1965–66 Football League First Division

1965–66 season of Football League First Division Football League First Division 1965–66 Liverpool7th English title Northampton TownBlackburn Rovers European Cup Liverpool European Cup Winners' Cup Everton Inter-Cities Fairs Cup Leeds UnitedBurnleyWest Bromwich Albion Roger HuntWillie Irvine(29 goals each)https://www.rsssf.org/tablese/engtops.html English League Leading Goalscorers RSSSF 2010-10-31 462 1457 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 main WDL World Football LIV, LEE, BUR, MUN, CHE, WBA, LEI, TOT, SHU, STK, EVE, WHU, BLP, ARS, NEW, AVL, SHW, NFO, SUN, FUL, NHT, BLA EC1R IFC2R IFC1R IFC2R CWC1R REL REL complete 12 13 17 62 75 15 6 21 69 80 8 4 30 57 88 14 9 19 55 65 24 7 11 79 47 22 7 13 65 53 15 11 16 56 62 14 7 21 67 85 23 9 10 79 38 21 7 14 80 65 26 9 7 79 34 18 15 9 84 59 14 9 19 50 63 10 13 19 55 92 14 8 20 56 72 16 11 15 56 59 14 8 20 56 66 15 12 15 65 64 14 8 20 51 72 16 12 14 75 66 19 12 11 91 69 15 9 18 70 83 C R R Arsenal Aston Villa Blackburn Rovers Blackpool Burnley Chelsea Everton Fulham Leeds United Leicester City Liverpool Manchester United Newcastle United Northampton Town Nottingham Forest Sheffield United Sheffield Wednesday Stoke City Sunderland Tottenham Hotspur West Bromwich Albion West Ham United 5 2 y 1) Points; 2) Goal average; 3) Goals scored QR green1 Qualification for the European Cup first round yellow1 Qualification for the European Cup Winners' Cup first round Everton qualified for the European Cup Winners' Cup as the 1965–66 FA Cup winners. blue1 Qualification for the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup second round blue2 Qualification for the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup first round red1 Relegation to the Second Division Results main FBR grey 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 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 Roger Hunt Liverpool 29=NIR Willie Irvine Burnley 29 2ENG Tony Hateley Aston Villa 27 3SCO David Herd Manchester United 24 4ENG Geoff Hurst West Ham United 23 5SCO Jackie Sinclair Leicester City 22 References RSSSF Category:Football League First Division seasons Eng Category:1965–66 Football League Category:1965–66 in English football leagues lt:Anglijos futbolo varžybos 1965–1966 m. hu:1965–1966-es angol labdarúgó-bajnokság (első osztály) ru:Футбольная лига Англии 1965-1966