1964–65 Football League First Division

Football League First Division
Season1964–65
ChampionsManchester United
6th English title
RelegatedWolverhampton Wanderers
Birmingham City
European CupManchester United
European Cup Winners' CupLiverpool
West Ham United
Inter-Cities Fairs CupLeeds United
Chelsea
Everton
Matches played462
Goals scored1,543 (3.34 per match)
Top goalscorerAndy McEvoy
Jimmy Greaves
(29 goals each)[1]

Statistics of Football League First Division in the 1964-65 season.

Overview[edit]

Manchester United won the First Division title for the sixth time in the club's history that season, ahead of newly-promoted Leeds United after Leeds drew their final game of the season (3-3) against already relegated Birmingham City; whilst Manchester United, with still one further game to play, beat Arsenal 3-1 at Old Trafford, the celebratory third goal coming from Denis Law. With both Leeds and Manchester United level on 61 points, and in those days in such an event, the title being decided on goal average, Manchester United enjoyed such a superior goal average to render their final league game of the season (a 2-1 defeat away to Aston Villa) as all but irrelevant.

League standings[edit]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GAv Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Manchester United (C) 42 26 9 7 89 39 2.282 61 Qualification for the European Cup preliminary round
2 Leeds United 42 26 9 7 83 52 1.596 61 Qualification for the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup first round
3 Chelsea 42 24 8 10 89 54 1.648 56
4 Everton 42 17 15 10 69 60 1.150 49
5 Nottingham Forest 42 17 13 12 71 67 1.060 47
6 Tottenham Hotspur 42 19 7 16 87 71 1.225 45
7 Liverpool 42 17 10 15 67 73 0.918 44 Qualification for the European Cup Winners' Cup first round[a]
8 Sheffield Wednesday 42 16 11 15 57 55 1.036 43
9 West Ham United 42 19 4 19 82 71 1.155 42 Qualification for the European Cup Winners' Cup first round[b]
10 Blackburn Rovers 42 16 10 16 83 79 1.051 42
11 Stoke City 42 16 10 16 67 66 1.015 42
12 Burnley 42 16 10 16 70 70 1.000 42
13 Arsenal 42 17 7 18 69 75 0.920 41
14 West Bromwich Albion 42 13 13 16 70 65 1.077 39
15 Sunderland 42 14 9 19 64 74 0.865 37
16 Aston Villa 42 16 5 21 57 82 0.695 37
17 Blackpool 42 12 11 19 67 78 0.859 35
18 Leicester City 42 11 13 18 69 85 0.812 35
19 Sheffield United 42 12 11 19 50 64 0.781 35
20 Fulham 42 11 12 19 60 78 0.769 34
21 Wolverhampton Wanderers (R) 42 13 4 25 59 89 0.663 30 Relegation to the Second Division
22 Birmingham City (R) 42 8 11 23 64 96 0.667 27
Source: World Football
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal average; 3) Goals scored
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ Liverpool qualified for the European Cup Winners' Cup as the 1964–65 FA Cup winners.
  2. ^ West Ham United qualified for the European Cup Winners' Cup as the 1964–65 European Cup Winners' Cup winners.

Results[edit]

