Dixie Dean captains Everton for the fourth successful season and Jock Thomson is his sub captain for the same amount of seasons after finishing 14th Everton improved this season by finishing 8th and bringing this squad age down with ageing players like Cresswell, Williams and Dunne finding it difficult to play more then 1 game in a week. New blood was introduced with players like Mercer, LeyField, J.E. Jones, Jackson, J.Cunliffe and Jackie Coulter been introduced to first class football. With the bonus that William Dean had completely recovered from his injuries from the previous seasons lead the line well for Everton. William Dean played 399 league games for Everton all at centre forward only once playing inside left the only player to take his centre forward place was Dickinson who made his only appearance during this season.