1965–66 Football League First Division

Football League First Division
Season	1965–66
Champions	Liverpool (7th English title)
Relegated	Northampton Town ; Blackburn Rovers
1966–67 European Cup	Liverpool
FA Cup winners; 1966–67 European Cup Winners' Cup	Everton (3rd FA Cup title)
1965–66 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup	Chelsea ; Everton ; Leeds United
Matches played	462
Goals scored	1,457 (3.15 per match)
Top goalscorer	Willie Irvine (Burnley), 29; Roger Hunt (Liverpool), 29
	← 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 30 April, 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 7 May, after Nottingham Forest beat Sheffield Wednesday 1–0 at the City Ground, saving Forest from relegation in the process.

League standings[]

Pos	Team	Pld	HW	HD	HL	HGF	HGA	AW	AD	AL	AGF	AGA	GAv	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Liverpool (C)	42	17	2	2	52	15	9	7	5	27	19	2.324	61	Qualified for European Cup
2	Leeds United	42	14	4	3	49	15	9	5	7	30	23	2.079	55	1965–66 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup
3	Burnley	42	15	3	3	45	20	9	4	8	34	27	1.681	55
4	Manchester United	42	12	8	1	50	20	6	7	8	34	39	1.424	51
5	Chelsea	42	11	4	6	30	21	11	3	7	35	32	1.226	51	1965–66 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup
6	West Bromwich Albion	42	11	6	4	58	34	8	6	7	33	35	1.319	50	League Cup Winners
7	Leicester City	42	12	4	5	40	28	9	3	9	40	37	1.231	49
8	Tottenham Hotspur	42	11	6	4	55	37	5	6	10	20	29	1.136	44
9	Sheffield United	42	11	6	4	37	25	5	5	11	19	34	0.949	43
10	Stoke City	42	12	6	3	42	22	3	6	12	23	42	1.016	42
11	Everton	42	12	6	3	39	19	3	5	13	17	43	0.903	41	FA Cup winners, qualified for Cup Winners' Cup and 1965–66 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup
12	West Ham United	42	12	5	4	46	33	3	4	14	24	50	0.843	39
13	Blackpool	42	9	5	7	36	29	5	4	12	19	36	0.846	37
14	Arsenal	42	8	8	5	36	31	4	5	12	26	44	0.827	37
15	Newcastle United	42	10	5	6	26	20	4	4	13	24	43	0.794	37
16	Aston Villa	42	10	3	8	39	34	5	3	13	30	46	0.863	36
17	Sheffield Wednesday	42	11	6	4	35	18	3	2	16	21	48	0.848	36
18	Nottingham Forest	42	11	3	7	31	26	3	5	13	25	46	0.778	36
19	Sunderland	42	13	2	6	36	28	1	6	14	15	44	0.708	36
20	Fulham	42	9	4	8	34	37	5	3	13	33	48	0.788	35
21	Northampton Town	42	8	6	7	31	32	2	7	12	24	60	0.598	33	Relegated
22	Blackburn Rovers	42	6	1	14	30	36	2	3	16	27	52	0.648	20	Relegated

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

Results[]

Home \ Away	ARS	AST	BLB	BLP	BUR	CHE	EVE	FUL	LEE	LEI	LIV	MUN	NEW	NOR	NOT	SHU	SHW	STK	SUN	TOT	WBA	WHU
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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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

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	Roger Hunt	Liverpool	29
=	Willie Irvine	Burnley	29
2	Tony Hateley	Aston Villa	27
3	David Herd	Manchester United	24
4	Geoff Hurst	West Ham United	23
5	Jackie Sinclair	Leicester City	22

References[]

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

RSSSF

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

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