1962–63 Football League First Division

Football League First Division
Season	1962–63
Champions	Everton (6th English title)
Relegated	Manchester City Leyton Orient
European Cup 1963–64	Everton
FA Cup winners European Cup Winners' Cup 1963–64	Manchester United (3rd FA Cup title) Tottenham Hotspur (defending champions)
Inter-Cities Fairs Cup 1962–63	Everton
Matches played	462
Goals scored	1,536 (3.32 per match)
Top goalscorer	Jimmy Greaves (Tottenham Hotspur), 37 ^[1]
Biggest home win	Tottenham Hotspur v Nottingham Forest 9–2; Wolverhampton Wanderers v Manchester City 8–1
Biggest away win	West Ham United v Tottenham Hotspur 1–6; Manchester City v West Ham United 1-6; Fulham v Wolverhampton Wanderers 0–5
Highest scoring	Tottenham Hotspur v Nottingham Forest 9–2
← 1961–62 1963–64 →

Statistics of Football League First Division in the 1962-63 season.

Overview

Everton won the First Division title for the sixth time in the club's history that season. They made sure of the title on May 11, after a 4-1 win over Fulham at Goodison Park. Leyton Orient were relegated on May 4, with a 3-1 defeat at Sheffield Wednesday. Manchester City joined them on the final weekend of the season, losing 6-1 at West Ham United which saved Birmingham City, who won 3-2 at home against Leicester City.

League standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	F	A	GA	GD	Pts
1	Everton	42	14	7	0	48	17	11	4	6	36	25	84	42	2.000	+42	61
2	Tottenham Hotspur	42	14	6	1	72	28	9	3	9	39	34	111	62	1.790	+49	55
3	Burnley	42	14	4	3	41	17	8	6	7	37	40	78	57	1.368	+21	54
4	Leicester City	42	14	6	1	53	23	6	6	9	26	30	79	53	1.491	+26	52
5	Wolverhampton Wanderers	42	11	6	4	51	25	9	4	8	42	40	93	65	1.431	+28	50
6	Sheffield Wednesday	42	10	5	6	38	26	9	5	7	39	37	77	63	1.222	+14	48
7	Arsenal	42	11	4	6	44	33	7	6	8	42	44	86	77	1.117	+9	46
8	Liverpool	42	13	3	5	45	22	4	7	10	26	37	71	59	1.203	+12	44
9	Nottingham Forest	42	12	4	5	39	28	5	6	10	28	41	67	69	0.971	–2	44
10	Sheffield United	42	11	7	3	33	20	5	5	11	25	40	58	60	0.967	–2	44
11	Blackburn Rovers	42	11	4	6	55	34	4	8	9	24	37	79	71	1.113	+8	42
12	West Ham United	42	8	6	7	39	34	6	6	9	34	35	73	69	1.058	+4	40
13	Blackpool	42	8	7	6	34	27	5	7	9	24	37	58	64	0.906	–6	40
14	West Bromwich Albion	42	11	1	9	40	37	5	6	10	31	42	71	79	0.899	–8	39
15	Aston Villa	42	12	2	7	38	23	3	6	12	24	45	62	68	0.912	–6	38
16	Fulham	42	8	6	7	28	30	6	4	11	22	41	50	71	0.704	–21	38
17	Ipswich Town	42	5	8	8	34	39	7	3	11	25	39	59	78	0.756	–19	35
18	Bolton Wanderers	42	13	3	5	35	18	2	2	17	20	57	55	75	0.733	–20	35
19	Manchester United	42	6	6	9	36	38	6	4	11	31	43	67	81	0.827	–14	34
20	Birmingham City	42	6	8	7	40	40	4	5	12	23	50	63	90	0.700	–27	33
21	Manchester City	42	7	5	9	30	45	3	6	12	28	57	58	102	0.569	–44	31
22	Leyton Orient	42	4	5	12	22	37	2	4	15	15	44	37	81	0.457	–44	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 1962-63, see Everton
	League Cup Winners
	Relegated

