1963–64 Football League First Division

Football League First Division
Season	1963–64
Champions	Liverpool (6th English title)
Relegated	Bolton Wanderers ; Ipswich Town
European Cup 1964–65	Liverpool
FA Cup winners; European Cup Winners' Cup 1964–65	West Ham United (1st FA Cup title)
Inter-Cities Fairs Cup 1963–64	Arsenal; Sheffield Wednesday
Matches played	462
Goals scored	1,571 (3.4 per match)
Top goalscorer	Jimmy Greaves (Tottenham Hotspur), 35
Biggest home win	Fulham v Ipswich Town 10–1
Biggest away win	West Ham United v Blackpool 2–8
Highest scoring	Fulham v Ipswich Town 10–1
	← 1962–63 1964–65 →

Statistics of Football League First Division in the 1963-64 season.

Overview[]

Liverpool won the First Division title for the sixth time in the club's history that season.

League standings[]

Pos	Team	Pld	HW	HD	HL	HGF	HGA	AW	AD	AL	AGF	AGA	GAv	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Liverpool (C)	42	16	0	5	60	18	10	5	6	32	27	2.044	57	Qualified for European Cup
2	Manchester United	42	15	3	3	54	19	8	4	9	36	43	1.452	53
3	Everton	42	14	4	3	53	26	7	6	8	31	38	1.313	52
4	Tottenham Hotspur	42	13	3	5	54	31	9	4	8	43	50	1.198	51
5	Chelsea	42	12	3	6	36	24	8	7	6	36	32	1.286	50
6	Sheffield Wednesday	42	15	3	3	50	24	4	8	9	34	43	1.254	49	Inter-Cities Fairs Cup 1963–64
7	Blackburn Rovers	42	10	4	7	44	28	8	6	7	45	37	1.369	46
8	Arsenal	42	10	7	4	56	37	7	4	10	34	45	1.098	45	Inter-Cities Fairs Cup 1963–64
9	Burnley	42	14	3	4	46	23	3	7	11	25	41	1.109	44
10	West Bromwich Albion	42	9	6	6	43	35	7	5	9	27	26	1.148	43
11	Leicester City	42	9	4	8	33	27	7	7	7	28	31	1.052	43	League Cup Winners
12	Sheffield United	42	10	6	5	35	22	6	5	10	26	42	0.953	43
13	Nottingham Forest	42	9	5	7	34	24	7	4	10	30	44	0.941	41
14	West Ham United	42	8	7	6	45	38	6	5	10	24	36	0.932	40	FA Cup winners, qualified for Cup Winners' Cup
15	Fulham	42	11	8	2	45	23	2	5	14	13	42	0.892	39
16	Wolverhampton Wanderers	42	6	9	6	36	34	6	6	9	34	46	0.875	39
17	Stoke City	42	9	6	6	49	33	5	4	12	28	45	0.987	38
18	Blackpool	42	8	6	7	26	29	5	3	13	26	44	0.712	35
19	Aston Villa	42	8	6	7	35	29	3	6	12	27	42	0.873	34
20	Birmingham City	42	7	7	7	33	32	4	0	17	21	60	0.587	29
21	Bolton Wanderers	42	6	5	10	30	35	4	3	14	18	45	0.600	28	Relegated
22	Ipswich Town	42	9	3	9	38	45	0	4	17	18	76	0.463	25	Relegated

Source:^{[citation needed]}
(C) League Champions

Results[]

