1965–66 Football League

The Football League
Season	1965–66
Champions	Liverpool
← 1964–65 1966–67 →

The 1965–1966 season was the 67th completed season of The Football League.

This season is notable for Liverpool winning the title with only 14 squad players.

Final league tables

The tables and results below are reproduced here in the exact form that they can be found at The Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation website^[1] and in Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79,^[2] with home and away statistics separated.

Beginning with the season 1894–95, clubs finishing level on points were separated according to goal average (goals scored divided by goals conceded), or more properly put, goal ratio. In case one or more teams had the same goal difference, this system favoured those teams who had scored fewer goals. The goal average system was eventually scrapped beginning with the 1976–77 season.

Since the goal average was used for this purpose for such a long time, it is presented in the tables below even for the seasons prior to 1894–95, and since the goal difference is a more informative piece of information for a modern reader than the goal average, the goal difference is added in this presentation after the goal average.

Since the Fourth Division was established in the 1958–59 season, the re-election process has concerned the bottom four clubs in that division.^[2]

First Division

Football League, First Division
Season	1965–66
Relegated	Northampton Town Blackburn Rovers
European Cup 1966–67	Liverpool
FA Cup winners European Cup Winners' Cup 1966–67	Everton (3rd FA Cup title)
Inter-Cities Fairs Cup 1965–66	Chelsea Everton Leeds United
Matches played	462
Goals scored	1457 (3.15 per match)
Top goalscorer	Willie Irvine (Burnley) 29 ^[3] Roger Hunt (Liverpool) 29 ^[4]
← 1964–65 1966–67 →

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	F	A	GA	GD	Pts	Notes
1	Liverpool	42	17	2	2	52	15	9	7	5	27	19	79	34	2.324	+45	61	European Cup 1966–67 First round
2	Leeds United	42	14	4	3	49	15	9	5	7	30	23	79	38	2.079	+41	55	Participated in Inter-Cities Fairs Cup 1965–66
3	Burnley	42	15	3	3	45	20	9	4	8	34	27	79	47	1.681	+32	55
4	Manchester United	42	12	8	1	50	20	6	7	8	34	39	84	59	1.424	+25	51
5	Chelsea	42	11	4	6	30	21	11	3	7	35	32	65	53	1.226	+12	51	Participated in Inter-Cities Fairs Cup 1965–66
6	West Bromwich Albion	42	11	6	4	58	34	8	6	7	33	35	91	69	1.319	+22	50
7	Leicester City	42	12	4	5	40	28	9	3	9	40	37	80	65	1.231	+15	49
8	Tottenham Hotspur	42	11	6	4	55	37	5	6	10	20	29	75	66	1.136	+9	44
9	Sheffield United	42	11	6	4	37	25	5	5	11	19	34	56	59	0.949	–3	43
10	Stoke City	42	12	6	3	42	22	3	6	12	23	42	65	64	1.016	+1	42
11	Everton	42	12	6	3	39	19	3	5	13	17	43	56	62	0.903	–6	41	Participated in Inter-Cities Fairs Cup 1965–66 ; UEFA Cup Winners' Cup 1966–67 First round
12	West Ham United	42	12	5	4	46	33	3	4	14	24	50	70	83	0.843	–13	39
13	Blackpool	42	9	5	7	36	29	5	4	12	19	36	55	65	0.846	–10	37
14	Arsenal	42	8	8	5	36	31	4	5	12	26	44	62	75	0.827	–13	37
15	Newcastle United	42	10	5	6	26	20	4	4	13	24	43	50	63	0.794	–13	37
16	Aston Villa	42	10	3	8	39	34	5	3	13	30	46	69	80	0.863	–11	36
17	Sheffield Wednesday	42	11	6	4	35	18	3	2	16	21	48	56	66	0.848	–10	36
18	Nottingham Forest	42	11	3	7	31	26	3	5	13	25	46	56	72	0.778	–16	36
19	Sunderland	42	13	2	6	36	28	1	6	14	15	44	51	72	0.708	–21	36
20	Fulham	42	9	4	8	34	37	5	3	13	33	48	67	85	0.788	–18	35
21	Northampton Town	42	8	6	7	31	32	2	7	12	24	60	55	92	0.598	–37	33
22	Blackburn Rovers	42	6	1	14	30	36	2	3	16	27	52	57	88	0.648	–31	20

P = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; GA = Goal average; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points

Key
	League Champions, qualified for European Cup
	FA Cup winners, qualified for Cup Winners' Cup
	Inter-Cities Fairs Cup 1965–66 ; see also Everton
	League Cup Winners
	Relegated

