Everton escape relegation by skin of there teeth finishing 20th and being humiliated at Goodison park by a lower league side in the FA cup 6-0 which still stands to record to this day. After releasing the great Bobby Parker Everton struggled to find a centre forward to replace him Sam Fazakerley scoring 12 goals in 29 appearances and Robert Irvine scoring 11 goals in 25 appearances it was obvious that a Bert Freeman or Bobby Parker player was needed.