1965–66 Football League

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 and in Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79, with home and away statistics separated.

Beginning with the 1894–95 season, 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 Fourth Division was established in the 1958–59 season, the bottom four teams of that division have been required to apply for re-election.

First Division

7th title Blackburn Rovers Burnley West Bromwich Albion Willie Irvine (29 goals each)

Results

Maps

Arsenal Chelsea Fulham Tottenham West Ham

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

Second Division

Southampton Leyton Orient (30 goals)

Results

Maps

Charlton Athletic Crystal Palace Leyton Orient

Birmingham Bolton Bristol City Bury Carlisle United Cardiff City Charlton Coventry Crystal Palace Derby County Huddersfield Ipswich Town Leyton Orient Manchester City Middlesbrough Norwich City Plymouth Argyle Portsmouth Preston North End Rotherham Southampton Wolverhampton Wanderers

Third Division

Third Division Exeter City Southend United York City

|win_B&HA=16|draw_B&HA=11|loss_B&HA=19|gf_B&HA=67|ga_B&HA=65 |win_B&BA=13|draw_B&BA=12|loss_B&BA=21|gf_B&BA=38|ga_B&BA=56

Results

|name_B&BA=Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic |match_B&BA_BRE=0–1 |match_B&BA_B&HA=0–1 |match_B&BA_BRR=1–0 |match_B&BA_EXE=0–1 |match_B&BA_GIL=1–1 |match_B&BA_GRI=1–0 |match_B&BA_HUL=1–1 |match_B&BA_MAN=2–2 |match_B&BA_MIL=0–0 |match_B&BA_OLD=1–0 |match_B&BA_OXF=1–1 |match_B&BA_PET=2–3 |match_B&BA_QPR=1–1 |match_B&BA_REA=3–2 |match_B&BA_SCU=1–2 |match_B&BA_SHR=2–0 |match_B&BA_STD=0–0 |match_B&BA_SWA=2–1 |match_B&BA_SWI=1–0 |match_B&BA_WAL=0–1 |match_B&BA_WAT=2–0 |match_B&BA_WRK=1–1 |match_B&BA_YOR=1–0

|match_BRE_B&BA=1–0 |match_BRE_B&HA=2–0

|name_B&HA=Brighton & Hove Albion |match_B&HA_B&BA=1–2 |match_B&HA_BRE=2–0 |match_B&HA_BRR=4–3 |match_B&HA_EXE=2–1 |match_B&HA_GIL=0–1 |match_B&HA_GRI=1–2 |match_B&HA_HUL=1–2 |match_B&HA_MAN=6–4 |match_B&HA_MIL=2–2 |match_B&HA_OLD=3–1 |match_B&HA_OXF=2–0 |match_B&HA_PET=1–0 |match_B&HA_QPR=0–2 |match_B&HA_REA=1–1 |match_B&HA_SCU=0–1 |match_B&HA_SHR=1–1 |match_B&HA_STD=9–1 |match_B&HA_SWA=1–1 |match_B&HA_SWI=1–0 |match_B&HA_WAL=2–1 |match_B&HA_WAT=2–0 |match_B&HA_WRK=3–1 |match_B&HA_YOR=3–1

|match_BRR_B&BA=0–0 |match_BRR_B&HA=0–0

|match_EXE_B&BA=1–0 |match_EXE_B&HA=2–0

|match_GIL_B&BA=2–0 |match_GIL_B&HA=3–1

|match_GRI_B&BA=2–0 |match_GRI_B&HA=3–1

|match_HUL_B&BA=3–0 |match_HUL_B&HA=1–0

|match_MAN_B&BA=1–0 |match_MAN_B&HA=3–1

|match_MIL_B&BA=1–0 |match_MIL_B&HA=3–2

|match_OLD_B&BA=2–2 |match_OLD_B&HA=1–0

|match_OXF_B&BA=2–1 |match_OXF_B&HA=0–0

|match_PET_B&BA=1–0 |match_PET_B&HA=2–2

|match_QPR_B&BA=5–0 |match_QPR_B&HA=4–1

|match_REA_B&BA=1–0 |match_REA_B&HA=0–0

|match_SCU_B&BA=3–0 |match_SCU_B&HA=2–2

|match_SHR_B&BA=0–2 |match_SHR_B&HA=3–1

|match_STD_B&BA=1–2 |match_STD_B&HA=0–0

|match_SWA_B&BA=5–0 |match_SWA_B&HA=2–2

|match_SWI_B&BA=0–0 |match_SWI_B&HA=3–2

|match_WAL_B&BA=2–1 |match_WAL_B&HA=2–1

|match_WAT_B&BA=1–0 |match_WAT_B&HA=0–1

|match_WRK_B&BA=2–2 |match_WRK_B&HA=1–0

|match_YOR_B&BA=0–2 |match_YOR_B&HA=0–1

Maps

Brentford Queens Park Rangers

Brighton & Hove Bournemouth Brentford Bristol Rovers Exeter City Gillingham Grimsby Town Hull Mansfield Town Millwall Oldham Oxford Peterborough QPR Reading Scunthorpe & Lindsey Shrewsbury Southend United Swansea Town Swindon Walsall Watford Workington York City

Fourth Division

Fourth Division Darlington, Torquay United

Results

• During Chester's home game against Aldershot on New Year's Day 1966, both Chester full-backs (Ray Jones & Bryn Jones) broke their left leg.

