1947–48 Everton F.C. season

Everton

1947–48 season
Manager	Theo Kelly
Ground	Goodison Park
First Division	14th
FA Cup	5th round
Home colours Away colours

During the 1947–48 English football season, Everton F.C. competed in the Football League First Division.

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAv	Pts
12	Sheffield United	42	16	10	16	65	70	0.929	42
13	Charlton Athletic	42	17	6	19	57	66	0.864	40
14	Everton	42	17	6	19	52	66	0.788	40
15	Stoke City	42	14	10	18	41	55	0.745	38
16	Middlesbrough	42	14	9	19	71	73	0.973	37

Source: World Football
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal average; 3) Goals scored

Results

Win

Draw

Loss

Football League First Division

Main article: 1947–48 Football League First Division

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
23 August 1947	Blackburn Rovers	A	3–2	24,536	Dodds, Eglington, Wainwright
27 August 1947	Manchester City	H	1–0	53,822	Fielding
30 August 1947	Blackpool	H	1–2	59,865	Wainwright
3 September 1947	Manchester City	A	1–0	46,462	Stevenson
6 September 1947	Derby County	A	0–1	29,089	-
8 September 1947	Aston Villa	A	0–3	28,764	-
13 September 1947	Huddersfield Town	H	1–1	40,822	Wainwright
17 September 1947	Aston Villa	H	3–0	32,637	Fielding 2, opp og
20 September 1947	Chelsea	A	1–3	42,955	Catterick
27 September 1947	Liverpool	H	0–3	66,776	-
4 October 1947	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H	1–1	48,306	Boyes
11 October 1947	Middlesbrough	A	1–0	38,686	Wainwright
18 October 1947	Charlton Athletic	H	0–1	40,377
25 October 1947	Arsenal	A	1–1	56,645	Wainwright
1 November 1947	Sheffield United	H	2–0	43,615	Dodds, Fielding
8 November 1947	Stoke City	H	1–1	32,232	Stevenson
15 November 1947	Burnley	H	0–3	49,642	-
22 November 1947	Manchester United	A	2–2	36,715	Dodds, Fielding
29 November 1947	Preston North End	H	2–1	45,084	Fielding, Wainwright
6 December 1947	Portsmouth	A	0–3	25,525	-
13 December 1947	Bolton Wanderers	H	2–0	33,658	Catterick, Wainwright
20 December 1947	Blackburn Rovers	H	4–1	32,655	Fielding 2, Farrell, Grant
25 December 1947	Sunderland	A	0–2	40,925	-
26 December 1947	Sunderland	H	3–0	47,828	Grant 2, Wainwright
3 January 1948	Blackpool	A	0–5	21,685	-
17 January 1948	Derby County	H	1–3	51,776	Wainwirght
21 February 1948	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A	4–2	24,105	Dodds 3, Eglington
28 February 1948	Middlesbrough	H	2–1	46,364	Lello 2
6 March 1948	Charlton Athletic	A	3–2	32,973	Dodds 2, Eglington
13 March 1948	Arsenal	H	0–2	64,059	-
20 March 1948	Sheffield United	A	1–2	30,284	Farrell
26 March 1948	Grimsby Town	A	0–3	18,279	-
27 March 1948	Stoke City	H	0–1	44,241	-
29 March 1948	Grimsby Town	H	3–1	37,926	Grant, Higgins, Jones
3 April 1948	Burnley	A	1–0	23,933	Dodds
10 April 1948	Manchester United	H	2–0	44,198	Dodds, Stevenson
14 April 1948	Chelsea	H	2–3	28,366	Higgins 2
17 April 1948	Preston North End	A	0–3	25,035	-
21 April 1948	Liverpool	A	0–4	55,305	-
24 April 1948	Portsmouth	H	0–2	18,089	-
28 April 1948	Huddersfield Town	A	3–1	13,905	Dodds 3
1 May 1948	Bolton Wanderers	A	0–0	17,391	-

FA Cup

Main article: 1947–48 FA Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result FT (HT)	Attendance	Goalscorers
3	10 January 1948	Grimsby Town	A	4–1 (0–0)	19,000	Wainwright 51', 80', Farrell 62', Dodds 78'
4	24 January 1948	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A	1–1aet (0–0)	45,085	Catterick 80'
4:R	31 January 1948	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H	3–2aet (0–1)	72,569	Fielding 61', 106', Grant 90'
5	7 February 1948	Fulham	A	1–1aet (1–0)	37,500	Eglington 41'
5:R	14 February 1948	Fulham	H	0–1 (0–0)	71,587	-