The 1939/40 Football League
was abandoned after 3 games when World War II broke out.
It was replaced with regional leagues - and in 1939/40 Everton played
in the Western Division.
The normal FA Cup competition was suspended and in 1939/40 teams competed
in a national Football League War Cup instead.
Match, appearance and goal statistics are not counted in any
official records.
|
Appearances
and Goals
|
| |
Football League
|
War Football
League
Western Division
|
Football League
War Cup
|
Total
|
| |
Apps
|
Gls
|
Apps
|
Gls
|
Apps
|
Gls
|
Apps
|
Gls
|
| Wally
Boyes |
3
|
0
|
22
|
6
|
6
|
1
|
31
|
7
|
| Norman
Greenhalgh |
3
|
0
|
21
|
1
|
6
|
0
|
30
|
1
|
| Gordon
Watson |
3
|
0
|
21
|
0
|
6
|
0
|
30
|
0
|
| Ted
Sagar |
3
|
0
|
20
|
0
|
6
|
0
|
29
|
0
|
| Alex
Stevenson |
3
|
0
|
20
|
15
|
6
|
2
|
29
|
17
|
| Stan
Bentham |
3
|
1
|
19
|
7
|
6
|
1
|
28
|
9
|
| George
Jackson |
0
|
0
|
21
|
0
|
6
|
0
|
27
|
0
|
| Tommy
'TG' Jones |
3
|
0
|
16
|
3
|
4
|
2
|
23
|
5
|
| Tommy
Lawton |
3
|
4
|
14
|
12
|
6
|
6
|
23
|
22
|
| Joe
Mercer |
3
|
0
|
14
|
3
|
5
|
0
|
22
|
3
|
| Maurice
Lindley |
0
|
0
|
14
|
0
|
2
|
0
|
16
|
0
|
| Torry
Gillick |
3
|
0
|
4
|
3
|
1
|
1
|
8
|
4
|
| Cecil
Wyles |
0
|
0
|
7
|
2
|
1
|
1
|
8
|
3
|
| Robert
'Bunny' Bell |
0
|
0
|
6
|
4
|
0
|
0
|
6
|
4
|
| Harry
Catterick |
0
|
0
|
4
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
4
|
1
|
| Fred
Sweeney |
0
|
0
|
4
|
2
|
0
|
0
|
4
|
2
|
| Billy
Cook |
3
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
3
|
0
|
| Charlie
Gee |
0
|
0
|
2
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
3
|
0
|
| Billy
Sumner |
0
|
0
|
2
|
0
|
1
|
1
|
3
|
1
|
| Arthur
Barber |
0
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
2
|
0
|
3
|
0
|
| George
Burnett |
0
|
0
|
2
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
2
|
0
|
| Sid
Simmons |
0
|
0
|
2
|
3
|
0
|
0
|
2
|
3
|
| Jack
Davies |
0
|
0
|
1
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
1
|
| Albert
Johnson |
0
|
0
|
1
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
1
|
| Jack
Jones |
0
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
| Jack
Lyon |
0
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
| George
Saunders |
0
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
| Norman
Sharp |
0
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
| James
Caskie |
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
Players in bold only
played wartime games for Everton; they never played in a normal Football
League
or FA Cup match for the club.
|