1965–66 Football League First Division

Football League First Division
Season	1965–66
Champions	Liverpool (7th English title)
Relegated	Northampton Town Blackburn Rovers
European Cup 1966–67	Liverpool
FA Cup winners European Cup Winners' Cup 1966–67	Everton (3rd FA Cup title)
Inter-Cities Fairs Cup 1965–66	Chelsea Everton Leeds United
Matches played	462
Goals scored	1457 (3.15 per match)
Top goalscorer	Willie Irvine (Burnley) 29 ^[1]
← 1964–65 1966–67 →

Statistics of Football League First Division in the 1965-66 season.

Overview

Liverpool won the First Division title for the seventh time in the club's history that season. They made sure of that with a 2-1 win over Chelsea at Anfield on April 30, and ended the season 6 points clear of Leeds United. Blackburn Rovers were relegated on April 20, after losing 1-0 at home to West Bromwich Albion and Northampton Town's result at White Hart Lane against Tottenham Hotspur (which finished 1-1) going against Blackburn. Northampton Town also went down on May 7, after Nottingham Forest beat Sheffield Wednesday 1-0 at the City Ground, saving Forest from relegation in the process.

League standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	F	A	GA	GD	Pts
1	Liverpool	42	17	2	2	52	15	9	7	5	27	19	79	34	2.324	+ 45	61
2	Leeds United	42	14	4	3	49	15	9	5	7	30	23	79	38	2.079	+ 41	55
3	Burnley	42	15	3	3	45	20	9	4	8	34	27	79	47	1.681	+ 32	55
4	Manchester United	42	12	8	1	50	20	6	7	8	34	39	84	59	1.424	+ 25	51
5	Chelsea	42	11	4	6	30	21	11	3	7	35	32	65	53	1.226	+ 12	51
6	West Bromwich Albion	42	11	6	4	58	34	8	6	7	33	35	91	69	1.319	+ 22	50
7	Leicester City	42	12	4	5	40	28	9	3	9	40	37	80	65	1.231	+ 15	49
8	Tottenham Hotspur	42	11	6	4	55	37	5	6	10	20	29	75	66	1.136	+ 9	44
9	Sheffield United	42	11	6	4	37	25	5	5	11	19	34	56	59	0.949	– 3	43
10	Stoke City	42	12	6	3	42	22	3	6	12	23	42	65	64	1.016	+ 1	42
11	Everton	42	12	6	3	39	19	3	5	13	17	43	56	62	0.903	– 6	41
12	West Ham United	42	12	5	4	46	33	3	4	14	24	50	70	83	0.843	– 13	39
13	Blackpool	42	9	5	7	36	29	5	4	12	19	36	55	65	0.846	– 10	37
14	Arsenal	42	8	8	5	36	31	4	5	12	26	44	62	75	0.827	– 13	37
15	Newcastle United	42	10	5	6	26	20	4	4	13	24	43	50	63	0.794	– 13	37
16	Aston Villa	42	10	3	8	39	34	5	3	13	30	46	69	80	0.863	– 11	36
17	Sheffield Wednesday	42	11	6	4	35	18	3	2	16	21	48	56	66	0.848	– 10	36
18	Nottingham Forest	42	11	3	7	31	26	3	5	13	25	46	56	72	0.778	– 16	36
19	Sunderland	42	13	2	6	36	28	1	6	14	15	44	51	72	0.708	– 21	36
20	Fulham	42	9	4	8	34	37	5	3	13	33	48	67	85	0.788	– 18	35
21	Northampton Town	42	8	6	7	31	32	2	7	12	24	60	55	92	0.598	– 37	33
22	Blackburn Rovers	42	6	1	14	30	36	2	3	16	27	52	57	88	0.648	– 31	20

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 1965–66 ; see also Everton
	League Cup Winners
	Relegated

