John Evans
| Date of birth | 28 August 1929 |
| Place of birth | Tilbury |
| Nationality | English |
| Position | Inside forward |
Evans was signed from Charlton to try and keep Liverpool in Division One to no avail. However he kept up a good scoring rate in Division Two including scoring five goals against Bristol Rovers in 1954.
Club history
| Team | Joined | Left | Loan / Trialist |
|---|---|---|---|
| Charlton Athletic | 01 May 1950 | 01 Dec 1953 | |
| Liverpool | 01 Dec 1953 | 01 Nov 1957 |
Club stats
| Season | Team | Competition | Apps | Subs | Goals | Y | R |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1953-54 | Liverpool | FA Cup | 1 | ||||
| 1953-54 | Liverpool | League Division One | 16 | 5 |
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| 1954-55 | Liverpool | FA Cup | 4 | 4 |
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| 1954-55 | Liverpool | League Division Two | 38 | 29 |
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| 1955-56 | Liverpool | FA Cup | 5 | ||||
| 1955-56 | Liverpool | League Division Two | 31 | 13 |
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| 1956-57 | Liverpool | League Division Two | 11 | 2 |
Please note: Career stats are based on performances in the Premier and Football Leagues and (in most cases all) internationals.
Club matches
| Date | Match | Result | Competition | Round | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 Dec 1953 | Liverpool v West Bromwich Albion | D | 0-0 | League Division One | |
| 02 Jan 1954 | Liverpool v Bolton Wanderers | L | 1-2 | League Division One | |
| 09 Jan 1954 | Bolton Wanderers v Liverpool | L | 1-0 | FA Cup | 3rd round |
| 16 Jan 1954 | Preston North End v Liverpool | L | 2-1 | League Division One | |
| 23 Jan 1954 | Liverpool v Tottenham Hotspur | D | 2-2 | League Division One | |
| 06 Feb 1954 | Burnley v Liverpool | D | 1-1 | League Division One | |
| 13 Feb 1954 | Liverpool v Charlton Athletic | L | 2-3 | League Division One | |
| 24 Feb 1954 | Sheffield Wednesday v Liverpool | D | 1-1 | League Division One | |
| 27 Feb 1954 | Aston Villa v Liverpool | L | 2-1 | League Division One | |
| 06 Mar 1954 | Liverpool v Huddersfield Town | L | 1-3 | League Division One | |
| 13 Mar 1954 | Sheffield United v Liverpool | L | 3-1 | League Division One | |
| 20 Mar 1954 | Liverpool v Chelsea | D | 1-1 | League Division One | |
| 03 Apr 1954 | Liverpool v Sunderland | W | 4-3 | League Division One | |
| 07 Apr 1954 | Manchester City v Liverpool | W | 0-2 | League Division One | |
| 10 Apr 1954 | Arsenal v Liverpool | L | 3-0 | League Division One | |
| 16 Apr 1954 | Middlesbrough v Liverpool | W | 0-1 | League Division One | |
| 17 Apr 1954 | Liverpool v Cardiff City | L | 0-1 | League Division One | |
| 21 Aug 1954 | Liverpool v Doncaster Rovers | W | 3-2 | League Division Two | |
| 23 Aug 1954 | Plymouth Argyle v Liverpool | L | 1-0 | League Division Two | |
| 28 Aug 1954 | Derby County v Liverpool | L | 3-2 | League Division Two | |
| 01 Sep 1954 | Liverpool v Plymouth Argyle | D | 3-3 | League Division Two | |
| 04 Sep 1954 | Liverpool v West Ham United | L | 1-2 | League Division Two | |
| 06 Sep 1954 | Bristol Rovers v Liverpool | L | 3-0 | League Division Two | |