First Division Results

Home ╲ Away	Arsenal !ARS	Aston Villa !AST	Birmingham !BIR	Blackburn Rovers !BLB	Blackpool !BLP	Bolton Wanderers !BOL	Burnley !BUR	Everton !EVE	Fulham !FUL	Ipswich Town !IPS	Leicester City !LEI	Leyton Orient !LEY	Liverpool !LIV	Manchester City !MCI	Manchester United !MUN	Nottingham Forest !NOT	Sheffield United !SHU	Sheffield Wednesday !SHW	Tottenham Hotspur !TOT	West Bromwich Albion !WBA	West Ham United !WHU	Wolverhampton Wanderers !WOL
Arsenal !Arsenal		1–2	2–0	3–1	2–0	3–2	2–3	4–3	3–0	3–1	1–1	2–0	2–2	2–3	1–3	0–0	1–0	1–2	2–3	3–2	1–1	5–4
Aston Villa !Aston Villa	3–1		4–0	0–0	1–1	5–0	2–1	0–2	1–2	4–2	3–1	1–0	2–0	3–1	1–2	0–2	1–2	0–2	2–1	2–0	3–1	0–2
Birmingham !Birmingham	2–2	3–2		3–3	3–6	2–2	5–1	0–1	4–1	0–1	3–2	2–2	0–2	2–2	2–1	2–2	0–1	1–1	0–2	0–0	3–2	3–4
Blackburn Rovers !Blackburn Rovers	5–5	4–1	6–1		3–3	5–0	2–3	3–2	0–1	0–1	2–0	1–1	1–0	4–1	2–2	2–5	1–2	3–0	3–0	3–1	0–4	5–1
Blackpool !Blackpool	3–2	4–0	1–1	4–1		3–1	0–0	1–2	0–0	1–0	1–1	3–2	1–2	2–2	2–2	2–1	3–1	2–3	1–2	0–2	0–0	0–2
Bolton Wanderers !Bolton Wanderers	3–0	4–1	0–0	0–0	3–0		2–2	0–2	1–0	1–3	2–0	0–1	1–0	3–1	3–0	1–0	3–2	0–4	1–0	1–2	3–0	3–0
Burnley !Burnley	2–1	3–1	3–1	1–0	2–0	2–1		1–3	4–0	3–1	1–1	2–0	1–3	0–0	0–1	0–0	5–1	4–0	2–1	2–1	1–1	2–0
Everton !Everton	1–1	1–1	2–2	0–0	5–0	1–0	3–1		4–1	3–1	3–2	3–0	2–2	2–1	3–1	2–0	3–0	4–1	1–0	4–2	1–1	0–0
Fulham !Fulham	1–3	1–0	3–3	0–0	2–0	2–1	1–1	1–0		1–1	2–1	0–2	0–0	2–4	0–1	3–1	2–2	4–1	0–2	1–2	2–0	0–5
Ipswich Town !Ipswich Town	1–1	1–1	1–5	3–3	5–2	4–1	2–1	0–3	0–1		0–1	1–1	2–2	0–0	3–5	1–1	1–0	2–0	2–4	1–1	2–3	2–3
Leicester City !Leicester City	2–0	3–3	3–0	2–0	0–0	4–1	3–3	3–1	2–3	3–0		5–1	3–0	2–0	4–3	2–1	3–1	3–3	2–2	1–0	2–0	1–1
Leyton Orient !Leyton Orient	1–2	0–2	2–2	1–1	0–2	0–1	0–1	3–0	1–1	1–2	0–2		2–1	1–1	1–0	0–1	2–2	2–4	1–5	2–3	2–0	0–4
Liverpool !Liverpool	2–1	4–0	5–1	3–1	1–2	1–0	1–2	0–0	2–1	1–1	0–2	5–0		4–1	1–0	0–2	2–0	0–2	5–2	2–2	2–1	4–1
Manchester City !Manchester City	2–4	0–2	2–1	0–1	0–3	2–1	2–5	1–1	2–3	2–1	1–1	2–0	2–2		1–1	1–0	1–3	3–2	1–0	1–5	1–6	3–3
Manchester United !Manchester United	2–3	2–2	2–0	0–3	1–1	3–0	2–5	0–1	0–2	0–1	2–2	3–1	3–3	2–3		5–1	1–1	1–3	0–2	2–2	3–1	2–1
Nottingham Forest !Nottingham Forest	3–0	3–1	0–2	2–0	2–0	1–0	2–1	3–4	3–1	2–1	0–2	1–1	3–1	1–1	3–2		2–1	0–3	1–1	2–2	3–4	2–0
Sheffield United !Sheffield United	3–3	2–1	0–2	1–1	0–0	4–1	1–0	2–1	2–0	2–1	0–0	2–0	0–0	3–1	1–1	3–1		2–2	3–1	1–0	0–2	1–2
Sheffield Wednesday !Sheffield Wednesday	2–3	0–0	5–0	4–0	0–0	1–1	0–1	2–2	1–0	0–3	0–3	3–1	0–2	4–1	1–0	2–2	3–1		3–1	3–1	1–3	3–1
Tottenham Hotspur !Tottenham Hotspur	4–4	4–2	3–0	4–1	2–0	4–1	1–1	0–0	1–1	5–0	4–0	2–0	7–2	4–2	6–2	9–2	4–2	1–1		2–1	4–4	1–2
West Bromwich Albion !West Bromwich Albion	1–2	1–0	1–0	2–5	1–2	5–4	1–2	0–4	6–1	6–1	2–1	2–1	1–0	2–1	3–0	1–4	1–2	0–3	1–2		1–0	2–2
West Ham United !West Ham United	0–4	1–1	5–0	0–1	2–2	1–2	1–1	1–2	2–2	1–3	2–0	2–0	1–0	6–1	3–1	4–1	1–1	2–0	1–6	2–2		1–4
Wolverhampton Wanderers !Wolverhampton Wanderers	1–0	3–1	0–2	4–2	2–0	4–0	7–2	0–2	2–1	0–0	1–3	2–1	3–2	8–1	2–3	1–1	0–0	2–2	2–2	7–0	0–0

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	Jimmy Greaves	Tottenham Hotspur	37
2	Joe Baker	Arsenal	29
=	David Layne	Sheffield Wednesday	29
4	Ray Crawford	Ipswich Town	25
5	Roger Hunt	Liverpool	24
=	Roy Vernon	Everton	24
7	Denis Law	Manchester United	23
=	Fred Pickering	Blackburn Rovers	23
=	Alex Harley	Manchester City	23

References

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

RSSSF

External links

wildstat.com

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First Division	Arsenal Aston Villa Birmingham City Blackburn Rovers Blackpool Bolton Wanderers Burnley Everton Fulham Ipswich Town Leicester City Leyton Orient Liverpool Manchester City Manchester United Nottingham Forest Sheffield United Sheffield Wednesday Tottenham Hotspur West Bromwich Albion West Ham United Wolverhampton Wanderers
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