1962–63 Everton F.C. season
| 1962–63 season | |
|---|---|
| Manager | Harry Catterick |
| Ground | Goodison Park |
| First Division | 1st |
| FA Cup | Fifth Round |
| Inter-Cities Fairs Cup | First Round |
| Top goalscorer | League: Roy Vernon (24) All: Roy Vernon (27) |
During the 1962–63 English football season, Everton F.C. competed in the Football League First Division.
The Big Freeze of 1962–1963, was one of the coldest winters on record[1] Football matches in the English leagues suffered because of the severe effects of the winter weather.[1] Some matches in the FA Cup were rescheduled ten or more times.[2] Matches in the fifth and sixth rounds, scheduled for 16 February and 9 March respectively, were played on 16 and 30 March. A board known as the Pools Panel was set up to adjudicate postponed matches to provide the football pool results.[2] From 22 December to 12 February, Everton completed no competitive matches. The delays occurred before under-soil heating became widespread at major venues. When the thaw arrived, a backlog of fixtures had to be hastily determined. The Football League season was extended by four weeks from its original finishing date of 27 April. The final league fixtures took place one day before the rescheduled FA Cup final.
Final league table
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GAv | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Everton (C) | 42 | 25 | 11 | 6 | 84 | 42 | 2.000 | 61 | Qualification for the European Cup preliminary round |
| 2 | Tottenham Hotspur | 42 | 23 | 9 | 10 | 111 | 62 | 1.790 | 55 | Qualification for the European Cup Winners' Cup second round[a] |
| 3 | Burnley | 42 | 22 | 10 | 10 | 78 | 57 | 1.368 | 54 | |
| 4 | Leicester City | 42 | 20 | 12 | 10 | 79 | 53 | 1.491 | 52 | |
| 5 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 42 | 20 | 10 | 12 | 93 | 65 | 1.431 | 50 |
Source: World Football
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal average; 3) Goals scored
(C) Champions
Notes:
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal average; 3) Goals scored
(C) Champions
Notes:
- ^ Tottenham Hotspur qualified for the European Cup Winners' Cup second round as the 1962–63 European Cup Winners' Cup winners.
Results
| Win | Draw | Loss |
Football League First Division
| 18 August 1962 1 | Burnley | 1-3 | Everton | Burnley, Lancs. |
| R. Pointer 10' | Vernon 19' Bingham 62' Young 75' |
Stadium: Turf Moor Attendance: 37,100 |
| 22 August 1962 2 | Everton | 3-1 | Man Utd | Walton, Liverpool |
| Young 12', 13' Parker 43' |
I. Moir 64' | Stadium: Goodison Park Attendance: 69,500 |
| 25 August 1962 3 | Everton | 4-1 | Sheffield Wed | Walton, Liverpool |
| Vernon 26' (pen.), 70' Stevens 38' Young 74' |
D. Layne 19' | Stadium: Goodison Park Attendance: 51,504 |
| 29 August 1962 4 | Man Utd | 0-1 | Everton | Manchester, Lancs. |
| Vernon 79' (pen.) | Stadium: Old Trafford Attendance: 63,675 |
| 1 September 1962 5 | Fulham | 1-0 | Everton | Fulham, Middx |
| S. Brown 21' | Stadium: Craven Cottage Attendance: 30,582 |
| 5 September 1962 6 | Everton | 3-0 | Leyton Orient | Walton, Liverpool |
| Bingham 4' Gabriel 43' Vernon 58' (pen.) |
Stadium: Goodison Park Attendance: 51,542 |
| 8 September 1962 7 | Everton | 3-2 | Leicester | Walton, Liverpool |