First Division results

Home ╲ Away	Arsenal !ARS	Aston Villa !AST	Blackburn Rovers !BLB	Blackpool !BLP	Burnley !BUR	Chelsea !CHE	Everton !EVE	Fulham !FUL	Leeds United !LEE	Leicester City !LEI	Liverpool !LIV	Manchester United !MUN	Newcastle United !NEW	Northampton Town !NOR	Nottingham Forest !NOT	Sheffield United !SHU	Sheffield Wednesday !SHW	Stoke City !STK	Sunderland !SUN	Tottenham Hotspur !TOT	West Bromwich Albion !WBA	West Ham United !WHU
Arsenal !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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

Source: Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane’s, London & Sydney, 1980.
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

First Division maps

Locations of the Football League First Division 1965–1966 teams

Locations of the Football League First Division London teams 1965–1966

Second Division

Football League, Second Division
Season	1965–66
Champions	Manchester City (6th title)
Promoted	Southampton
Relegated	Leyton Orient, Middlesbrough
Matches played	462
Goals scored	1421 (3.08 per match)
Top goalscorer	Martin Chivers (Southampton), 30 ^[3]
← 1964–65 1966–67 →

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	F	A	GA	GD	Pts
1	Manchester City	42	14	7	0	40	14	8	8	5	36	30	76	44	1.727	+32	59
2	Southampton	42	13	4	4	51	25	9	6	6	34	31	85	56	1.518	+29	54
3	Coventry City	42	14	5	2	54	31	6	8	7	19	22	73	53	1.377	+20	53
4	Huddersfield Town	42	12	7	2	35	12	7	6	8	27	24	62	36	1.722	+26	51
5	Bristol City	42	9	10	2	27	15	8	7	6	36	33	63	48	1.313	+15	51
6	Wolverhampton Wanderers	42	15	4	2	52	18	5	6	10	35	43	87	61	1.426	+26	50
7	Rotherham United	42	12	6	3	48	29	4	8	9	27	45	75	74	1.014	+1	46
8	Derby County	42	13	2	6	48	31	3	9	9	23	37	71	68	1.044	+3	43
9	Bolton Wanderers	42	12	2	7	43	25	4	7	10	19	34	62	59	1.051	+3	41
10	Birmingham City	42	10	6	5	41	29	6	3	12	29	46	70	75	0.933	–5	41
11	Crystal Palace	42	11	7	3	29	16	3	6	12	18	36	47	52	0.904	–5	41
12	Portsmouth	42	13	4	4	47	26	3	4	14	27	52	74	78	0.949	–4	40
13	Norwich City	42	8	7	6	33	27	4	8	9	19	25	52	52	1.000	±0	39
14	Carlisle United	42	16	2	3	43	19	1	3	17	17	44	60	63	0.952	–3	39
15	Ipswich Town	42	12	6	3	38	23	3	3	15	20	43	58	66	0.879	–8	39
16	Charlton Athletic	42	10	6	5	39	29	2	8	11	22	41	61	70	0.871	–9	38
17	Preston North End	42	7	10	4	37	23	4	5	12	25	47	62	70	0.886	–8	37
18	Plymouth Argyle	42	7	8	6	37	26	5	5	11	17	37	54	63	0.857	–9	37
19	Bury	42	12	5	4	45	25	2	2	17	17	51	62	76	0.816	–14	35
20	Cardiff City	42	10	3	8	37	35	2	7	12	34	56	71	91	0.780	–20	34
21	Middlesbrough	42	8	8	5	36	28	2	5	14	22	58	58	86	0.674	–28	33
22	Leyton Orient	42	3	9	9	19	36	2	4	15	19	44	38	80	0.475	–42	23

P = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; GA = Goal average; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points