First Division Results

Home ╲ Away	Arsenal !ARS	Aston Villa !AST	Blackburn Rovers !BLB	Blackpool !BLP	Burnley !BUR	Chelsea !CHE	Everton !EVE	Fulham !FUL	Leeds United !LEE	Leicester City !LEI	Liverpool !LIV	Manchester United !MUN	Newcastle United !NEW	Northampton Town !NOR	Nottingham Forest !NOT	Sheffield United !SHU	Sheffield Wednesday !SHW	Stoke City !STK	Sunderland !SUN	Tottenham Hotspur !TOT	West Bromwich Albion !WBA	West Ham United !WHU
Arsenal !Arsenal		3–3	2–2	0–0	1–1	1–3	0–1	2–1	0–3	1–0	0–1	4–2	1–3	1–1	1–0	6–2	5–2	2–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	3–2
Aston Villa !Aston Villa	3–0		3–1	3–0	2–1	2–4	3–2	2–5	0–2	2–2	0–3	1–1	4–2	1–2	3–0	0–2	2–0	0–1	3–1	3–2	1–1	1–2
Blackburn Rovers !Blackburn Rovers	2–1	0–2		1–3	0–2	0–1	1–2	3–2	2–3	0–2	1–4	1–4	4–2	6–1	5–0	0–0	1–2	0–1	2–0	0–1	0–1	1–2
Blackpool !Blackpool	5–3	0–1	4–2		1–3	1–2	2–0	2–2	1–0	4–0	2–3	1–2	1–1	3–0	0–3	2–1	2–1	1–1	1–2	0–0	1–1	2–1
Burnley !Burnley	2–2	3–1	1–4	3–1		1–2	1–1	1–0	0–1	4–2	2–0	3–0	1–0	4–1	4–1	2–0	2–1	4–1	1–0	1–1	2–0	3–1
Chelsea !Chelsea	0–0	0–2	1–0	0–1	1–1		3–1	2–1	1–0	0–2	0–1	2–0	1–1	1–0	1–0	2–0	1–1	1–2	3–2	2–1	2–3	6–2
Everton !Everton	3–1	2–0	2–2	0–0	1–0	2–1		2–0	0–0	1–2	0–0	0–0	1–0	5–2	3–0	1–3	5–1	2–1	2–0	3–1	2–3	2–2
Fulham !Fulham	1–0	3–6	5–2	0–0	2–5	0–3	3–2		1–3	0–4	2–0	0–1	2–0	1–4	1–1	0–0	4–2	1–1	3–0	0–2	2–1	3–0
Leeds United !Leeds United	2–0	2–0	3–0	1–2	1–1	2–0	4–1	0–1		3–2	0–1	1–1	3–0	6–1	2–1	2–2	3–0	2–2	1–0	2–0	4–0	5–0
Leicester City !Leicester City	3–1	2–1	2–0	0–3	0–1	1–1	3–0	5–0	3–3		1–3	0–5	1–2	1–1	2–1	1–0	4–1	1–0	4–1	2–2	2–1	2–1
Liverpool !Liverpool	4–2	3–1	5–2	4–1	2–1	2–1	5–0	2–1	0–1	1–0		2–1	2–0	5–0	4–0	0–1	1–0	2–0	4–0	1–0	2–2	1–1
Manchester United !Manchester United	2–1	6–1	2–2	2–1	4–2	4–1	3–0	4–1	1–1	1–2	2–0		1–1	6–2	0–0	3–1	1–0	1–1	1–1	5–1	1–1	0–0
Newcastle United !Newcastle United	0–1	1–0	2–1	2–0	3–2	0–1	0–0	1–1	2–0	1–5	0–0	1–2		2–0	2–2	0–2	2–0	3–1	2–0	0–0	0–1	2–1
Northampton Town !Northampton Town	1–1	2–1	2–1	2–1	1–2	2–3	0–2	2–4	2–1	2–2	0–0	1–1	3–1		3–3	0–1	0–0	1–0	2–1	0–2	3–4	2–1
Nottingham Forest !Nottingham Forest	0–1	1–2	0–3	2–1	1–0	1–2	1–0	1–2	0–4	2–0	1–1	4–2	1–2	1–1		1–0	1–0	4–3	0–0	1–0	3–2	5–0
Sheffield United !Sheffield United	3–0	1–0	2–0	0–1	2–1	1–2	2–0	2–0	1–1	2–2	0–0	3–1	3–2	2–2	1–1		1–0	3–2	2–2	1–3	0–2	5–3
Sheffield Wednesday !Sheffield Wednesday	4–0	2–0	2–1	3–0	0–2	1–1	3–1	1–0	0–0	1–2	0–2	0–0	1–0	3–1	3–1	2–2		4–1	3–1	1–1	1–2	0–0
Stoke City !Stoke City	1–3	2–0	3–2	4–1	3–1	2–2	1–1	3–2	1–2	1–0	0–0	2–2	4–0	6–2	1–0	2–0	3–1		1–1	0–1	1–1	1–0
Sunderland !Sunderland	0–2	2–0	1–0	2–1	0–4	2–0	2–0	2–2	2–0	0–3	2–2	2–3	2–0	3–0	3–2	4–1	0–2	2–0		2–0	1–5	2–1
Tottenham Hotspur !Tottenham Hotspur	2–2	5–5	4–0	4–0	0–1	4–2	2–2	4–3	3–2	4–2	2–1	5–1	2–2	1–1	2–3	1–0	2–3	2–2	3–0		2–1	1–4
West Bromwich Albion !West Bromwich Albion	4–4	2–2	2–1	2–1	1–2	1–2	1–1	6–2	1–2	5–1	3–0	3–3	1–2	1–1	5–3	1–1	4–2	6–2	4–1	2–1		3–0
West Ham United !West Ham United	2–1	4–2	4–1	1–1	1–1	2–1	3–0	1–3	2–1	2–5	1–5	3–2	4–3	1–1	0–3	4–0	4–2	0–0	1–1	2–0	4–0

