1963–64 Football League First Division

Football League First Division

Season	1963–64
Champions	Liverpool (6th English title)
Relegated	Bolton Wanderers Ipswich Town
European Cup 1964–65	Liverpool
FA Cup winners European Cup Winners' Cup 1964–65	West Ham United (1st FA Cup title)
Inter-Cities Fairs Cup 1963–64	Arsenal Sheffield Wednesday
Matches played	462
Goals scored	1571 (3.4 per match)
Top goalscorer	Jimmy Greaves (Tottenham Hotspur), 35 [1]
Biggest home win	Fulham v Ipswich Town 10–1
Biggest away win	West Ham United v Blackpool 2–8
Highest scoring	Fulham v Ipswich Town 10–1
← 1962–63 1964–65 →

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

Overview

Liverpool won the First Division title for the sixth time in the club's history that season.

League standings

Pos	Team	Pld		W	D	L	F	A		W	D	L	F	A		F	A	GA	GD		Pts
1	Liverpool	42		16	0	5	60	18		10	5	6	32	27		92	45	2.044	+ 47		57
2	Manchester United	42		15	3	3	54	19		8	4	9	36	43		90	62	1.452	+ 28		53
3	Everton	42		14	4	3	53	26		7	6	8	31	38		84	64	1.313	+ 20		52
4	Tottenham Hotspur	42		13	3	5	54	31		9	4	8	43	50		97	81	1.198	+ 16		51
5	Chelsea	42		12	3	6	36	24		8	7	6	36	32		72	56	1.286	+ 16		50
6	Sheffield Wednesday	42		15	3	3	50	24		4	8	9	34	43		84	67	1.254	+ 17		49
7	Blackburn Rovers	42		10	4	7	44	28		8	6	7	45	37		89	65	1.369	+ 24		46
8	Arsenal	42		10	7	4	56	37		7	4	10	34	45		90	82	1.098	+ 18		45
9	Burnley	42		14	3	4	46	23		3	7	11	25	41		71	64	1.109	+ 7		44
10	West Bromwich Albion	42		9	6	6	43	35		7	5	9	27	26		70	61	1.148	+ 9		43
11	Leicester City	42		9	4	8	33	27		7	7	7	28	31		61	58	1.052	+ 3		43
12	Sheffield United	42		10	6	5	35	22		6	5	10	26	42		61	64	0.953	– 3		43
13	Nottingham Forest	42		9	5	7	34	24		7	4	10	30	44		64	68	0.941	– 4		41
14	West Ham United	42		8	7	6	45	38		6	5	10	24	36		69	74	0.932	– 5		40
15	Fulham	42		11	8	2	45	23		2	5	14	13	42		58	65	0.892	– 7		39
16	Wolverhampton Wanderers	42		6	9	6	36	34		6	6	9	34	46		70	80	0.875	– 10		39
17	Stoke City	42		9	6	6	49	33		5	4	12	28	45		77	78	0.987	– 1		38
18	Blackpool	42		8	6	7	26	29		5	3	13	26	44		52	73	0.712	– 21		35
19	Aston Villa	42		8	6	7	35	29		3	6	12	27	42		62	71	0.873	– 9		34
20	Birmingham City	42		7	7	7	33	32		4	0	17	21	60		54	92	0.587	– 36		29
21	Bolton Wanderers	42		6	5	10	30	35		4	3	14	18	45		48	80	0.600	– 32		28
22	Ipswich Town	42		9	3	9	38	45		0	4	17	18	76		56	121	0.463	– 65		25

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 1963-64
	League Cup Winners
	Relegated