Key
	Division Champions, promoted
	Promoted
	Relegated

Second Division results

Home ╲ Away	Birmingham City !BIR	Bolton Wanderers !BOL	Bristol City !BRI	Bury !BRY	Cardiff City !CAR	Carlisle United !CRL	Charlton Athletic !CHA	Coventry City !COV	Crystal Palace !CRY	Derby County !DER	Huddersfield Town !HUD	Ipswich Town !IPS	Leyton Orient !LEY	Manchester City !MCI	Middlesbrough !MID	Norwich City !NOR	Plymouth Argyle !PLY	Portsmouth !POR	Preston North End !PNE	Rotherham United !ROT	Southampton !SOU	Wolverhampton Wanderers !WOL
Birmingham City !Birmingham City		0–1	1–3	4–0	4–2	2–1	2–2	0–1	2–1	5–5	2–1	4–1	2–2	3–1	1–1	1–0	1–0	1–3	1–1	3–0	0–1	2–2
Bolton Wanderers !Bolton Wanderers	1–2		1–2	2–1	2–1	4–0	4–2	4–2	3–0	0–1	1–1	3–1	2–0	1–0	6–0	1–1	0–1	2–0	1–3	1–3	2–3	2–1
Bristol City !Bristol City	2–0	2–2		2–1	1–1	2–0	0–0	1–1	1–1	1–1	2–1	4–1	2–0	1–1	2–2	0–0	0–0	1–0	1–0	2–1	0–1	0–1
Bury !Bury	5–1	1–1	1–2		1–1	2–1	3–0	1–1	2–2	4–1	0–4	1–1	3–0	2–1	2–0	2–5	1–0	1–0	5–0	6–1	1–3	1–0
Cardiff City !Cardiff City	1–3	1–1	2–1	1–0		1–1	3–1	1–2	1–0	2–1	0–1	1–0	3–1	4–3	5–3	0–2	5–1	1–2	1–3	0–0	3–5	1–4
Carlisle United !Carlisle United	1–0	1–1	5–0	4–1	2–0		3–1	2–2	3–1	2–1	2–0	3–1	1–0	1–2	2–1	4–1	1–3	2–1	0–2	1–0	1–0	2–1
Charlton Athletic !Charlton Athletic	2–1	0–1	1–4	0–1	5–2	3–2		2–0	1–0	2–2	0–2	2–0	3–0	2–3	1–0	2–1	1–1	2–2	5–2	2–2	2–2	1–1
Coventry City !Coventry City	4–3	2–2	2–2	1–0	3–1	3–2	3–1		0–1	3–2	0–3	3–1	1–1	3–3	2–1	2–0	5–1	3–2	5–1	2–2	5–1	2–1
Crystal Palace !Crystal Palace	1–0	1–1	2–1	1–0	0–0	2–0	2–0	0–1		1–1	2–1	3–1	2–1	0–2	1–1	0–0	3–1	4–1	1–1	2–2	1–0	0–1
Derby County !Derby County	5–3	2–0	2–1	4–1	1–5	3–1	2–0	1–0	4–0		4–1	2–2	1–3	1–2	5–0	3–1	1–2	3–1	1–0	1–3	0–3	2–2
Huddersfield Town !Huddersfield Town	2–0	1–0	3–0	2–0	1–1	2–0	1–1	0–2	1–1	1–3		1–0	1–1	0–0	6–0	0–0	2–1	2–0	2–1	4–0	2–0	1–1
Ipswich Town !Ipswich Town	0–1	2–0	0–0	3–4	2–1	1–0	1–4	1–0	2–2	2–2	2–2		3–2	1–1	2–1	2–0	4–1	1–0	1–0	0–0	3–0	5–2
Leyton Orient !Leyton Orient	2–1	1–0	0–4	2–2	1–1	2–1	1–2	1–1	0–2	0–0	0–2	1–4		2–2	2–3	0–0	0–1	0–0	2–2	1–4	1–1	0–3
Manchester City !Manchester City	3–1	4–1	2–2	1–0	2–2	2–1	0–0	1–0	3–1	1–0	2–0	2–1	5–0		3–1	0–0	1–1	3–0	0–0	3–1	0–0	2–1
Middlesbrough !Middlesbrough	1–1	1–1	4–2	1–0	3–4	0–2	2–2	1–1	2–2	0–0	1–3	3–2	2–1	1–1		0–1	0–1	5–2	2–1	4–0	0–0	3–1
Norwich City !Norwich City	2–2	3–0	0–0	4–0	3–2	2–0	2–0	1–1	2–1	0–1	1–1	1–0	2–1	3–3	1–2		0–0	1–3	1–1	1–2	3–4	0–3
Plymouth Argyle !Plymouth Argyle	6–1	1–3	0–2	2–2	2–2	0–0	3–0	1–2	1–2	0–0	0–0	3–0	1–1	1–0	2–2	2–0		3–1	0–1	5–2	2–3	2–2
Portsmouth !Portsmouth	0–1	1–0	2–4	4–0	3–1	4–1	3–1	2–0	1–1	1–1	2–1	1–0	4–1	2–2	4–1	0–3	4–1		4–1	1–1	2–5	2–0
Preston North End !Preston North End	3–3	0–1	1–1	2–1	9–0	2–1	3–3	0–0	2–0	2–0	1–1	0–1	1–2	0–3	1–1	0–0	2–0	4–1		1–1	1–1	2–2
Rotherham United !Rotherham United	3–4	2–1	1–2	2–1	6–4	3–3	0–0	1–1	3–0	3–0	0–0	0–0	2–1	0–1	4–1	2–1	2–0	3–3	6–3		1–0	4–3
Southampton !Southampton	0–1	5–1	2–2	6–2	3–2	1–0	1–0	1–0	1–0	3–1	0–1	1–2	1–0	0–1	3–1	2–2	4–1	2–2	5–2	1–1		9–3
Wolverhampton Wanderers !Wolverhampton Wanderers	2–0	3–1	1–1	3–0	2–1	3–0	2–2	0–1	1–0	4–0	2–1	4–1	2–1	2–4	3–0	2–1	0–0	8–2	3–0	4–1	1–1