Home \ Away ARS AST BIR BLB BLP BUR CHE EVE FUL LEE LEI LIV MUN NOT SHU SHW STK SUN TOT WBA WHU WOL
Arsenal 3–1 3–0 1–1 3–1 3–2 1–3 3–1 2–0 1–2 4–3 0–0 2–3 0–3 1–1 1–1 3–2 3–1 3–1 1–1 0–3 4–1
Aston Villa 3–1 3–0 0–4 3–2 1–0 2–2 1–2 2–0 1–2 1–0 0–1 2–1 2–1 2–1 2–0 3–0 2–1 1–0 0–1 2–3 3–2
Birmingham City 2–3 0–1 5–5 3–0 2–1 1–6 3–5 2–2 3–3 2–0 0–0 2–4 1–1 1–1 0–0 1–2 4–3 1–0 1–1 2–1 0–1
Blackburn Rovers 1–2 5–1 3–1 4–1 1–4 0–3 0–2 2–0 0–2 3–1 3–2 0–5 1–1 4–0 0–1 1–1 3–2 3–1 4–2 4–0 4–1
Blackpool 1–1 3–1 3–1 4–2 2–4 3–2 1–1 3–0 4–0 1–1 2–3 1–2 0–2 2–2 1–0 1–1 3–1 1–1 3–0 1–2 1–1
Burnley 2–1 2–2 2–0 1–1 2–2 6–2 1–1 4–0 0–1 2–1 1–5 0–0 2–2 3–1 4–1 1–0 0–0 2–2 0–1 3–2 1–1
Chelsea 2–1 2–1 3–1 5–1 2–0 0–1 5–1 1–0 2–0 4–1 4–0 0–2 0–1 3–0 1–1 4–0 3–1 3–1 2–2 0–3 2–1
Everton 1–0 3–1 1–1 2–3 0–0 2–1 1–1 2–0 0–1 2–2 2–1 3–3 1–0 1–1 1–1 1–1 1–1 4–1 3–2 1–1 5–0
Fulham 3–4 1–1 3–1 3–2 3–3 0–1 1–2 1–1 2–2 5–2 1–1 2–1 4–1 1–2 2–0 1–4 1–0 4–1 3–1 1–2 2–0
Leeds United 3–1 1–0 4–1 1–1 3–0 5–1 2–2 4–1 2–2 3–2 4–2 0–1 1–2 4–1 2–0 3–1 2–1 3–1 1–0 2–1 3–2
Leicester City 2–3 1–1 4–4 2–3 3–2 0–2 1–1 2–1 5–1 2–2 2–0 2–2 3–2 0–2 2–2 0–1 0–1 4–2 4–2 1–0 3–2
Liverpool 3–2 5–1 4–3 3–2 2–2 1–1 2–0 0–4 3–2 2–1 0–1 0–2 2–0 3–1 4–2 3–2 0–0 1–1 0–3 2–2 2–1
Manchester United 3–1 7–0 1–1 3–0 2–0 3–2 4–0 2–1 4–1 0–1 1–0 3–0 3–0 1–1 1–0 1–1 1–0 4–1 2–2 3–1 3–0
Nottingham Forest 3–0 4–2 4–3 2–5 2–0 3–1 2–2 3–1 2–3 0–0 2–1 2–2 2–2 0–0 2–2 3–1 5–2 1–2 0–0 3–2 0–2
Sheffield United 4–0 4–2 3–1 1–1 1–3 2–0 0–2 0–0 1–1 0–3 0–2 3–0 0–1 0–2 2–3 0–1 3–0 3–3 1–1 2–1 0–2
Sheffield Wednesday 2–1 3–1 5–2 1–0 4–1 5–1 2–3 0–1 1–1 3–0 0–0 1–0 1–0 0–0 0–2 1–1 2–0 1–0 1–1 2–0 2–0
Stoke City 4–1 2–1 2–1 1–1 4–2 2–0 0–2 0–2 3–1 2–3 3–3 1–1 1–2 1–1 0–1 4–1 3–1 2–0 2–0 3–1 0–2
Sunderland 0–2 2–2 2–1 1–0 1–0 3–2 3–0 4–0 0–0 3–3 3–3 2–3 1–0 4–0 3–1 3–0 2–2 2–1 2–2 3–2 1–2
Tottenham Hotspur 3–1 4–0 4–1 5–2 4–1 4–1 1–1 2–2 3–0 0–0 6–2 3–0 1–0 4–0 2–0 3–2 2–1 3–0 1–0 3–2 7–4
West Bromwich Albion 0–0 3–1 0–2 0–0 1–3 1–2 0–2 4–0 2–2 1–2 6–0 3–0 1–1 2–2 0–1 1–0 5–3 4–1 2–0 4–2 5–1
West Ham United 2–1 3–0 2–1 1–1 2–1 3–2 3–2 0–1 2–0 3–1 0–0 2–1 3–1 2–3 3–1 1–2 0–1 2–3 3–2 6–1 5–0
Wolverhampton Wanderers 0–1 0–1 0–2 4–2 1–2 1–2 0–3 2–4 0–0 0–1 1–1 1–3 2–4 1–2 1–0 3–1 3–1 3–0 3–1 3–2 4–3
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[edit]

Rank Player Club Goals
1 England Jimmy Greaves Tottenham Hotspur 29
= Republic of Ireland Andy McEvoy Blackburn Rovers 29
2 Scotland Denis Law Manchester United 28
3 England Fred Pickering Everton 27
4 England John Ritchie Stoke City 25
= England Roger Hunt Liverpool 25
= England Joe Baker Arsenal 25
= England Johnny Byrne West Ham United 25
= England John Byrom Blackburn Rovers 25
5 Northern Ireland Willie Irvine Burnley 22

References[edit]

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