Geary scored regularly throughout the season, including a hat-trick in an 8–0 demolition of Stoke City on 4 November.[6] He ended the season with 21 league goals in 18 matches, as Everton finished runners-up, two points behind Preston North End. Geary had also scored four FA Cup goals, including a hat-trick in an 11–2 victory over Derby County on 18 January (with three goals also from Milward and Brady).[7] This remains Everton's highest margin of victory in any competition.