1963–64 Football League First Division

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Football League First Division
Season 1963–64
Champions Liverpool
6th English title
Relegated Bolton Wanderers
Ipswich Town
European Cup Liverpool
European Cup Winners' Cup West Ham United
Inter-Cities Fairs Cup Manchester United
Everton
Matches462
Goals1,571 (3.4 per match)
Top goalscorer Jimmy Greaves
(35 goals) [1]
Biggest home win Fulham 10–1 Ipswich Town
(26 December 1963)
Biggest away win West Ham United 2–8 Blackburn Rovers
(26 December 1963)
Highest scoring Fulham 10–1 Ipswich Town
(26 December 1963)
1964–65 →

Statistics of Football League First Division in the 1963-64 season.

Contents

Overview

Liverpool won the First Division title for the sixth time in the club's history that season, and for the first time since 1947. On Boxing Day, 66 goals were scored in the division from 10 games, including Ipswich Town's record 10-1 defeat to Fulham. It was the first double digit scoreline in the division since 1958–59. Other results that day included Liverpool beating Stoke City 6-1, Burnley beating Manchester United by the same scoreline, Blackburn Rovers beating West Ham United 8-2 away and a 4-4 draw between West Bromwich Albion and Tottenham Hotspur. [2]

League standings

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGAvPtsQualification or relegation
1 Liverpool (C)422651192452.04457Qualification for the European Cup preliminary round
2 Manchester United 422371290621.45253Qualification for the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup first round
3 Everton 4221101184641.31352
4 Tottenham Hotspur 422271397811.19851
5 Chelsea 4220101272561.28650
6 Sheffield Wednesday 4219111284671.25449
7 Blackburn Rovers 4218101489651.36946
8 Arsenal 4217111490821.09845
9 Burnley 4217101571641.10944
10 West Bromwich Albion 4216111570611.14843
11 Leicester City 4216111561581.05243
12 Sheffield United 4216111561640.95343
13 Nottingham Forest 421691764680.94141
14 West Ham United 4214121669740.93240Qualification for the European Cup Winners' Cup first round [a]
15 Fulham 4213131658650.89239
16 Wolverhampton Wanderers 4212151570800.87539
17 Stoke City 4214101877780.98738
18 Blackpool 421392052730.71235
19 Aston Villa 4211121962710.87334
20 Birmingham City 421172454920.58729
21 Bolton Wanderers (R)421082448800.60028Relegation to the Second Division
22 Ipswich Town (R)429726561210.46325
Source: World Football
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal average; 3) Goals scored
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ↑ West Ham United qualified for the European Cup Winners' Cup as the 1963–64 FA Cup winners.

Results

Home \ Away ARS AST BIR BLB BLP BOL BUR CHE EVE FUL IPS LEI LIV MUN NOT SHU SHW STK TOT WBA WHU WOL
Arsenal 3–04–10–05–34–33–22–46–02–26–00–11–12–14–21–31–11–14–43–23–31–3
Aston Villa 2–10–31–23–13–02–02–00–12–20–01–32–24–03–00–12–21–32–41–02–22–2
Birmingham City 1–43–32–23–22–10–03–40–20–01–02–03–11–13–33–01–20–11–20–12–12–2
Blackburn Rovers 4–12–03–01–23–01–22–21–22–03–15–21–21–32–02–21–11–07–20–21–31–1
Blackpool 0–10–43–03–22–01–11–51–11–02–23–30–11–01–02–22–21–00–21–00–11–2
Bolton Wanderers 1–11–10–20–51–12–11–01–32–16–00–01–20–12–33–03–03–41–31–21–10–4
Burnley 0–32–02–13–01–01–10–02–34–13–12–00–36–11–11–23–11–07–23–23–11–0
Chelsea 3–11–02–31–01–04–02–01–01–24–01–01–31–11–03–21–23–30–33–10–02–3
Everton 2–14–23–02–43–12–03–41–13–01–10–33–14–06–14–13–22–01–01–12–03–3
Fulham 1–42–02–11–11–13–12–10–12–210–12–11–02–20–03–12–03–31–11–12–04–1
Ipswich Town 1–24–33–20–04–31–33–11–30–04–21–11–22–74–31–01–40–22–31–23–21–0
Leicester City 7–20–03–04–32–31–00–02–42–00–12–10–23–21–10–12–02–10–10–22–20–1
Liverpool 5–05–22–11–21–22–02–02–12–12–06–00–13–01–26–13–16–13–11–01–26–0
Manchester United 3–11–01–22–23–05–05–11–15–13–02–03–10–13–12–13–15–24–11–00–12–2
Nottingham Forest 2–00–14–01–10–13–11–30–12–22–03–12–00–01–23–33–20–01–20–33–13–0
Sheffield United 2–21–13–00–11–00–12–01–10–01–03–10–13–01–21–21–14–13–32–12–14–3
Sheffield Wednesday 0–41–02–15–21–03–03–13–20–33–03–11–22–23–33–13–02–02–02–23–05–0
Stoke City 1–22–24–13–11–20–14–42–03–21–19–13–33–13–10–10–24–42–11–13–00–2
Tottenham Hotspur 3–13–16–14–16–11–03–21–22–41–06–31–11–32–34–10–01–12–10–23–04–3
West Bromwich Albion 4–04–33–11–32–11–10–01–14–23–02–11–12–21–42–32–01–32–34–40–13–1
West Ham United 1–10–15–02–83–12–31–12–24–21–12–22–21–00–20–22–34–34–14–04–21–1
Wolverhampton Wanderers 2–23–35–11–51–12–21–14–10–04–02–11–21–22–02–31–11–12–11–40–00–2
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

RankPlayerClubGoals
1 Flag of England.svg Jimmy Greaves Tottenham Hotspur 35
2 Flag of England.svg Fred Pickering Blackburn Rovers / Everton 32
= Flag of Ireland.svg Andy McEvoy Blackburn Rovers 32
4 Flag of England.svg Roger Hunt Liverpool 31
5 Flag of Scotland.svg Denis Law Manchester United 30
6 Flag of England.svg Ray Crawford Ipswich Town / Wolverhampton Wanderers 28

References

  1. ↑ "English League Leading Goalscorers". RSSSF . Retrieved 2010-10-31.
  2. ↑ "Fulham lead football revelry". The Times . 27 December 1963. p. 3.
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