Second Division maps

Wolverhampton Wanderers

Locations of the Football League Second Division 1965–1966 teams

Charlton Athletic

Crystal Palace

Leyton Orient

Locations of the Football League Second Division London teams 1965–1966

Third Division

Football League, Third Division
Season	1965–66
Champions	Hull City (1st title)
Promoted	Millwall
Relegated	Brentford, Exeter City, Southend United, York City
Matches played	552
Goals scored	1628 (2.95 per match)
Top goalscorer	Les Allen (Queens Park Rangers), 30 ^[3]
← 1964–65 1966–67 →

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	F	A	GA	GD	Pts	Notes
1	Hull City	46	19	2	2	64	24	12	5	6	45	38	109	62	1.758	+47	69
2	Millwall	46	19	4	0	47	13	8	7	8	29	30	76	43	1.767	+33	65
3	Queens Park Rangers	46	16	3	4	62	29	8	6	9	33	36	95	65	1.462	+30	57
4	Scunthorpe United	46	9	8	6	44	34	12	3	8	36	33	80	67	1.194	+13	53
5	Workington	46	13	6	4	38	18	6	8	9	29	39	67	57	1.175	+10	52
6	Gillingham	46	14	4	5	33	19	8	4	11	29	35	62	54	1.148	+8	52
7	Swindon Town	46	11	8	4	43	18	8	5	10	31	30	74	48	1.542	+26	51
8	Reading	46	13	5	5	36	19	6	8	9	34	44	70	63	1.111	+7	51
9	Walsall	46	13	7	3	48	21	7	3	13	29	43	77	64	1.203	+13	50
10	Shrewsbury Town	46	13	7	3	48	22	6	4	13	25	42	73	64	1.141	+9	49
11	Grimsby Town	46	15	6	2	47	25	2	7	14	21	37	68	62	1.097	+6	47
12	Watford	46	12	4	7	33	19	5	9	9	22	32	55	51	1.078	+4	47
13	Peterborough United	46	13	6	4	50	26	4	6	13	30	40	80	66	1.212	+14	46
14	Oxford United	46	11	3	9	38	33	8	5	10	32	41	70	74	0.946	–4	46
15	Brighton & Hove Albion	46	13	4	6	48	28	3	7	13	19	37	67	65	1.031	+2	43
16	Bristol Rovers	46	11	10	2	38	15	3	4	16	26	49	64	64	1.000	±0	42
17	Swansea Town	46	14	4	5	61	37	1	7	15	20	59	81	96	0.844	–15	41	UEFA Cup Winners' Cup 1966–67 First round
18	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	46	9	8	6	24	19	4	4	15	14	37	38	56	0.679	–28	38
19	Mansfield Town	46	10	5	8	31	36	5	3	15	28	53	59	89	0.663	–30	38
20	Oldham Athletic	46	8	7	8	34	33	4	6	13	21	48	55	81	0.679	–26	37
21	Southend United	46	15	1	7	43	28	1	3	19	11	55	54	83	0.651	–29	36
22	Exeter City	46	9	6	8	36	28	3	5	15	17	51	53	79	0.671	–26	35
23	Brentford	46	9	4	10	34	30	1	8	14	14	39	48	69	0.696	–21	32
24	York City	46	5	7	11	30	44	4	2	17	23	62	53	106	0.500	–53	27

P = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; GA = Goal average; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points

Key
	Division Champions, promoted
	Promoted
	Welsh Cup winners, qualified for Cup Winners' Cup
	Relegated

