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Abandoned Fixtures

Only seven matches have been abandoned in Everton’s long history, most recently against Bolton Wanderers in 1979

Last updated: 7 Dec 2018, 2:43 p.m.

28 Dec 1895
Everton
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Small Heath

Played on a quagmire of a Goodison pitch, on 37 minutes and with Everton leading due to John Bell’s goal, the referee gathered the players and it was decided to abandon the match. Everton won the replayed game 3-0 six weeks later.

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First Division | 26 Nov 1904
Woolwich Arsenal
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Everton

Everton’s first fixture with Arsenal – although never completed – was arguably its most significant. Played in the Gunners’ former south London home, Everton had gone into a seemingly unassailable 3-1 lead when the referee, influenced by the Arsenal captain Jimmy Jackson, decided that the thick swirling fog was too much and abandoned the game with 20 minutes remaining. Although irritating at the time, few could have guessed the full consequences of his actions. When the game was replayed the following April, a fixture build-up caused by Everton’s FA Cup run left them needing to play three away games in four days. It proved a challenge too much: Woolwich Arsenal won the replayed game 2-1 and Everton missed out on the title by a single point.

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11 Jan 1913
Everton
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Stockport County

Arctic conditions led to the FA Cup tie’s abandonment after 50 minutes with the scores level at 1-1; Everton won the replay 5-1.

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15 Feb 1915
Bradford Park Avenue
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Everton

Just as Everton effectively lost the title in 1905 after their notorious abandoned game v Woolwich Arsenal, so the weather favoured them a decade later. They were 3-0 down when a snowstorm whipped in over the Pennines, forcing the referee finally to call a halt to proceedings. In the replayed game in mid-April Everton won 2-1 and twelve days later lifted the title by a single point.

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4 Feb 1922
Everton
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Middlesbrough

With Everton leading 1-0 with 12 minutes of the second half played, proceedings were ended because of stormy conditions. Everton won the rematch 4-1.

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17 Dec 1969
Tottenham Hotspur
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Everton

The breakdown of a nearby electricity substation caused the floodlights to fail after 30 minutes with the match goalless. The referee waited nearly 50 minutes before abandoning the game; Everton won the replayed match 1-0 the following March.

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1 Jan 1979
Bolton Wanderers
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Everton

A game notorious for a horrific broken leg suffered by Peter Reid, following a collision with Everton goalkeeper George Wood, was played on a virtual ice rink and called off at half-time with the scores level at 1-1. Bolton won the rematch 3-1 in April.

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