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	Roger Hunt	Liverpool	30
2	Willie Irvine	Burnley	29
3	Tony Hateley	Aston Villa	27
4	David Herd	Manchester United	24
5	Geoff Hurst	West Ham United	23

References

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

RSSSF

Football League First Division

First Level	1888–89 1889–90 1890–91 1891–92 1892–93 1893–94 1894–95 1895–96 1896–97 1897–98 1898–99 1899–1900 1900–01 1901–02 1902–03 1903–04 1904–05 1905–06 1906–07 1907–08 1908–09 1909–10 1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 First World War 1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 Second World War 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92

Second Level	1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04

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First Division	Arsenal Aston Villa Birmingham City Blackburn Rovers Blackpool Burnley Chelsea Everton Fulham Leeds United Leicester City Liverpool Manchester United Northampton Town Nottingham Forest Sheffield United Sheffield Wednesday Stoke City Sunderland Tottenham Hotspur West Bromwich Albion West Ham United Wolverhampton Wanderers

Second Division	Bolton Wanderers Bury Cardiff City Charlton Athletic Coventry City Crystal Palace Derby County Huddersfield Town Ipswich Town Leyton Orient Manchester City Middlesbrough Newcastle United Norwich City Plymouth Argyle Portsmouth Preston North End Rotherham United Southampton Swindon Town Swansea Town

Third Division	Barnsley Brentford Bristol City Bristol Rovers Carlisle United Colchester United Exeter City Gillingham Grimsby Town Hull City Luton Town Mansfield Town Oldham Athletic Peterborough United Queens Park Rangers Reading Scunthorpe United Southend United Stockport County Walsall Workington York City

Fourth Division	Accrington Stanley Aldershot Barrow Bournemouth Bradford City Bradford Park Avenue Brighton & Hove Albion Chester Chesterfield Crewe Alexandra Darlington Doncaster Rovers Halifax Town Hartlepools United Lincoln City Millwall Newport County Notts County Port Vale Rochdale Shrewsbury Town Southport Torquay United Tranmere Rovers Watford Wrexham

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