Third Division results

Home ╲ Away	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic !BOU	Brentford !BRE	Brighton & Hove Albion !BHA	Bristol Rovers !BRO	Exeter City !EXE	Gillingham !GIL	Grimsby Town !GRI	Hull City !HUL	Mansfield Town !MAN	Millwall !MIL	Oldham Athletic !OLD	Oxford United !OXF	Peterborough United !PET	Queens Park Rangers !QPR	Reading !REA	Scunthorpe United !SCU	Shrewsbury Town !SHR	Southend !STD	Swansea Town !SWA	Swindon Town !SWI	Walsall !WAL	Watford !WAT	Workington !WRK	York City !YOR
Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic !Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic		0–1	0–1	1–0	0–1	1–1	1–0	1–1	2–2	0–0	1–0	1–1	2–3	1–1	3–2	1–2	2–0	0–0	2–1	1–0	0–1	2–0	1–1	1–0
Brentford !Brentford	1–0		2–0	0–5	1–2	0–2	3–2	2–4	0–3	1–2	0–0	5–1	1–0	6–1	1–1	0–1	4–0	2–0	2–0	0–1	2–2	1–1	0–1	0–1
Brighton & Hove Albion !Brighton & Hove Albion	1–2	2–0		4–3	2–1	0–1	1–2	1–2	6–4	2–2	3–1	2–0	1–0	0–2	1–1	0–1	1–1	9–1	1–1	1–0	2–1	2–0	3–1	3–1
Bristol Rovers !Bristol Rovers	0–0	1–1	0–0		2–0	0–0	2–1	1–2	6–0	1–1	4–0	3–1	1–1	1–0	0–0	2–0	3–2	3–1	2–1	0–1	3–0	1–1	2–2	0–0
Exeter City !Exeter City	1–0	5–0	2–0	1–0		3–1	2–0	1–4	2–2	1–2	4–0	1–2	2–5	0–0	1–2	4–0	0–0	1–1	1–1	1–1	0–2	1–2	2–1	0–2
Gillingham !Gillingham	2–0	1–0	3–1	2–0	1–1		3–2	0–3	2–0	1–0	3–0	1–2	1–1	3–1	2–4	0–1	0–1	1–0	2–0	1–0	1–0	2–2	1–0	0–0
Grimsby Town !Grimsby Town	2–0	3–2	3–1	1–1	1–1	3–1		1–0	0–1	2–0	3–1	1–1	3–0	4–2	3–3	1–3	2–1	1–0	2–2	2–2	3–1	2–1	1–0	3–1
Hull City !Hull City	3–0	4–1	1–0	6–1	6–1	1–0	1–1		4–0	1–0	5–1	2–1	2–1	1–3	3–3	3–2	2–1	1–0	4–1	1–0	3–2	3–1	6–0	1–4
Mansfield Town !Mansfield Town	1–0	2–0	3–1	2–0	0–0	0–0	2–1	1–2		1–1	1–0	1–4	1–7	2–1	0–2	2–2	0–3	2–0	3–0	1–5	0–3	2–2	0–1	4–1
Millwall !Millwall	1–0	1–0	3–2	3–3	3–0	2–0	2–1	3–0	2–0		1–0	2–0	4–1	2–1	3–0	2–2	4–2	2–0	1–0	1–0	1–1	0–0	2–0	2–0
Oldham Athletic !Oldham Athletic	2–2	1–1	1–0	2–0	3–1	5–3	1–4	2–2	1–1	0–2		3–0	2–4	0–2	2–2	1–3	0–1	1–0	1–0	1–1	1–2	0–1	1–1	3–0
Oxford United !Oxford United	2–1	2–0	0–0	1–0	0–1	0–4	2–0	0–2	4–1	3–1	3–3		1–0	1–3	2–0	0–3	0–1	3–2	2–2	0–3	7–1	1–2	0–2	4–1
Peterborough United !Peterborough United	1–0	3–0	2–2	5–2	2–0	1–0	1–1	4–1	3–2	0–2	0–1	2–3		1–1	0–0	3–1	4–1	4–0	5–2	2–3	3–1	2–2	1–1	1–0
Queens Park Rangers !Queens Park Rangers	5–0	1–0	4–1	4–1	1–0	1–3	3–0	3–3	1–2	6–1	1–1	2–3	2–1		0–2	1–0	2–1	2–1	6–2	3–2	2–1	1–1	4–1	7–2
Reading !Reading	1–0	2–0	0–0	0–1	4–1	2–2	0–0	0–1	2–1	1–1	3–2	0–1	2–1	2–1		2–0	4–1	1–0	2–1	0–2	3–0	1–2	1–1	3–0
Scunthorpe United !Scunthorpe United	3–0	3–2	2–2	3–0	2–1	0–1	2–2	2–4	0–1	4–4	1–1	1–2	1–1	1–2	2–0		1–4	0–0	1–1	2–1	4–2	1–1	4–1	4–1
Shrewsbury Town !Shrewsbury Town	0–2	0–0	3–1	1–0	4–0	2–1	3–1	2–2	2–1	2–0	3–1	4–0	3–1	0–0	3–3	1–4		3–0	5–0	1–1	1–2	0–0	1–1	4–1
Southend !Southend	1–2	1–0	0–0	2–0	4–2	5–2	3–1	0–2	1–0	0–2	0–2	2–1	2–0	1–3	2–1	0–1	2–0		2–0	4–2	5–3	1–0	3–1	2–3
Swansea Town !Swansea Town	5–0	1–1	2–2	3–0	1–0	0–3	1–0	4–2	1–2	0–2	4–1	3–2	1–1	4–2	5–4	3–4	4–0	5–0		1–1	1–0	4–2	1–6	7–2
Swindon Town !Swindon Town	0–0	2–1	3–2	4–3	2–2	0–1	0–0	3–1	6–2	1–0	0–1	0–0	3–0	2–1	5–0	0–0	0–0	4–0	2–2		0–0	0–1	0–1	6–0
Walsall !Walsall	2–1	1–1	2–1	1–1	1–1	6–1	1–0	2–4	2–1	1–4	2–2	1–1	2–0	0–1	3–0	3–0	3–0	3–0	1–1	5–0		3–0	1–1	2–0
Watford !Watford	1–0	1–1	0–1	2–0	3–0	1–0	1–1	1–1	2–1	0–1	4–0	1–1	1–0	1–2	1–2	2–1	1–0	4–1	0–1	2–0	0–1		1–2	3–2
Workington !Workington	2–2	1–1	1–0	0–0	6–1	1–0	1–0	3–0	2–0	0–0	0–1	2–1	1–1	1–1	1–0	1–2	1–3	3–1	7–0	0–3	1–0	1–0		2–1
York City !York City	0–2	1–1	0–1	1–5	2–0	1–2	1–1	1–2	2–1	2–1	2–2	1–4	1–1	2–2	1–2	1–3	2–2	0–3	5–1	0–2	0–3	1–0	3–3