| 11 Sep 1954 | Blackburn Rovers v Liverpool | L | 4-3 | League Division Two | |
| 15 Sep 1954 | Liverpool v Bristol Rovers | W | 5-3 | League Division Two | |
| 18 Sep 1954 | Liverpool v Fulham | W | 4-1 | League Division Two | |
| 02 Oct 1954 | Liverpool v Notts County | W | 3-1 | League Division Two | |
| 09 Oct 1954 | Liverpool v Rotherham United | W | 3-1 | League Division Two | |
| 16 Oct 1954 | Stoke City v Liverpool | L | 2-0 | League Division Two | |
| 23 Oct 1954 | Liverpool v Bury | D | 1-1 | League Division Two | |
| 30 Oct 1954 | Lincoln City v Liverpool | D | 3-3 | League Division Two | |
| 06 Nov 1954 | Liverpool v Hull City | W | 2-1 | League Division Two | |
| 13 Nov 1954 | Luton Town v Liverpool | L | 3-2 | League Division Two | |
| 20 Nov 1954 | Liverpool v Nottingham Forest | W | 1-0 | League Division Two | |
| 27 Nov 1954 | Leeds United v Liverpool | D | 2-2 | League Division Two | |
| 04 Dec 1954 | Liverpool v Middlesbrough | W | 3-1 | League Division Two | |
| 11 Dec 1954 | Birmingham City v Liverpool | L | 9-1 | League Division Two | |
| 18 Dec 1954 | Doncaster Rovers v Liverpool | L | 4-1 | League Division Two | |
| 25 Dec 1954 | Liverpool v Ipswich Town | W | 6-2 | League Division Two | |
| 01 Jan 1955 | Liverpool v Derby County | W | 2-0 | League Division Two | |
| 08 Jan 1955 | Lincoln City v Liverpool | D | 1-1 | FA Cup | 3rd round |
| 12 Jan 1955 | Liverpool v Lincoln City | W | 1-0 | FA Cup | 3rd round replay |
| 22 Jan 1955 | Liverpool v Blackburn Rovers | W | 4-1 | League Division Two | |
| 29 Jan 1955 | Everton v Liverpool | W | 0-4 | FA Cup | 4th round |
| 05 Feb 1955 | Fulham v Liverpool | W | 1-2 | League Division Two | |
| 12 Feb 1955 | Liverpool v Swansea Town | D | 1-1 | League Division Two | |
| 19 Feb 1955 | Liverpool v Huddersfield Town | L | 0-2 | FA Cup | 5th round |
| 05 Mar 1955 | Liverpool v Stoke City | L | 2-4 | League Division Two | |
| 12 Mar 1955 | Bury v Liverpool | W | 3-4 | League Division Two | |
| 19 Mar 1955 | Liverpool v Lincoln City | L | 2-4 | League Division Two | |
| 26 Mar 1955 | Hull City v Liverpool | D | 2-2 | League Division Two | |
| 02 Apr 1955 | Liverpool v Luton Town | D | 4-4 | League Division Two | |
| 08 Apr 1955 | Port Vale v Liverpool | L | 4-3 | League Division Two | |
| 11 Apr 1955 | Liverpool v Port Vale | D | 1-1 | League Division Two | |
| 16 Apr 1955 | Liverpool v Leeds United | D | 2-2 | League Division Two | |
| 23 Apr 1955 | Middlesbrough v Liverpool | W | 1-2 | League Division Two | |
| 26 Apr 1955 | West Ham United v Liverpool | W | 0-3 | League Division Two | |
| 30 Apr 1955 | Liverpool v Birmingham City | D | 2-2 | League Division Two | |
| 02 May 1955 | Rotherham United v Liverpool | L | 6-1 | League Division Two | |
| 20 Aug 1955 | Nottingham Forest v Liverpool | W | 1-3 | League Division Two | |
| 24 Aug 1955 | Liverpool v Sheffield Wednesday | L | 0-3 | League Division Two | |
| 01 Oct 1955 | Liverpool v Plymouth Argyle | W | 4-1 | League Division Two | |
| 08 Oct 1955 | Bristol City v Liverpool | L | 2-1 | League Division Two | |
| 15 Oct 1955 | Liverpool v West Ham United | W | 3-1 | League Division Two | |
| 22 Oct 1955 | Bury v Liverpool | W | 1-4 | League Division Two | |
