1966–67 Football League First Division

Football League First Division
Season	1966–67
Champions	Manchester United (7th English title)
Relegated	Aston Villa Blackpool
1967–68 European Cup	Manchester United
FA Cup winners 1967–68 European Cup Winners' Cup	Tottenham Hotspur (5th FA Cup title)
1966–67 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup	Burnley Leeds United West Bromwich Albion
Matches played	462
Goals scored	1387 (3 per match)
Top goalscorer	Ron Davies (Southampton), 37 ^[1]
← 1965–66 1967–68 →

Statistics of Football League First Division in the 1966-67 season.

Overview

Manchester United won the First Division title for the seventh time in the club's history that season. They made sure of that on May 6, after beating West Ham United 6-1 at Upton Park whilst their title challengers Nottingham Forest lost 2-1 at Southampton. Blackpool were relegated on April 15, after losing 2-0 at Stoke City whilst Aston Villa joined them on May 6, after losing 4-2 at home against Everton with Southampton's win against Nottingham Forest confirming their relegation.

League standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	F	A	GA	GD	Pts
1	Manchester United	42	17	4	0	51	13	7	8	6	33	32	84	45	1.867	+ 39	60
2	Nottingham Forest	42	16	4	1	41	13	7	6	8	23	28	64	41	1.561	+ 23	56
3	Tottenham Hotspur	42	15	3	3	44	21	9	5	7	27	27	71	48	1.479	+ 23	56
4	Leeds United	42	15	4	2	41	17	7	7	7	21	25	62	42	1.476	+ 20	55
5	Liverpool	42	12	7	2	36	17	7	6	8	28	30	64	47	1.362	+ 17	51
6	Everton	42	11	4	6	39	22	8	6	7	26	24	65	46	1.413	+ 19	48
7	Arsenal	42	11	6	4	32	20	5	8	8	26	27	58	47	1.234	+ 11	46
8	Leicester City	42	12	4	5	47	28	6	4	11	31	43	78	71	1.099	+ 7	44
9	Chelsea	42	7	9	5	33	29	8	5	8	34	33	67	62	1.081	+ 5	44
10	Sheffield United	42	11	5	5	34	22	5	5	11	18	37	52	59	0.881	+ 11	42
11	Sheffield Wednesday	42	9	7	5	39	19	5	6	10	17	28	56	47	1.191	+ 9	41
12	Stoke City	42	11	5	5	40	21	6	2	13	23	37	63	58	1.086	+ 5	41
13	West Bromwich Albion	42	11	1	9	40	28	5	6	10	37	45	77	73	1.055	+ 4	39
14	Burnley	42	11	4	6	43	28	4	5	12	23	48	66	76	0.868	– 10	39
15	Manchester City	42	8	9	4	27	25	4	6	11	16	27	43	52	0.827	– 9	39
16	West Ham United	42	8	6	7	40	31	6	2	13	40	53	80	84	0.952	– 4	36
17	Sunderland	42	12	3	6	39	26	2	5	14	19	46	58	72	0.806	– 14	36
18	Fulham	42	8	7	6	49	34	3	5	13	22	49	71	83	0.855	– 22	34
19	Southampton	42	10	3	8	49	41	4	3	14	25	51	74	92	0.804	– 28	34
20	Newcastle United	42	9	5	7	24	27	3	4	14	15	54	39	81	0.481	– 42	33
21	Aston Villa	42	7	5	9	30	33	4	2	15	24	52	54	85	0.635	– 31	29
22	Blackpool	42	1	5	15	18	36	5	4	12	23	40	41	76	0.539	– 35	21

P = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; GA = Goal average; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points

Key
	League Champions, qualified for European Cup
	FA Cup winners, qualified for Cup Winners' Cup
	Inter-Cities Fairs Cup 1966–67
	Relegated