| Vernon 25' (pen.) Stevens 43' Young 50' |
J. Walsh 26' H. Riley 73' |
Stadium: Goodison Park Attendance: 48,738 |
| 12 September 1962 8 | Leyton Orient | 3-0 | Everton | Leyton, Essex |
| N. Deeley 53' G. Bolland 57' D. Dunmore 78' |
Stadium: Brisbane Road Attendance: 21,847 |
| 15 September 1962 9 | Bolton | 0-2 | Everton | Bolton, Lancs. |
| Bingham 49' Gabriel 82' |
Stadium: Burnden Park Attendance: 27,404 |
| 22 September 1962 10 | Everton | 2-2 | Liverpool | Walton, Liverpool |
| Vernon 29' (pen.) Morrissey 62' |
K. Lewis 35' R. Hunt 90' |
Stadium: Goodison Park Attendance: 72,488 |
| 29 September 1962 11 | Everton | 4-2 | West Brom | Walton, Liverpool |
| Morrissey 20', 43', 55' Young 49' |
B. Harris 31' (o.g.) A. Jackson 73' |
Stadium: Goodison Park Attendance: 45,471 |
| 6 October 1962 12 | Wolves | 0-2 | Everton | Wolverhampton |
| Bingham 60' Young 74' |
Stadium: Molineux Stadium Attendance: 44,506 |
| 13 October 1962 13 | Everton | 1-1 | Aston Villa | Walton, Liverpool |
| Vernon 33' (pen.) | A. Baker 77' | Stadium: Goodison Park Attendance: 53,035 |
| 27 October 1962 14 | Everton | 3-1 | Ipswich | Walton, Liverpool |
| Vernon 24' (pen.) Morrissey 74', 75' |
D. Moran 53' | Stadium: Goodison Park Attendance: 39,695 |
| 3 November 1962 15 | Man City | 1-1 | Everton | Moss Side, Manchester |
| P. Dobing 34' | Wignall 75' | Stadium: Maine Road Attendance: 40,336 |
| 10 November 1962 16 | Everton | 5-0 | Blackpool | Walton, Liverpool |
| Bingham 25' Young 41', 58' Gabriel 76' Stevens 85' |
Stadium: Goodison Park Attendance: 39,517 |
| 13 November 1962 17 | Nottingham Forest | 3-4 | Everton | West Bridgford, Nottinghamshire |
| C. Addison 2' C. Palmer 14' (pen.) J. Quigley 70' |
Vernon 20', 28' R. Veall 43' Gabriel 71' |
Stadium: City Ground Attendance: 31,610 |
| 17 November 1962 18 | Blackburn | 3-2 | Everton | Blackburn, Lancs. |
| I. Lawther 65' F. Pickering 82' B. Douglas 89' (pen.) |
Harris 67' Stevens 68' |
Stadium: Ewood Park Attendance: 30,243 |
| 24 November 1962 19 | Everton | 3-0 | Sheffield Utd | Walton, Liverpool |
| Vernon 10', 75' Stevens 12' |
Stadium: Goodison Park Attendance: 42,017 |
| 1 December 1962 20 | Tottenham | 0-0 | Everton | Tottenham, Middx |
| Stadium: White Hart Lane Attendance: 60,626 |
| 8 December 1962 21 | Everton | 1-1 | West Ham | Walton, Liverpool |
| Stevens 7' | P. Brabrook 20' | Stadium: Goodison Park Attendance: 38,701 |
| 15 December 1962 22 | Everton | 3-1 | Burnley | Walton, Liverpool |
| Stevens 18' Vernon 20' Young 25' |
J. McIlroy 60' | Stadium: Goodison Park Attendance: 48,443 |
| 22 December 1962 23 | Sheffield Wed | 2-2 | Everton | Owlerton, Sheffield |
| J. Quinn 20' D. Layne 66' |
D. Megson 51' (o.g.) Young 86' |
Stadium: Hillsborough Stadium Attendance: 26,280 |
| 12 February 1963 24 | Leicester | 3-1 | Everton | Leicester |
| K. Keyworth 15' M. Stringfellow 26' G. Cross 63' |
Vernon 68' | Stadium: Filbert Street Attendance: 35,743 |
| 23 February 1963 25 | Everton | 0-0 | Wolves | Walton, Liverpool |
| Stadium: Goodison Park Attendance: 62,616 |
| 9 March 1963 26 | Everton | 2-0 | Nottingham Forest | Walton, Liverpool |
| Young 14' Parker 70' |
Stadium: Goodison Park Attendance: 45,068 |
| 19 March 1963 27 | Ipswich | 0-3 | Everton | Ipswich, Suffolk |