Third Division maps

Locations of the Football League Third Division teams 1965–1966

Brentford

Queens Park Rangers

Locations of the Football League Third Division London teams 1965–1966

Fourth Division

Football League, Fourth Division
Season	1965–66
Champions	Doncaster Rovers (1st title)
Promoted	Colchester United, Darlington, Torquay United
Failed re-election	none
Matches played	552
Goals scored	1723 (3.12 per match)
Top goalscorer	Kevin Hector (Bradford Park Avenue), 44 ^[3]
← 1964–65 1966–67 →

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	F	A	GA	GD	Pts
1	Doncaster Rovers	46	15	6	2	49	21	9	5	9	36	33	85	54	1.574	+31	59
2	Darlington	46	16	3	4	41	17	9	6	8	31	36	72	53	1.358	+19	59
3	Torquay United	46	17	2	4	43	20	7	8	8	29	29	72	49	1.469	+23	58
4	Colchester United	46	13	7	3	45	21	10	3	10	25	26	70	47	1.489	+23	56
5	Tranmere Rovers	46	15	1	7	56	32	9	7	7	37	34	93	66	1.409	+27	56
6	Luton Town	46	19	2	2	65	27	5	6	12	25	43	90	70	1.286	+20	56
7	Chester	46	15	5	3	52	27	5	7	11	27	43	79	70	1.129	+9	52
8	Notts County	46	9	8	6	32	25	10	4	9	29	28	61	53	1.151	+18	50
9	Newport County	46	14	6	3	46	24	4	6	13	29	51	75	75	1.000	±0	48
10	Southport	46	15	6	2	47	20	3	6	14	21	49	68	69	0.986	–1	48
11	Bradford Park Avenue	46	14	2	7	59	31	7	3	13	43	61	102	92	1.109	+10	47
12	Barrow	46	12	8	3	48	31	4	7	12	24	45	72	76	0.947	–4	47
13	Stockport County	46	12	4	7	42	29	6	2	15	29	41	71	70	1.014	+1	42
14	Crewe Alexandra	46	12	4	7	42	23	4	5	14	19	40	61	63	0.968	–2	41
15	Halifax Town	46	11	6	6	46	31	4	5	14	21	44	67	75	0.893	–8	41
16	Barnsley	46	11	6	6	43	24	4	4	15	31	54	74	78	0.949	–4	40
17	Aldershot	46	12	6	5	47	27	3	4	16	28	57	75	84	0.893	–9	40
18	Hartlepools United	46	13	4	6	44	22	3	4	16	19	53	63	75	0.840	–12	40
19	Port Vale	46	12	7	4	38	18	3	2	18	10	41	48	59	0.814	–11	39
20	Chesterfield	46	8	9	6	37	35	5	4	14	25	43	62	78	0.795	–16	39
21	Rochdale	46	12	1	10	46	27	4	4	15	25	60	71	87	0.816	–16	37
22	Lincoln City	46	9	7	7	37	29	4	4	15	20	53	57	82	0.695	–25	37
23	Bradford City	46	10	5	8	37	34	2	8	13	26	60	63	94	0.670	–31	37
24	Wrexham	46	10	4	9	43	43	3	5	15	29	61	72	104	0.692	–32	35

P = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; GA = Goal average; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points

Key
	Division Champions, promoted
	Promoted
	New club in the league (none)
	Re-elected
	Failed re-election (none)

