1966–67 Football League First Division

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Football League First Division
Season1966–67
ChampionsManchester United (7th English title)
RelegatedAston Villa
Blackpool
1967–68 European CupManchester United
FA Cup winners
1967–68 European Cup Winners' Cup		Tottenham Hotspur (5th FA Cup title)
1967–68 Inter-Cities Fairs CupBurnley
Leeds United
Liverpool
West Bromwich Albion
Matches played462
Goals scored1,387 (3 per match)
Top goalscorerRon Davies (Southampton), 37 [1]

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 6 May, 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 15 April, after losing 2–0 at Stoke City whilst Aston Villa joined them on 6 May, after losing 4–2 at home against Everton with Southampton's win against Nottingham Forest confirming their relegation.

League standings[]

Pos Team Pld HW HD HL HGF HGA AW AD AL AGF AGA GAv Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Manchester United (C) 42 17 4 0 51 13 7 8 6 33 32 1.867 60 Qualified for European Cup
2 Nottingham Forest 42 16 4 1 41 13 7 6 8 23 28 1.561 56
3 Tottenham Hotspur 42 15 3 3 44 21 9 5 7 27 27 1.479 56 FA Cup winners, qualified for Cup Winners' Cup
4 Leeds United 42 15 4 2 41 17 7 7 7 21 25 1.476 55 1967-68 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup
5 Liverpool 42 12 7 2 36 17 7 6 8 28 30 1.362 51
6 Everton 42 11 4 6 39 22 8 6 7 26 24 1.413 48
7 Arsenal 42 11 6 4 32 20 5 8 8 26 27 1.234 46
8 Leicester City 42 12 4 5 47 28 6 4 11 31 43 1.099 44
9 Chelsea 42 7 9 5 33 29 8 5 8 34 33 1.081 44
10 Sheffield United 42 11 5 5 34 22 5 5 11 18 37 0.881 42
11 Sheffield Wednesday 42 9 7 5 39 19 5 6 10 17 28 1.191 41
12 Stoke City 42 11 5 5 40 21 6 2 13 23 37 1.086 41
13 West Bromwich Albion 42 11 1 9 40 28 5 6 10 37 45 1.055 39 1967-68 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup
14 Burnley 42 11 4 6 43 28 4 5 12 23 48 0.868 39
15 Manchester City 42 8 9 4 27 25 4 6 11 16 27 0.827 39
16 West Ham United 42 8 6 7 40 31 6 2 13 40 53 0.952 36
17 Sunderland 42 12 3 6 39 26 2 5 14 19 46 0.806 36
18 Fulham 42 8 7 6 49 34 3 5 13 22 49 0.855 34
19 Southampton 42 10 3 8 49 41 4 3 14 25 51 0.804 34
20 Newcastle United 42 9 5 7 24 27 3 4 14 15 54 0.481 33
21 Aston Villa 42 7 5 9 30 33 4 2 15 24 52 0.635 29 Relegated
22 Blackpool 42 1 5 15 18 36 5 4 12 23 40 0.539 21
Source:[citation needed]
(C) League champions

Results[]

Home \ Away 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
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 Wales Ron Davies Southampton 37
2 England Geoff Hurst West Ham United 29
3 England Jimmy Greaves Tottenham Hotspur 25
4 England Allan Clarke Fulham 24
5 Scotland Denis Law Manchester United 23

References[]

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