Maps

Millwall Watford

Aldershot Barnsley Barrow Bradford City Bradford Park Avenue Chester Chesterfield Colchester Crewe Alexandra Darlington Doncaster Halifax Town Hartlepools United Lincoln City Luton Town Newport County Notts County Port Vale Rochdale Southport Stockport Torquay Tranmere Rovers Wrexham

Attendances

Source:

First Division

!#!!Football club!!Home games!!Average attendance |- | style"text-align:center;"| _row_count || Liverpool FC || 21 || 46,344 |- | style"text-align:center;"| _row_count || Manchester United || 21 || 38,769 |- | style"text-align:center;"| _row_count || Everton FC || 21 || 38,498 |- | style"text-align:center;"| _row_count || Tottenham Hotspur || 21 || 38,320 |- | style"text-align:center;"| _row_count || Leeds United || 21 || 35,785 |- | style"text-align:center;"| _row_count || Sunderland AFC || 21 || 34,488 |- | style"text-align:center;"| _row_count || Newcastle United || 21 || 33,793 |- | style"text-align:center;"| _row_count || Chelsea FC || 21 || 31,346 |- | style"text-align:center;"| _row_count || Arsenal FC || 21 || 29,036 |- | style"text-align:center;"| _row_count || West Ham United || 21 || 24,836 |- | style"text-align:center;"| _row_count || Nottingham Forest || 21 || 23,725 |- | style"text-align:center;"| _row_count || Stoke City || 21 || 22,503 |- | style"text-align:center;"| _row_count || Sheffield Wednesday || 21 || 22,366 |- | style"text-align:center;"| _row_count || Leicester City || 21 || 22,325 |- | style"text-align:center;"| _row_count || Fulham FC || 21 || 21,138 |- | style"text-align:center;"| _row_count || Aston Villa || 21 || 21,063 |- | style"text-align:center;"| _row_count || Burnley FC || 21 || 19,968 |- | style"text-align:center;"| _row_count || West Bromwich Albion || 21 || 19,834 |- | style"text-align:center;"| _row_count || Sheffield United || 21 || 19,405 |- | style"text-align:center;"| _row_count || Northampton Town || 21 || 18,634 |- | style"text-align:center;"| _row_count || Blackpool FC || 21 || 16,185 |- | style"text-align:center;"| _row_count || Blackburn Rovers || 21 || 13,513 |- |} }}

Second Division

!#!!Football club!!Home games!!Average attendance |- | style"text-align:center;"| _row_count || Manchester City FC || 21 || 27,739 |- | style"text-align:center;"| _row_count || Coventry City FC || 21 || 25,370 |- | style"text-align:center;"| _row_count || Wolverhampton Wanderers FC || 21 || 22,361 |- | style"text-align:center;"| _row_count || Southampton FC || 21 || 18,917 |- | style"text-align:center;"| _row_count || Huddersfield Town AFC || 21 || 18,322 |- | style"text-align:center;"| _row_count || Bristol City FC || 21 || 17,297 |- | style"text-align:center;"| _row_count || Norwich City FC || 21 || 14,983 |- | style"text-align:center;"| _row_count || Crystal Palace FC || 21 || 14,809 |- | style"text-align:center;"| _row_count || Portsmouth FC || 21 || 14,644 |- | style"text-align:center;"| _row_count || Birmingham City FC || 21 || 14,398 |- | style"text-align:center;"| _row_count || Derby County FC || 21 || 14,151 |- | style"text-align:center;"| _row_count || Preston North End FC || 21 || 14,023 |- | style"text-align:center;"| _row_count || Middlesbrough FC || 21 || 13,450 |- | style"text-align:center;"| _row_count || Plymouth Argyle FC || 21 || 13,217 |- | style"text-align:center;"| _row_count || Ipswich Town FC || 21 || 12,473 |- | style"text-align:center;"| _row_count || Charlton Athletic FC || 21 || 12,271 |- | style"text-align:center;"| _row_count || Carlisle United FC || 21 || 12,067 |- | style"text-align:center;"| _row_count || Bolton Wanderers FC || 21 || 12,005 |- | style"text-align:center;"| _row_count || Cardiff City FC || 21 || 11,005 |- | style"text-align:center;"| _row_count || Rotherham United FC || 21 || 10,096 |- | style"text-align:center;"| _row_count || Bury FC || 21 || 7,667 |- | style"text-align:center;"| _row_count || Leyton Orient FC || 21 || 7,378 |- |} }}

