 5 Bolton Wanderers 1-2 Everton Bolton
Westwood   78' Stevenson   14'
Gillick   85'
Stadium: Burnden Park
Attendance: 18,029
Referee: H. Dedman
19 September 1936 6 Everton 2-0 Liverpool Liverpool
Stevenson   64'
Dean   73'
Stadium: Goodison Park
Attendance: 55,835
Referee: G. Gould
26 September 1936 7 Everton 2-1 Huddersfield Town Liverpool
Hurel   52'
Dean   59'
Chester   76' Stadium: Goodison Park
Attendance: 33,581
Referee: W. Bristow
3 October 1936 8 Sunderland 3-1 Everton Sunderland
Gallacher   24'
Carter   30'
Gurney   48'
Stevenson   67' Stadium: Roker Park
Attendance: 36,697
Referee: W. Jennings
10 October 1936 9 Everton 1-0 Wolves Liverpool
Dean   30' Stadium: Goodison Park
Attendance: 33,153
Referee: C. Fletcher
17 October 1936 10 Leeds United 3-0 Everton Leeds
Thomson   5'
Stephenson   9'
Hydes   51'
Stadium: Elland Road
Attendance: 16,861
Referee: B. Ames
17 October 1936 11 Everton 3-3 Birmingham City Liverpool
Gillick   22'
Dean   65'
Stevenson   67'
Brunskill   31'
Harris   40'
Morris   55'
Stadium: Goodison Park
Attendance: 26,944
Referee: T. Thompson
17 October 1936 12 Middlesbrough 2-0 Everton Middlesbrough
Fenton   13'
Birkett   77'
Stadium: Ayresome Park
Attendance: 23,569
Referee: H. Taylor
7 November 1936 13 Everton 4-2 West Brom Liverpool
Dean   11', 28', 65'
Cunliffe   47'
Richardson   26'
Wood   72'
Stadium: Goodison Park
Attendance: 20,901
Referee: R. Mortimer
14 November 1936 14 Manchester City 4-1 Everton Manchester
Toseland   7'
Rodger   43', 75'
Brook   80' (pen.)
Stevenson   63' Stadium: Maine Road
Attendance: 27,818
Referee: C. Argent
21 November 1936 15 Everton 4-0 Portsmouth Liverpool
Gillick   42'
Stevenson   51'
Coulter   54', 87'
Stadium: Goodison Park
Attendance: 29,940
Referee: G. Gould
28 November 1936 16 Chelsea 4-0 Everton London
Weaver   15'
George Mills   28', 46', 74'
Stadium: Stamford Bridge
Attendance: 31,623
Referee: T. Smith
5 December 1936 17 Everton 1-1 Stoke City Liverpool
Dean   88' (pen.) Robson   1' Stadium: Goodison Park
Attendance: 19,012
Referee: H. Wright
5 December 1936 18 Charlton Athletic 2-0 Everton London
Hobbis   56'
Boulter   87'
Stadium: The Valley
Attendance: 25,991
Referee: G. Jones
19 December 1936 19 Everton 3-0 Grimsby Town Liverpool
Dean   43', 90'
Gillick   59'
Stadium: Goodison Park
Attendance: 21,616
Referee: R. Blake
25 December 1936 20 Everton 7-0 Derby County Liverpool
Cunliffe   ??', ??', ??'
Dean   ??', ??'
Stevenson   ??', ??'
Stadium: Goodison Park
Attendance: 32,349
Referee: E. Gamson
26 December 1936 21 Everton 1-1 Arsenal Liverpool
Gillick   31' Kirchen   44' Stadium: Goodison Park
Attendance: 59,440
Referee: W. Harper
28 December 1936 22 Derby County 3-1 Everton Derby
Astley   1', 40', 62' Dean   61' (pen.) Stadium: The Baseball Ground
Attendance: 22,608
Referee: E. Gamson
1 January 1937 23 Everton 2-2 Preston North End Liverpool
Leyfield   2'
Gillick   88'
O'Donnell   41', 57' Stadium: Goodison Park
Attendance: 28,824
Referee: J. Rennie
2 January 1937 24 Brentford 2-2 Everton London
Hopkins   65'
McKenzie   73' (pen.)
Coulter   32'
Cunliffe   75'
Stadium: Griffin Park
Attendance: 20,457
Referee: G. Denton
9 January 1937 25 Everton 3-2 Bolton Wanderers Liverpool
Stevenson   16'
Dean   68', 81'
Taylor   57'
Halford   89'
Stadium: Goodison Park
Attendance: 24,422
Referee: H. Dedman
9 January 1937 26 Liverpool 3-2 Everton Liverpool
Howe   8'
Taylor   12'
Balmer   59'
Stevenson   18', 79' Stadium: Anfield
Attendance: 37,055
Referee: G. Gould
3 February 1937 27 Huddersfield Town 0-3 Everton Huddersfield
Coulter   66'
Cunliffe   ??'
Bell   ??'
Stadium: Leeds Road
Attendance: 5,216
Referee: W. Bristow
6 February 1937 28 Everton 3-0 Sunderland Liverpool
Dean   16', 77'
Coulter   21'
Stadium: Goodison Park
Attendance: 41,147
Referee: W. Jennings
13 February 1937 29 Wolves 7-2 Everton Wolverhampton
Clayton   16', 18', 43', 73'
Galley   39', 70'
Ashall   53'
Cunliffe   19'
Lawton   58' (pen.)
Stadium: Molineux
Attendance: 36,551
Referee: C. Fletcher
27 February 1937 30 Birmingham City 2-0 Everton Birmingham
Beattie   10'
White   67'
Stadium: St. Andrew's
Attendance: 21,150
Referee: T. Thompson
27 February 1937 31 Everton 7-1 Leeds United Liverpool
Dean   15', 85'
Lawton   30'
Geldard   56'
Stevenson   70', 88'
Gillick   75'
Hodgson   86' Stadium: Goodison Park
Attendance: 17,064
Referee: B. Ames
6 March 1937 32 Everton 2-3 Middlesbrough Liverpool
Stevenson   60'
Geldard   65'
Fenton   34'
Camsell   68', 77'
Stadium: Goodison Park
Attendance: 30,719
Referee: H. Taylor
13 March 1937 33 West Brom 2-1 Everton West Bromwich
Shaw   20' (pen.)
Richardson   26'
Gillick   15' Stadium: The Hawthorns
Attendance: 26,284
Referee: R. Mortimer
20 March 1937 34 Everton 1-1 Manchester City Liverpool
Stevenson   60' Percival   75' Stadium: Goodison Park
Attendance: 31,921
Referee: C. Argent
26 March 1937 35 Manchester United 2-1 Everton Manchester
Baird   30'
Mutch   71'
Gillick   82' Stadium: Old Trafford
Attendance: 30,071
Referee: E. Smith
27 March 1937 36 Portsmouth 2-2 Everton Portsmouth
Anderson   20'
Weddle   44'
Gillick   3'
Geldard   90'
Stadium: Fratton Park
Attendance: 24,411
Referee: G. Gould
29 March 1937 37 Everton 2-3 Manchester United Liverpool
Lawton   28'
Stevenson   68'
Mutch   27'
Bryant   49' (pen.)
Ferrier   66'
Stadium: Goodison Park
Attendance: 28,395
Referee: E. Smith
3 April 1937 38 Everton 0-0 Chelsea Liverpool
Stadium: Goodison Park
Attendance: 20,648
Referee: T. Smith
10 April 1937 39 Stoke City 2-1 Everton Stoke-on-Trent
Mercer   65' (o.g.)
Westland   71'
Cunliffe   19' Stadium: The Victoria Ground
Attendance: 17,749
Referee: L. Dale
14 April 1937 40 Preston North End 1-0 Everton Preston
O'Donnell   31' Stadium: Deepdale
Attendance: 8,675
Referee: J. Rennie
17 April 1937 41 Everton 2-2 Charlton Athletic Liverpool
Dean   29' (pen.)
Cunliffe   55'
Tadman   40', 80' Stadium: Goodison Park
Attendance: 11,105
Referee: G. Jones
24 April 1937 42 Grimsby Town 1-0 Everton Cleethorpes
Glover   20' Stadium: Blundell Park
Attendance: 9,773
Referee: W. Ross-Gower

