1964–65 Football League First Division

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Football League First Division
Season 1964–65
Champions Manchester United
6th English title
Relegated Wolverhampton Wanderers
Birmingham City
European Cup Manchester United
European Cup Winners' Cup Liverpool
West Ham United
Inter-Cities Fairs Cup Leeds United
Chelsea
Everton
Matches462
Goals1,543 (3.34 per match)
Top goalscorer Andy McEvoy
Jimmy Greaves
(29 goals each) [1]
1965–66 →

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

Contents

Overview

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

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGAvPtsQualification or relegation
1 Manchester United (C)42269789392.28261Qualification for the European Cup preliminary round
2 Leeds United 42269783521.59661Qualification for the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup first round
3 Chelsea 422481089541.64856
4 Everton 4217151069601.15049
5 Nottingham Forest 4217131271671.06047
6 Tottenham Hotspur 421971687711.22545
7 Liverpool 4217101567730.91844Qualification for the European Cup Winners' Cup first round [a]
8 Sheffield Wednesday 4216111557551.03643
9 West Ham United 421941982711.15542Qualification for the European Cup Winners' Cup first round [b]
10 Blackburn Rovers 4216101683791.05142
11 Stoke City 4216101667661.01542
12 Burnley 4216101670701.00042
13 Arsenal 421771869750.92041
14 West Bromwich Albion 4213131670651.07739
15 Sunderland 421491964740.86537
16 Aston Villa 421652157820.69537
17 Blackpool 4212111967780.85935
18 Leicester City 4211131869850.81235
19 Sheffield United 4212111950640.78135
20 Fulham 4211121960780.76934
21 Wolverhampton Wanderers (R)421342559890.66330Relegation to the Second Division
22 Birmingham City (R)428112364960.66727
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

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 3–13–01–13–13–21–33–12–01–24–30–02–30–31–11–13–23–13–11–10–34–1
Aston Villa 3–13–00–43–21–02–21–22–01–21–00–12–12–12–12–03–02–11–00–12–33–2
Birmingham City 2–30–15–53–02–11–63–52–23–32–00–02–41–11–10–01–24–31–01–12–10–1
Blackburn Rovers 1–25–13–14–11–40–30–22–00–23–13–20–51–14–00–11–13–23–14–24–04–1
Blackpool 1–13–13–14–22–43–21–13–04–01–12–31–20–22–21–01–13–11–13–01–21–1
Burnley 2–12–22–01–12–26–21–14–00–12–11–50–02–23–14–11–00–02–20–13–21–1
Chelsea 2–12–13–15–12–00–15–11–02–04–14–00–20–13–01–14–03–13–12–20–32–1
Everton 1–03–11–12–30–02–11–12–00–12–22–13–31–01–11–11–11–14–13–21–15–0
Fulham 3–41–13–13–23–30–11–21–12–25–21–12–14–11–22–01–41–04–13–11–22–0
Leeds United 3–11–04–11–13–05–12–24–12–23–24–20–11–24–12–03–12–13–11–02–13–2
Leicester City 2–31–14–42–33–20–21–12–15–12–22–02–23–20–22–20–10–14–24–21–03–2
Liverpool 3–25–14–33–22–21–12–00–43–22–10–10–22–03–14–23–20–01–10–32–22–1
Manchester United 3–17–01–13–02–03–24–02–14–10–11–03–03–01–11–01–11–04–12–23–13–0
Nottingham Forest 3–04–24–32–52–03–12–23–12–30–02–12–22–20–02–23–15–21–20–03–20–2
Sheffield United 4–04–23–11–11–32–00–20–01–10–30–23–00–10–22–30–13–03–31–12–10–2
Sheffield Wednesday 2–13–15–21–04–15–12–30–11–13–00–01–01–00–00–21–12–01–01–12–02–0
Stoke City 4–12–12–11–14–22–00–20–23–12–33–31–11–21–10–14–13–12–02–03–10–2
Sunderland 0–22–22–11–01–03–23–04–00–03–33–32–31–04–03–13–02–22–12–23–21–2
Tottenham Hotspur 3–14–04–15–24–14–11–12–23–00–06–23–01–04–02–03–22–13–01–03–27–4
West Bromwich Albion 0–03–10–20–01–31–20–24–02–21–26–03–01–12–20–11–05–34–12–04–25–1
West Ham United 2–13–02–11–12–13–23–20–12–03–10–02–13–12–33–11–20–12–33–26–15–0
Wolverhampton Wanderers 0–10–10–24–21–21–20–32–40–00–11–11–32–41–21–03–13–13–03–13–24–3
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

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

References

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