Fourth Division results

Home ╲ Away	Aldershot !ALD	Barnsley !BAR	Barrow !BRW	Bradford City !BRA	Bradford Park Avenue !BPA	Chester !CHR	Chesterfield !CHF	Colchester United !COL	Crewe Alexandra !CRE	Darlington !DAR	Doncaster Rovers !DON	Halifax Town !HAL	Hartlepool United !HAR	Lincoln City !LIN	Luton Town !LUT	Newport County !NPC	Notts County !NTC	Port Vale !PTV	Rochdale !ROC	Southport !SOU	Stockport County !STP	Torquay United !TOR	Tranmere !TRA	Wrexham !WRE
Aldershot !Aldershot		1–1	3–1	5–2	5–1	2–2	1–3	1–3	1–0	0–1	1–1	0–0	5–0	2–0	3–1	2–1	0–0	3–0	2–3	3–0	1–0	3–2	1–3	2–2
Barnsley !Barnsley	2–1		3–0	4–2	1–1	0–2	0–0	1–1	0–1	3–1	1–5	1–2	2–2	0–1	3–0	2–2	1–1	1–0	5–0	4–0	1–2	1–0	4–0	3–0
Barrow !Barrow	2–2	1–5		2–0	5–2	4–1	3–2	3–0	1–1	1–1	2–1	3–0	2–0	2–2	0–1	2–2	2–1	2–2	0–2	3–3	1–0	2–0	1–1	4–2
Bradford City !Bradford City	1–1	1–0	0–0		3–0	1–2	1–1	1–2	0–1	2–0	1–1	0–1	1–3	2–0	2–2	3–2	0–4	2–0	2–1	3–0	1–7	4–1	2–4	4–1
Bradford Park Avenue !Bradford Park Avenue	5–1	7–2	2–3	5–1		0–1	3–1	1–0	2–1	0–2	0–1	2–1	4–1	4–2	1–3	6–1	4–0	1–2	1–2	2–1	3–1	1–1	1–1	4–2
Chester !Chester	3–2	3–3	0–0	4–0	2–4		3–0	2–1	3–0	3–2	1–4	1–0	2–0	4–2	1–1	6–1	1–1	2–0	1–2	1–0	1–0	1–1	3–1	4–2
Chesterfield !Chesterfield	1–1	3–1	2–2	1–1	0–3	2–2		2–4	3–1	1–2	1–1	3–2	1–3	1–0	1–3	1–2	0–0	3–1	4–1	3–2	2–1	1–1	0–0	1–1
Colchester United !Colchester United	0–0	4–0	2–2	0–1	6–3	1–1	3–0		1–1	0–1	2–1	1–0	2–0	3–0	2–2	3–2	4–1	3–0	2–0	0–0	3–2	0–2	2–1	1–1
Crewe Alexandra !Crewe Alexandra	2–0	0–1	2–1	7–1	2–5	1–1	1–0	0–2		0–1	0–1	3–0	3–1	7–0	2–0	2–2	1–0	0–0	3–1	2–1	1–1	2–1	1–2	0–1
Darlington !Darlington	4–3	2–1	1–0	3–0	4–1	0–1	4–1	2–0	1–1		3–2	2–0	1–1	0–2	1–0	0–1	1–0	2–1	3–1	2–0	3–0	0–0	0–1	2–0
Doncaster Rovers !Doncaster Rovers	3–2	2–1	1–1	1–1	6–2	1–1	1–0	2–0	4–1	6–3		2–2	4–0	4–0	1–1	1–0	0–3	1–0	2–0	1–1	1–0	0–1	3–1	2–0
Halifax Town !Halifax Town	3–4	2–2	2–1	3–2	1–0	2–0	4–1	1–1	1–0	2–2	2–3		1–0	2–2	3–0	4–4	0–1	2–0	4–1	1–2	0–1	0–2	2–2	4–0
Hartlepool United !Hartlepool United	3–0	1–2	3–0	1–1	2–3	2–0	1–2	0–1	4–1	1–1	2–0	1–2		3–1	2–0	5–2	2–0	2–0	0–0	3–1	2–1	0–2	0–0	4–2
Lincoln City !Lincoln City	2–1	4–1	4–0	1–0	1–1	2–2	0–2	0–2	1–1	4–1	0–3	3–3	2–1		2–2	1–1	1–2	0–1	2–0	4–0	1–2	1–1	1–0	0–2
Luton Town !Luton Town	3–1	5–4	3–2	2–3	3–1	5–2	1–2	1–1	4–0	2–0	4–3	4–1	2–1	0–0		2–1	5–1	5–0	4–1	2–0	2–0	3–2	2–1	1–0
Newport County !Newport County	3–1	1–0	3–2	2–2	3–1	3–2	3–4	2–1	1–0	3–0	4–0	3–1	3–0	0–0	3–1		1–2	0–1	1–1	1–1	1–0	3–2	0–0	2–2
Notts County !Notts County	2–0	0–1	0–2	2–1	2–0	3–3	2–0	1–0	0–1	0–0	1–2	1–1	1–0	2–1	1–1	1–1		3–1	3–3	1–2	1–1	1–1	1–2	3–1
Port Vale !Port Vale	2–1	1–1	0–0	0–0	3–3	5–2	1–1	1–0	2–0	3–1	0–1	2–0	0–0	3–0	1–2	3–0	0–1		2–1	4–1	2–0	0–0	2–3	1–0
Rochdale !Rochdale	1–0	2–1	4–0	5–1	2–3	3–0	1–1	0–1	2–1	1–2	0–1	0–1	3–1	0–1	1–2	2–1	0–2	1–0		3–0	4–0	2–3	3–5	6–0
Southport !Southport	0–2	3–1	1–1	4–0	2–1	2–0	1–0	0–1	1–1	1–1	2–1	1–0	4–1	5–1	3–2	2–0	1–0	2–1	4–0		2–0	3–3	1–1	2–2
Stockport County !Stockport County	1–2	1–0	5–2	1–1	2–3	0–1	2–1	1–0	2–0	1–1	1–1	3–0	1–2	2–1	4–1	2–1	1–3	3–0	3–1	2–2		1–0	1–2	2–4
Torquay United !Torquay United	5–1	3–0	0–1	4–3	2–1	1–0	2–0	0–1	2–1	0–4	0–0	1–0	2–0	4–1	2–0	1–0	2–0	1–0	4–0	1–1	1–4		2–1	3–1
Tranmere !Tranmere	5–2	1–0	1–2	2–2	1–2	1–0	3–2	2–0	3–1	1–2	1–0	5–2	6–1	3–2	2–0	0–1	0–3	1–0	6–2	0–2	6–2	0–1		6–3
Wrexham !Wrexham	4–0	6–3	3–1	1–1	3–2	2–1	2–1	2–3	1–4	1–2	4–3	2–2	1–1	0–1	2–0	0–1	1–3	1–0	2–2	3–1	1–4	0–2	1–5

