During the course of the 1927-28 domestic season Bill Dean of Everton, known (to his displeasure) as Dixie, scored 60 League goals for Everton. He also scored 3 FA Cup goals and 4 goals in international friendlies.
During the record breaking season he scored 7 hattricks and was responsible for 58.8% of Everton's League goals (102).
Everton had sealed the championship before the final game , and 48,715 fans were at Goodison to watch the Arsenal match. Dean was on 57 goals. Arsenal went ahead after 2 minutes - Dean equalised a minute later, and in the 6th minute scored from the spot after he was fouled. The record-breaking goal came in the 82nd minute, Dean heading in from a corner (a third of his 431 career goals were headed).
Football League Division One | Goal | |||||
27.08.27 | Everton | 4 | 0 | The Wednesday | Goodison | 1 |
Dean scored Everton’s 3rd. | ||||||
03.09.27 | Middlesbrough | 4 | 2 | Everton | Ayresome Park | 2 |
1926-27 59 goal sensation George Camsell bagged all 4 of Boro’s goals. | ||||||
05.09.27 | Bolton Wanderers | 1 | 1 | Everton | Burnden Park | 3 |
10.09.27 | Everton | 5 | 2 | Birmingham | Goodison | 5 |
14.09.27 | Everton | 2 | 2 | Bolton Wanderers | Goodison | 6 |
17.09.27 | Newcastle United | 2 | 2 | Everton | St James’ | 8 |
24.09.27 | Everton | 2 | 2 | Huddersfield Town | Goodison | 10 |
01.10.27 | Tottenham Hotspur | 1 | 3 | Everton | White Hart Lane | 12 |
08.10.27 | Everton | 5 | 2 | Manchester United | Goodison | 17 |
15.10.27 | Everton | 1 | 1 | Liverpool | Goodison | |
Dean’s first blank of the season, game 10. | ||||||
29.10.27 | Portsmouth | 1 | 3 | Everton | Fratton Park | 20 |
05.11.27 | Everton | 7 | 1 | Leicester City | Goodison | 23 |
12.11.27 | Derby County | 0 | 3 | Everton | Baseball Ground | 25 |
19.11.27 | Everton | 0 | 1 | Sunderland | Goodison | |
26.11.27 | Bury | 2 | 3 | Everton | Gigg Lane | 27 |
03.12.27 | Everton | 0 | 0 | Sheffield United | Goodison | |
10.12.27 | Aston Villa | 2 | 3 | Everton | Villa Park | 30 |
17.12.27 | Everton | 4 | 1 | Burnley | Goodison | |
24.12.27 | Arsenal | 3 | 2 | Everton | Highbury | 31 |
26.12.27 | Everton | 2 | 0 | Cardiff City | Goodison | 33 |
Dean’s previous best season tally was 32 (1925-26). | ||||||
27.12.27 | Cardiff City | 2 | 0 | Everton | Ninian Park | |
31.12.27 | The Wednesday | 1 | 2 | Everton | Hillsborough | 35 |
02.01.28 | Blackburn Rovers | 4 | 2 | Everton | Ewood Park | 37 |
07.01.28 | Everton | 3 | 1 | Middlesbrough | Goodison | 39 |
Dean passed Bert Freeman’s club record of 38 goals, set in the 1908-09 season. | ||||||
21.01.28 | Birmingham | 2 | 2 | Everton | St Andrew’s | |
04.02.28 | Huddersfield Town | 4 | 1 | Everton | Leeds Road | 40 |
11.02.28 | Everton | 2 | 5 | Tottenham Hotspur | Goodison | |
25.02.28 | Liverpool | 3 | 3 | Everton | Anfield | 43 |
03.03.28 | West Ham United | 0 | 0 | Everton | Boleyn Ground | |
14.03.28 | Manchester United | 1 | 0 | Everton | Old Trafford | |
17.03.28 | Leicester City | 1 | 0 | Everton | Filbert Street | |
24.03.28 | Everton | 2 | 2 | Derby County | Goodison | 45 |
The previous record for most goals in a First Division season was 43, scored by Ted Harper of Blackburn Rovers in 1925-26. | ||||||
06.04.28 | Everton | 4 | 1 | Blackburn Rovers | Goodison | 47 |
07.04.28 | Everton | 1 | 1 | Bury | Goodison | 48 |
14.04.28 | Sheffield United | 1 | 3 | Everton | Bramall Lane | 50 |
18.04.28 | Everton | 3 | 0 | Newcastle United | Goodison | 51 |
21.04.28 | Everton | 3 | 2 | Aston Villa | Goodison | 53 |
24.04.28 | Burnley | 3 | 5 | Everton | Turf Moor | 57 |
05.05.28 | Everton | 3 | 3 | Arsenal | Goodison | 60 |
George Camsell scored 59 goals for Middlesbrough in Division 2 in 1926-27. | ||||||
FA Cup | ||||||
14.01.28 | Preston North End | 0 | 3 | Everton | Deepdale | 1 |
28.01.28 | Arsenal | 4 | 3 | Everton | Highbury | 3 |
Internationals | ||||||
22.10.27 | Ireland | 2 | 0 | England | Windsor Park | |
28.11.27 | England | 1 | 2 | Wales | Turf Moor | |
31.03.28 | England | 1 | 5 | Scotland | Wembley | |
17.05.28 | France | 1 | 5 | England | Colombes | 2 |
19.05.28 | Belgium | 1 | 3 | England | Antwerp | 4 |
