1962–63 Football League First Division

1962–63 season of Football League First Division First Division 1962–63 Everton6th English title Manchester CityLeyton Orient European Cup Everton European Cup Winners' Cup Tottenham HotspurManchester United Inter-Cities Fairs Cup Sheffield WednesdayArsenal Jimmy Greaves(37 goals)https://www.rsssf.org/tablese/engtops.html English League Leading Goalscorers RSSSF 2010-10-31 Wolverhampton Wanderers 8–1 Manchester City(18 August 1962)Tottenham Hotspur 9–2 Nottingham Forest(29 September 1962)Wolverhampton Wanderers 7–0 West Bromwich Albion(16 March 1963) West Ham United 1–6 Tottenham Hotspur(25 August 1962)Manchester City 1–6 West Ham United(8 September 1962)Fulham 0–5 Wolverhampton Wanderers(8 December 1962) Tottenham Hotspur 9–2 Nottingham Forest(29 September 1962) 462 1536 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 4 May after 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 main WDL World Football EVE, TOT, BUR, LEI, WOL, SHW, ARS, LIV, NFO, SHU, BLA, WHU, BLP, WBA, AVL, FUL, IPS, BOL, MUN, BIR, MCI, LEY ECPR CWC2R IFC1R IFC1R CWC1R REL REL complete 18 10 14 86 77 15 8 19 62 68 10 13 19 63 90 15 12 15 79 71 13 14 15 58 64 15 5 22 55 75 22 10 10 78 57 25 11 6 84 42 14 10 18 50 71 12 11 19 59 78 20 12 10 79 53 6 9 27 37 81 17 10 15 71 59 10 11 21 58 102 12 10 20 67 81 17 10 15 67 69 16 12 14 58 60 19 10 13 77 63 23 9 10 111 62 16 7 19 71 79 14 12 16 73 69 20 10 12 93 65 C R R 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 5 2 y 1) Points; 2) Goal average; 3) Goals scored QR green1 Qualification for the European Cup preliminary round yellow1 Qualification for the European Cup Winners' Cup second round Tottenham Hotspur qualified for the European Cup Winners' Cup second round as the 1962–63 European Cup Winners' Cup winners. yellow2 Qualification for the European Cup Winners' Cup first round Manchester United qualified for the European Cup Winners' Cup first round as the 1962–63 FA Cup winners. blue1 Qualification for the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup first round red1 Relegation to the Second Division Results main FBR grey ARS AST BIR BLB BLP BOL BUR EVE FUL IPS LEI LEY LIV MCI MUN NOT SHU SHW TOT WBA WHU WOL 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 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 City 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane’s, London & Sydney, 1980. Top scorers Rank Player Club Goals 1ENG Jimmy Greaves Tottenham Hotspur 37 2ENG Joe Baker Arsenal 29 =ENG David Layne Sheffield Wednesday 29 4ENG Ray Crawford Ipswich Town 25 5ENG Roger Hunt Liverpool 24 =WAL Roy Vernon Everton 24 7SCO Denis Law Manchester United 23 =ENG Fred Pickering Blackburn Rovers 23 =SCO Alex Harley Manchester City 23 Attendances Everton FC drew the highest average home attendance in the league. { class"wikitable sortable" !#!!Football club!!Home games!!Average attendancePremier League 1962/1963 - Attendance https://www.worldfootball.net/competition/co91/se4696/attendance/ - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Everton FC 21 51,603 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Tottenham Hotspur 21 47,342 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Liverpool FC 21 42,971 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Manchester United 21 40,329 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Arsenal FC 21 32,288 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Aston Villa 21 30,779 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Wolverhampton Wanderers 21 26,817 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Leicester City 21 25,841 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Burnley FC 21 25,180 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Sheffield Wednesday 21 24,790 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Manchester City 21 24,683 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count West Ham United 21 23,621 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Sheffield United 21 22,775 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Birmingham City 21 22,524 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Nottingham Forest 21 22,086 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Fulham FC 21 21,986 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Bolton Wanderers 21 19,406 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Ipswich Town 21 19,044 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Blackpool FC 21 18,536 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count West Bromwich Albion 21 18,531 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Leyton Orient 21 16,406 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Blackburn Rovers 21 16,001 - } References RSSSF External links wildstat.com Category:Football League First Division seasons Eng Category:1962–63 Football League Category:1962–63 in English football leagues