First Division 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

3–0

4–1

0–0

5–3

4–3

3–2

2–4

6–0

2–2

6–0

0–1

1–1

2–1

4–2

1–3

1–1

1–1

4–4

3–2

3–3

1–3

Aston Villa

2–1

0–3

1–2

3–1

3–0

2–0

2–0

0–1

2–2

0–0

1–3

2–2

4–0

3–0

0–1

2–2

1–3

2–4

1–0

2–2

2–2

Birmingham City

1–4

3–3

2–2

3–2

2–1

0–0

3–4

0–2

0–0

1–0

2–0

3–1

1–1

3–3

3–0

1–2

0–1

1–2

0–1

2–1

2–2

Blackburn Rovers

4–1

2–0

3–0

1–2

3–0

1–2

2–2

1–2

2–0

3–1

5–2

1–2

1–3

2–0

2–2

1–1

1–0

7–2

0–2

1–3

1–1

Blackpool

0–1

0–4

3–0

3–2

2–0

1–1

1–5

1–1

1–0

2–2

3–3

0–1

1–0

1–0

2–2

2–2

1–0

0–2

1–0

0–1

1–2

Bolton Wanderers

1–1

1–1

0–2

0–5

1–1

2–1

1–0

1–3

2–1

6–0

0–0

1–2

0–1

2–3

3–0

3–0

3–4

1–3

1–2

1–1

0–4

Burnley

0–3

2–0

2–1

3–0

1–0

1–1

0–0

2–3

4–1

3–1

2–0

0–3

6–1

1–1

1–2

3–1

1–0

7–2

3–2

3–1

1–0

Chelsea

3–1

1–0

2–3

1–0

1–0

4–0

2–0

1–0

1–2

4–0

1–0

1–3

1–1

1–0

3–2

1–2

3–3

0–3

3–1

0–0

2–3

Everton

2–1

4–2

3–0

2–4

3–1

2–0

3–4

1–1

3–0

1–1

0–3

3–1

4–0

6–1

4–1

3–2

2–0

1–0

1–1

2–0

3–3

Fulham

1–4

2–0

2–1

1–1

1–1

3–1

2–1

0–1

2–2

10–1

2–1

1–0

2–2

0–0

3–1

2–0

3–3

1–1

1–1

2–0

4–1

Ipswich Town

1–2

4–3

3–2

0–0

4–3

1–3

3–1

1–3

0–0

4–2

1–1

1–2

2–7

4–3

1–0

1–4

0–2

2–3

1–2

3–2

1–0

Leicester City

7–2

0–0

3–0

4–3

2–3

1–0

0–0

2–4

2–0

0–1

2–1

0–2

3–2

1–1

0–1

2–0

2–1

0–1

0–2

2–2

0–1

Liverpool

5–0

5–2

2–1

1–2

1–2

2–0

2–0

2–1

2–1

2–0

6–0

0–1

3–0

1–2

6–1

3–1

6–1

3–1

1–0

1–2

6–0

Manchester United

3–1

1–0

1–2

2–2

3–0

5–0

5–1

1–1

5–1

3–0

2–0

3–1

0–1

3–1

2–1

3–1

5–2

4–1

1–0

0–1

2–2

Nottingham Forest

2–0

0–1

4–0

1–1

0–1

3–1

1–3

0–1

2–2

2–0

3–1

2–0

0–0

1–2

3–3

3–2

0–0

1–2

0–3

3–1

3–0

Sheffield United

2–2

1–1

3–0

0–1

1–0

0–1

2–0

1–1

0–0

1–0

3–1

0–1

3–0

1–2

1–2

1–1

4–1

3–3

2–1

2–1

4–3

Sheffield Wednesday

0–4

1–0

2–1

5–2

1–0

3–0

3–1

3–2

0–3

3–0

3–1

1–2

2–2

3–3

3–1

3–0

2–0

2–0

2–2

3–0

5–0

Stoke City

1–2

2–2

4–1

3–1

1–2

0–1

4–4

2–0

3–2

1–1

9–1

3–3

3–1

3–1

0–1

0–2

4–4

2–1

1–1

3–0

0–2

Tottenham Hotspur

3–1

3–1

6–1

4–1

6–1

1–0

3–2

1–2

2–4

1–0

6–3

1–1

1–3

2–3

4–1

0–0

1–1

2–1

0–2

3–0

4–3

West Bromwich Albion

4–0

4–3

3–1

1–3

2–1

1–1

0–0

1–1

4–2

3–0

2–1

1–1

2–2

1–4

2–3

2–0

1–3

2–3

4–4

0–1

3–1

West Ham United

1–1

0–1

5–0

2–8

3–1

2–3

1–1

2–2

4–2

1–1

2–2

2–2

1–0

0–2

0–2

2–3

4–3

4–1

4–0

4–2

1–1

Wolverhampton Wanderers

2–2

3–3

5–1

1–5

1–1

2–2

1–1

4–1

0–0

4–0

2–1

1–2

1–2

2–0

2–3

1–1

1–1

2–1

1–4

0–0

0–2

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.

Top Scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Jimmy Greaves	Tottenham Hotspur	35
2	Fred Pickering	Blackburn Rovers / Everton	32
=	Andy McEvoy	Blackburn Rovers	32
4	Roger Hunt	Liverpool	31
5	Denis Law	Manchester United	30
6	Ray Crawford	Ipswich Town / Wolverhampton Wanderers	28

References

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

• RSSSF

External links

• wildstat.com