| Young 4', 69' J. Elsworthy 65' (o.g.) |
Stadium: Portman Road Attendance: 19,712 |
| 23 March 1963 28 | Everton | 2-1 | Man City | Walton, Liverpool |
| Young 21' Morrissey 62' |
D. Wagstaffe 15' | Stadium: Goodison Park Attendance: 46,101 |
| 26 March 1963 29 | Arsenal | 4-3 | Everton | Highbury, Middx |
| G. Strong 9' J. Baker 34' J. MacLeod 46' A. Skirton 70' |
Kay 5' Vernon 28' Young 69' |
Stadium: Arsenal Stadium Attendance: 38,061 |
| 30 March 1963 30 | Sheffield Utd | 2-1 | Everton | Sheffield, Yorkshire |
| L. Allchurch 71' B. Hodgson 80' |
Scott 87' | Stadium: Bramall Lane Attendance: 21,839 |
| 1 April 1963 31 | Aston Villa | 0-2 | Everton | Aston, Birmingham |
| Young 48' Gabriel 89' |
Stadium: Villa Park Attendance: 31,377 |
| 6 April 1963 32 | Everton | 0-0 | Blackburn | Walton, Liverpool |
| Stadium: Goodison Park Attendance: 39,790 |
| 13 April 1963 34 | Blackpool | 1-2 | Everton | Blackpool, Lancs. |
| P. Quinn 89' | Young 6' Scott 44' |
Stadium: Bloomfield Road Attendance: 27,842 |
| 15 April 1963 35 | Everton | 2-2 | Birmingham | Walton, Liverpool |
| Young 27' Scott 77' |
J. Bloomfield 44' K. Leek 68' |
Stadium: Goodison Park Attendance: 50,122 |
| 16 April 1963 36 | Birmingham | 0-1 | Everton | Bordesley, Birmingham |
| Vernon 80' | Stadium: St Andrew's Attendance: 29,719 |
| 20 April 1963 37 | Everton | 1-0 | Tottenham | Walton, Liverpool |
| Young 17' | Stadium: Goodison Park Attendance: 67,650 |
| 24 April 1963 38 | Everton | 1-1 | Arsenal | Walton, Liverpool |
| Vernon 8' | G. Strong 39' | Stadium: Goodison Park Attendance: 56,034 |
| 27 April 1963 39 | West Ham | 1-2 | Everton | Upton Park, Essex |
| M. Meagan 20' (o.g.) | Vernon 32' Temple 43' |
Stadium: Boleyn Ground Attendance: 28,391 |
| 4 May 1963 40 | Everton | 1-0 | Bolton | Walton, Liverpool |
| Vernon 72' | Stadium: Goodison Park Attendance: 52,047 |
| 7 May 1963 41 | West Brom | 0-4 | Everton | West Bromwich |
| Young 37', 58' Vernon 69' (pen.) G. Williams 85' (o.g.) |
Stadium: The Hawthorns Attendance: 25,280 |
| 11 May 1963 42 | Everton | 4-1 | Fulham | Walton, Liverpool |
| Vernon 5', 8', 83' Scott 28' |
J. Key 20' | Stadium: Goodison Park Attendance: 60,578 |
FA Cup
| 15 January 1963 3rd | Barnsley | 0–3 | Everton | Barnsley, Yorkshire |
| Harris 72' Stevens 76' Vernon 85' |
Stadium: Oakwell Attendance: 30,011 |
| 29 January 1963 4th | Swindon | 1–5 | Everton | Swindon, Wiltshire |
| J. Smith 71' | Vernon 15', 70' Gabriel 16' Bingham 30' Morrissey 37' |
Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 25,239 |
| 16 March 1963 5th | West Ham | 1–0 | Everton | Upton Park, Essex |
| J. Byrne 58' (pen.) | Stadium: Boleyn Ground Attendance: 31,770 |
Inter-Cities Fairs Cup
| 24 October 1962 1, 1st leg | Everton | 1-0 | Dunfermline | Walton, Liverpool |
| Stevens 25' | Stadium: Goodison Park Attendance: 40,224 |
| 31 October 1962 1, 2nd leg | Dunfermline | 2–0 (2-1 agg.) | Everton | Dunfermline, Scotland |
| Miller 5' Melrose 87' |
Stadium: East End Park Attendance: 21,813 |
Squad
References
- ^ a b "BBC London summary".
- ^ a b "War, weather and working weeks: the previous times football has been halted in England". BBC Sport. Retrieved 29 March 2020.
- ^ a b c Everton's Record in 1962-63
- ^ 1962-1963 Summary: Appearances and Goals