Home \ Away	ARS	AST	BIR	BLB	BLP	BOL	BUR	CHE	EVE	FUL	IPS	LEI	LIV	MUN	NOT	SHU	SHW	STK	TOT	WBA	WHU	WOL
Arsenal		3–0	4–1	0–0	5–3	4–3	3–2	2–4	6–0	2–2	6–0	0–1	1–1	2–1	4–2	1–3	1–1	1–1	4–4	3–2	3–3	1–3
Aston Villa	2–1		0–3	1–2	3–1	3–0	2–0	2–0	0–1	2–2	0–0	1–3	2–2	4–0	3–0	0–1	2–2	1–3	2–4	1–0	2–2	2–2
Birmingham City	1–4	3–3		2–2	3–2	2–1	0–0	3–4	0–2	0–0	1–0	2–0	3–1	1–1	3–3	3–0	1–2	0–1	1–2	0–1	2–1	2–2
Blackburn Rovers	4–1	2–0	3–0		1–2	3–0	1–2	2–2	1–2	2–0	3–1	5–2	1–2	1–3	2–0	2–2	1–1	1–0	7–2	0–2	1–3	1–1
Blackpool	0–1	0–4	3–0	3–2		2–0	1–1	1–5	1–1	1–0	2–2	3–3	0–1	1–0	1–0	2–2	2–2	1–0	0–2	1–0	0–1	1–2
Bolton Wanderers	1–1	1–1	0–2	0–5	1–1		2–1	1–0	1–3	2–1	6–0	0–0	1–2	0–1	2–3	3–0	3–0	3–4	1–3	1–2	1–1	0–4
Burnley	0–3	2–0	2–1	3–0	1–0	1–1		0–0	2–3	4–1	3–1	2–0	0–3	6–1	1–1	1–2	3–1	1–0	7–2	3–2	3–1	1–0
Chelsea	3–1	1–0	2–3	1–0	1–0	4–0	2–0		1–0	1–2	4–0	1–0	1–3	1–1	1–0	3–2	1–2	3–3	0–3	3–1	0–0	2–3
Everton	2–1	4–2	3–0	2–4	3–1	2–0	3–4	1–1		3–0	1–1	0–3	3–1	4–0	6–1	4–1	3–2	2–0	1–0	1–1	2–0	3–3
Fulham	1–4	2–0	2–1	1–1	1–1	3–1	2–1	0–1	2–2		10–1	2–1	1–0	2–2	0–0	3–1	2–0	3–3	1–1	1–1	2–0	4–1
Ipswich Town	1–2	4–3	3–2	0–0	4–3	1–3	3–1	1–3	0–0	4–2		1–1	1–2	2–7	4–3	1–0	1–4	0–2	2–3	1–2	3–2	1–0
Leicester City	7–2	0–0	3–0	4–3	2–3	1–0	0–0	2–4	2–0	0–1	2–1		0–2	3–2	1–1	0–1	2–0	2–1	0–1	0–2	2–2	0–1
Liverpool	5–0	5–2	2–1	1–2	1–2	2–0	2–0	2–1	2–1	2–0	6–0	0–1		3–0	1–2	6–1	3–1	6–1	3–1	1–0	1–2	6–0
Manchester United	3–1	1–0	1–2	2–2	3–0	5–0	5–1	1–1	5–1	3–0	2–0	3–1	0–1		3–1	2–1	3–1	5–2	4–1	1–0	0–1	2–2
Nottingham Forest	2–0	0–1	4–0	1–1	0–1	3–1	1–3	0–1	2–2	2–0	3–1	2–0	0–0	1–2		3–3	3–2	0–0	1–2	0–3	3–1	3–0
Sheffield United	2–2	1–1	3–0	0–1	1–0	0–1	2–0	1–1	0–0	1–0	3–1	0–1	3–0	1–2	1–2		1–1	4–1	3–3	2–1	2–1	4–3
Sheffield Wednesday	0–4	1–0	2–1	5–2	1–0	3–0	3–1	3–2	0–3	3–0	3–1	1–2	2–2	3–3	3–1	3–0		2–0	2–0	2–2	3–0	5–0
Stoke City	1–2	2–2	4–1	3–1	1–2	0–1	4–4	2–0	3–2	1–1	9–1	3–3	3–1	3–1	0–1	0–2	4–4		2–1	1–1	3–0	0–2
Tottenham Hotspur	3–1	3–1	6–1	4–1	6–1	1–0	3–2	1–2	2–4	1–0	6–3	1–1	1–3	2–3	4–1	0–0	1–1	2–1		0–2	3–0	4–3
West Bromwich Albion	4–0	4–3	3–1	1–3	2–1	1–1	0–0	1–1	4–2	3–0	2–1	1–1	2–2	1–4	2–3	2–0	1–3	2–3	4–4		0–1	3–1
West Ham United	1–1	0–1	5–0	2–8	3–1	2–3	1–1	2–2	4–2	1–1	2–2	2–2	1–0	0–2	0–2	2–3	4–3	4–1	4–0	4–2		1–1
Wolverhampton Wanderers	2–2	3–3	5–1	1–5	1–1	2–2	1–1	4–1	0–0	4–0	2–1	1–2	1–2	2–0	2–3	1–1	1–1	2–1	1–4	0–0	0–2

Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane’s, London & Sydney, 1980.
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top scorers[]

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Jimmy Greaves	Tottenham Hotspur	35
2	Fred Pickering	Blackburn Rovers / Everton	32
=	Andy McEvoy	Blackburn Rovers	32
4	Roger Hunt	Liverpool	31
5	Denis Law	Manchester United	30
6	Ray Crawford	Ipswich Town / Wolverhampton Wanderers	28

References[]

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

RSSSF

External links[]

wildstat.com

[topscorers-1] "English League Leading Goalscorers". RSSSF. Retrieved 2010-10-31.

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