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FA Cup

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16 January 1937 3 Everton 5-0 Bournemouth Liverpool
Gillick   2', 46'
Cunliffe   67'Stevenson   72', 78'
Stadium: Goodison Park
Attendance: 35,468
Referee: E. Brown
30 January 1937 4 Everton 3-0 Sheffield Wednesday Liverpool
Britton   37' (pen.)
Dean  40'
Coulter   69'
Stadium: Goodison Park
Attendance: 35,807
Referee: G. Jones
20 February 1937 5 Everton 1-1 Tottenham Hotspur Liverpool
Coulter   89' McCormick   81' Stadium: Goodison Park
Attendance: 57,149
Referee: Dr. A. Barton
22 February 1937 5R Tottenham Hotspur 4-3 Everton London
Morrison   27', 68', 90'
Meek   87'
Lawton   2'
Dean   20', 66'
Stadium: White Hart Lane
Attendance: 46,972
Referee: H. Mee

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Squad

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Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
GK   ENG Frank King
GK   ENG Harry Morton
GK   ENG Ted Sagar
DF   NIR Billy Cook
DF   ENG Charlie Gee
DF   ENG George Jackson
DF   ENG Jack Jones
DF   WAL T.G. Jones
DF   ENG Joe Mercer
DF   ENG Tommy White
MF   ENG Stan Bentham
MF   ENG Cliff Britton
MF   ENG Jackie Coulter
No. Pos. Nation Player
MF   SCO Jock Thomson
MF   ENG Gordon Watson
FW   ENG Bunny Bell
FW   ENG Jimmy Cunliffe
FW   ENG Dixie Dean
FW   ENG Albert Geldard
FW   SCO Torry Gillick
FW   Jersey Elie Hurel
FW   ENG Tommy Lawton
FW   ENG Charlie Leyfield
FW   SCO Willie Miller
FW   IRL Alex Stevenson

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References

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