Fourth Division maps

Locations of the Football League Fourth Division teams 1965–1966

Millwall

Watford

Locations of the Football League Fourth Division London teams 1965–1966

References

↑ "England 1965-66". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 2010-02-24.
1 2 Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane’s, London & Sydney, 1980.
1 2 3 4 "English League Leading Goalscorers". RSSSF. Retrieved 2010-10-31.
↑ Chris Wood. Arnie Baldursson, ed. "Sir Roger loses a goal but gains a record". LFCHistory.net. LFChistory. Retrieved 2015-04-12.

Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane’s, London & Sydney, 1980.

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Club seasons

First Division	Arsenal Aston Villa Birmingham City Blackburn Rovers Blackpool Burnley Chelsea Everton Fulham Leeds United Leicester City Liverpool Manchester United Northampton Town Nottingham Forest Sheffield United Sheffield Wednesday Stoke City Sunderland Tottenham Hotspur West Bromwich Albion West Ham United Wolverhampton Wanderers

Second Division	Bolton Wanderers Bury Cardiff City Charlton Athletic Coventry City Crystal Palace Derby County Huddersfield Town Ipswich Town Leyton Orient Manchester City Middlesbrough Newcastle United Norwich City Plymouth Argyle Portsmouth Preston North End Rotherham United Southampton Swindon Town Swansea Town

Third Division	Barnsley Brentford Bristol City Bristol Rovers Carlisle United Colchester United Exeter City Gillingham Grimsby Town Hull City Luton Town Mansfield Town Oldham Athletic Peterborough United Queens Park Rangers Reading Scunthorpe United Southend United Stockport County Walsall Workington York City

Fourth Division	Accrington Stanley Aldershot Barrow Bournemouth Bradford City Bradford Park Avenue Brighton & Hove Albion Chester Chesterfield Crewe Alexandra Darlington Doncaster Rovers Halifax Town Hartlepools United Lincoln City Millwall Newport County Notts County Port Vale Rochdale Shrewsbury Town Southport Torquay United Tranmere Rovers Watford Wrexham

1965–66 in European football (UEFA)

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Domestic leagues	Albania Austria Belgium Bulgaria Cyprus Czechoslovakia Denmark '65 '66 England Estonia '65 '66 Faroe Islands '65 '66 Finland '65 '66 France East Germany West Germany Greece Hungary '65 '66 Iceland '65 '66 Israel Italy Latvia '65 '66 Lithuania '65 '66 Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '65 '66 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania Scotland Soviet Union '65 '66 Spain Sweden '65 '66 Switzerland Turkey Yugoslavia

Domestic cups	Albania Austria Belgium Bulgaria Cyprus Czechoslovakia Denmark England Faroe Islands '65 '66 Finland '65 '66 France East Germany West Germany Greece Hungary '65 '66 Iceland '65 '66 Israel Italy Liechtenstein Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '65 '66 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania San Marino Scotland Soviet Union Spain Switzerland Turkey Wales Yugoslavia

League cups	England Scotland

UEFA competitions	European Cup (Final) Cup Winners' Cup (Final) Inter-Cities Fairs Cup (Final) Intertoto Cup

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1965–66 Football League

Final league tables

First Division

First Division results

First Division maps

Second Division

Second Division results

Second Division maps

Third Division

Third Division results

Third Division maps

Fourth Division

Fourth Division results

Fourth Division maps

See also

References