| 29 Oct 1955 | Liverpool v Rotherham United | W | 2-0 | League Division Two | |
| 05 Nov 1955 | Swansea Town v Liverpool | L | 2-1 | League Division Two | |
| 12 Nov 1955 | Liverpool v Notts County | W | 2-1 | League Division Two | |
| 19 Nov 1955 | Leeds United v Liverpool | L | 4-2 | League Division Two | |
| 26 Nov 1955 | Liverpool v Fulham | W | 7-0 | League Division Two | |
| 03 Dec 1955 | Port Vale v Liverpool | D | 1-1 | League Division Two | |
| 10 Dec 1955 | Liverpool v Barnsley | D | 1-1 | League Division Two | |
| 17 Dec 1955 | Liverpool v Nottingham Forest | W | 5-2 | League Division Two | |
| 24 Dec 1955 | Hull City v Liverpool | W | 1-2 | League Division Two | |
| 26 Dec 1955 | Liverpool v Stoke City | D | 2-2 | League Division Two | |
| 31 Dec 1955 | Liverpool v Blackburn Rovers | L | 1-2 | League Division Two | |
| 07 Jan 1956 | Liverpool v Accrington Stanley | W | 2-0 | FA Cup | 3rd round |
| 21 Jan 1956 | Liverpool v Leicester City | W | 3-1 | League Division Two | |
| 28 Jan 1956 | Liverpool v Scunthorpe United | D | 3-3 | FA Cup | 4th round |
| 04 Feb 1956 | Middlesbrough v Liverpool | W | 1-2 | League Division Two | |
| 06 Feb 1956 | Scunthorpe United v Liverpool | W | 1-2 | FA Cup | 4th round replay |
| 11 Feb 1956 | Plymouth Argyle v Liverpool | L | 4-0 | League Division Two | |
| 18 Feb 1956 | Manchester City v Liverpool | D | 0-0 | FA Cup | 5th round |
| 22 Feb 1956 | Liverpool v Manchester City | L | 1-2 | FA Cup | 5th round replay |
| 25 Feb 1956 | West Ham United v Liverpool | L | 2-0 | League Division Two | |
| 29 Feb 1956 | Liverpool v Leeds United | W | 1-0 | League Division Two | |
| 03 Mar 1956 | Liverpool v Bury | W | 4-2 | League Division Two | |
| 30 Mar 1956 | Doncaster Rovers v Liverpool | L | 1-0 | League Division Two | |
| 31 Mar 1956 | Liverpool v Bristol City | W | 2-1 | League Division Two | |
| 02 Apr 1956 | Liverpool v Doncaster Rovers | L | 1-2 | League Division Two | |
| 07 Apr 1956 | Fulham v Liverpool | L | 3-1 | League Division Two | |
| 14 Apr 1956 | Liverpool v Port Vale | W | 4-1 | League Division Two | |
| 21 Apr 1956 | Rotherham United v Liverpool | W | 0-1 | League Division Two | |
| 28 Apr 1956 | Bristol Rovers v Liverpool | W | 1-2 | League Division Two | |
| 02 May 1956 | Lincoln City v Liverpool | L | 2-0 | League Division Two | |
| 18 Aug 1956 | Liverpool v Huddersfield Town | L | 2-3 | League Division Two | |
| 23 Aug 1956 | Notts County v Liverpool | D | 1-1 | League Division Two | |
| 25 Aug 1956 | Bury v Liverpool | W | 0-2 | League Division Two | |
| 29 Aug 1956 | Liverpool v Notts County | D | 3-3 | League Division Two | |
| 03 Sep 1956 | West Ham United v Liverpool | D | 1-1 | League Division Two | |
| 08 Sep 1956 | Doncaster Rovers v Liverpool | D | 1-1 | League Division Two | |
| 15 Sep 1956 | Liverpool v Stoke City | L | 0-2 | League Division Two | |
| 09 Feb 1957 | Leicester City v Liverpool | L | 3-2 | League Division Two | |
| 16 Feb 1957 | Blackburn Rovers v Liverpool | D | 2-2 | League Division Two | |
| 02 Mar 1957 | Fulham v Liverpool | W | 1-2 | League Division Two | |
| 09 Mar 1957 | Liverpool v Barnsley | W | 2-1 | League Division Two | |
Please note: Match history is complete for the Premier and Football Leagues and (in most cases all) internationals.