Third Division

!#!!Football club!!Home games!!Average attendance |- | style"text-align:center;"| _row_count || Hull City AFC || 21 || 22,828 |- | style"text-align:center;"| _row_count || Millwall FC || 21 || 13,978 |- | style"text-align:center;"| _row_count || Swindon Town FC || 21 || 13,125 |- | style"text-align:center;"| _row_count || Brighton & Hove Albion FC || 21 || 12,799 |- | style"text-align:center;"| _row_count || Oxford United FC || 21 || 9,301 |- | style"text-align:center;"| _row_count || Walsall FC || 21 || 9,297 |- | style"text-align:center;"| _row_count || Bristol Rovers FC || 21 || 9,007 |- | style"text-align:center;"| _row_count || Oldham Athletic FC || 21 || 8,943 |- | style"text-align:center;"| _row_count || Reading FC || 21 || 8,857 |- | style"text-align:center;"| _row_count || Brentford FC || 21 || 8,416 |- | style"text-align:center;"| _row_count || Queens Park Rangers FC || 21 || 8,263 |- | style"text-align:center;"| _row_count || Watford FC || 21 || 7,695 |- | style"text-align:center;"| _row_count || Swansea City AFC || 21 || 7,694 |- | style"text-align:center;"| _row_count || Southend United FC || 21 || 7,536 |- | style"text-align:center;"| _row_count || Gillingham FC || 21 || 7,492 |- | style"text-align:center;"| _row_count || Grimsby Town FC || 21 || 7,239 |- | style"text-align:center;"| _row_count || Peterborough United FC || 21 || 7,238 |- | style"text-align:center;"| _row_count || AFC Bournemouth || 21 || 6,329 |- | style"text-align:center;"| _row_count || Mansfield Town FC || 21 || 6,087 |- | style"text-align:center;"| _row_count || York City FC || 21 || 5,921 |- | style"text-align:center;"| _row_count || Exeter City FC || 21 || 5,590 |- | style"text-align:center;"| _row_count || Scunthorpe United FC || 21 || 5,181 |- | style"text-align:center;"| _row_count || Workington AFC || 21 || 3,263 |- |} }}

Fourth Four

!#!!Football club!!Home games!!Average attendance |- | style"text-align:center;"| _row_count || Doncaster Rovers FC || 21 || 10,398 |- | style"text-align:center;"| _row_count || Chester City FC || 21 || 8,504 |- | style"text-align:center;"| _row_count || Tranmere Rovers || 21 || 8,031 |- | style"text-align:center;"| _row_count || Darlington FC || 21 || 7,953 |- | style"text-align:center;"| _row_count || Stockport County FC || 21 || 7,802 |- | style"text-align:center;"| _row_count || Luton Town FC || 21 || 7,675 |- | style"text-align:center;"| _row_count || Torquay United FC || 21 || 6,208 |- | style"text-align:center;"| _row_count || Port Vale FC || 21 || 6,015 |- | style"text-align:center;"| _row_count || Wrexham AFC || 21 || 5,567 |- | style"text-align:center;"| _row_count || Bradford Park Avenue AFC || 21 || 5,287 |- | style"text-align:center;"| _row_count || Colchester United FC || 21 || 5,151 |- | style"text-align:center;"| _row_count || Chesterfield FC || 21 || 4,995 |- | style"text-align:center;"| _row_count || Notts County FC || 21 || 4,949 |- | style"text-align:center;"| _row_count || Hartlepool United FC || 21 || 4,842 |- | style"text-align:center;"| _row_count || Barrow AFC || 21 || 4,701 |- | style"text-align:center;"| _row_count || Barnsley FC || 21 || 4,510 |- | style"text-align:center;"| _row_count || Southport FC || 21 || 4,257 |- | style"text-align:center;"| _row_count || Bradford City AFC || 21 || 4,025 |- | style"text-align:center;"| _row_count || Crewe Alexandra FC || 21 || 3,873 |- | style"text-align:center;"| _row_count || Lincoln City FC || 21 || 3,845 |- | style"text-align:center;"| _row_count || Aldershot Town FC || 21 || 3,825 |- | style"text-align:center;"| _row_count || Halifax Town AFC || 21 || 3,069 |- | style"text-align:center;"| _row_count || Rochdale AFC || 21 || 2,974 |- | style"text-align:center;"| _row_count || Newport County AFC || 21 || 2,636 |- |} }}

References

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

References

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