First Division Results

Home ╲ Away^[1]	ARS	AST	BLP	BUR	CHE	EVE	FUL	LEE	LEI	LIV	MCI	MUN	NEW	NOT	SHU	SHW	SOU	STK	SUN	TOT	WBA	WHU
Arsenal		1–0	1–1	0–0	2–1	3–1	1–0	0–1	2–4	1–1	1–0	1–1	2–0	1–1	2–0	1–1	4–1	3–1	2–0	0–2	2–3	2–1
Aston Villa	0–1		3–2	0–1	2–6	2–4	1–1	3–0	0–1	2–3	3–0	2–1	1–1	1–1	0–0	0–1	0–1	2–1	2–1	3–3	3–2	0–2
Blackpool	0–3	0–2		0–2	0–2	0–1	0–1	0–2	1–1	1–2	0–1	1–2	6–0	1–1	0–1	1–1	2–3	0–1	1–1	2–2	1–3	1–4
Burnley	1–4	4–2	1–0		1–2	1–1	3–0	1–1	5–2	1–0	2–3	1–1	0–2	0–2	4–0	2–0	4–1	0–2	1–0	2–2	5–1	4–2
Chelsea	3–1	3–1	0–2	1–3		1–1	0–0	2–2	2–2	1–2	0–0	1–3	2–1	2–1	1–1	0–0	4–1	1–0	1–1	3–0	0–2	5–5
Everton	0–0	3–1	0–1	1–1	3–1		3–2	2–0	2–0	3–1	1–1	1–2	1–1	0–1	4–1	2–1	0–1	0–1	4–1	0–1	5–4	4–0
Fulham	0–0	5–1	2–2	0–0	1–3	0–1		2–2	4–2	2–2	4–1	2–2	5–1	2–3	0–1	1–2	3–1	4–1	3–1	3–4	2–2	4–2
Leeds United	3–1	0–2	1–1	3–1	1–0	1–1	3–1		3–1	2–1	0–0	3–1	5–0	1–1	2–0	1–0	0–1	3–0	2–1	3–2	2–1	2–1
Leicester City	2–1	5–0	3–0	5–1	3–2	2–2	0–2	0–0		2–1	2–1	1–2	4–2	3–0	2–2	0–1	1–1	4–2	1–2	0–1	2–1	5–4
Liverpool	0–0	1–0	1–3	2–0	2–1	0–0	2–2	5–0	3–2		3–2	0–0	3–1	4–0	1–0	1–1	2–1	2–1	2–2	0–0	0–1	2–0
Manchester City	1–1	1–1	1–0	1–0	1–4	1–0	3–0	2–1	1–3	2–1		1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	0–0	1–1	3–1	1–0	1–2	2–2	1–4
Manchester United	1–0	3–1	4–0	4–1	1–1	3–0	2–1	0–0	5–2	2–2	1–0		3–2	1–0	2–0	2–0	3–0	0–0	5–0	1–0	5–3	3–0
Newcastle United	2–1	0–3	2–1	1–1	2–2	0–3	1–1	1–2	1–0	0–2	2–0	0–0		0–0	1–0	3–1	3–1	3–1	0–3	0–2	1–3	1–0
Nottingham Forest	2–1	3–0	2–0	4–1	0–0	1–0	2–1	1–0	1–0	1–1	2–0	4–1	3–0		3–1	1–1	3–1	1–2	3–1	1–1	2–1	1–0
Sheffield United	1–1	3–3	1–1	1–1	3–0	0–0	4–0	1–4	0–1	0–1	1–0	2–1	0–1	1–2		1–0	2–0	2–1	2–0	2–1	4–3	3–1
Sheffield Wednesday	1–1	2–0	3–0	7–0	6–1	1–2	1–1	0–0	1–1	0–1	1–0	2–2	0–0	0–2	2–2		4–1	1–3	5–0	1–0	1–0	0–2
Southampton	2–1	6–2	1–5	4–0	0–3	1–3	4–2	0–2	4–4	1–2	1–1	1–2	2–0	2–1	2–3	4–2		3–2	3–1	0–1	2–2	6–2
Stoke City	2–2	6–1	2–0	4–3	1–1	2–1	1–2	0–0	3–1	2–0	0–1	3–0	0–1	1–2	3–0	0–2	3–2		3–0	2–0	1–1	1–1
Sunderland	1–3	2–1	4–0	4–3	2–0	0–2	3–1	0–2	2–3	2–2	1–0	0–0	3–0	1–0	4–1	2–0	2–0	2–1		0–1	2–2	2–4
Tottenham Hotspur	3–1	0–1	1–3	2–0	1–1	2–0	4–2	3–1	2–0	2–1	1–1	2–1	4–0	2–1	2–0	2–1	5–3	2–0	1–0		0–0	3–4
West Bromwich Albion	0–1	2–1	3–1	1–2	0–1	1–0	5–1	2–0	1–0	2–1	0–3	3–4	6–1	1–2	1–2	1–2	3–2	0–1	2–2	3–0		3–1
West Ham United	2–2	2–1	4–0	3–2	1–2	2–3	6–1	0–1	0–1	1–1	1–1	1–6	3–0	3–1	0–2	3–0	2–2	1–1	2–2	0–2	3–0

Source: Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane’s, London & Sydney, 1980.
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top Scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Ron Davies	Southampton	37
2	Geoff Hurst	West Ham United	29
3	Jimmy Greaves	Tottenham Hotspur	25
4	Allan Clarke	Fulham	24
5	Denis Law	Manchester United	23

References

↑ "English League Leading Goalscorers". RSSSF. Retrieved 2010-10-31.

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First Division	Arsenal Aston Villa Blackpool Burnley Chelsea Everton Fulham Leeds United Leicester City Liverpool Manchester City Manchester United Newcastle United Nottingham Forest Sheffield United Sheffield Wednesday Southampton Stoke City Sunderland Tottenham Hotspur West Bromwich Albion West Ham United

Second Division	Birmingham City Blackburn Rovers Bolton Wanderers Bristol City Bury Cardiff City Carlisle United Charlton Athletic Coventry City Crystal Palace Derby County Huddersfield Town Hull City Ipswich Town Millwall Northampton Town Norwich City Plymouth Argyle Portsmouth Preston North End Rotherham United Wolverhampton Wanderers

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