1964–65 Football League First Division

Football League First Division
Season	1964–65
Champions	Manchester United (6th English title)
Relegated	Wolverhampton Wanderers Birmingham City
European Cup 1965–66	Manchester United
FA Cup winners European Cup Winners' Cup 1965–66	Liverpool (1st FA Cup title) West Ham United (defending champions)
Inter-Cities Fairs Cup 1964–65	Manchester United Everton
Matches played	462
Goals scored	1543 (3.34 per match)
Top goalscorer	Andy McEvoy (Blackburn Rovers), 29 Jimmy Greaves (Tottenham Hotspur), 29 ^[1]
← 1963–64 1965–66 →

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

Overview

Manchester United 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	Manchester United	42	16	4	1	52	13	10	5	6	37	26	89	39	2.282	+ 50	61
2	Leeds United	42	16	3	2	53	23	10	6	5	30	29	83	52	1.596	+ 31	61
3	Chelsea	42	15	2	4	48	19	9	6	6	41	35	89	54	1.648	+ 35	56
4	Everton	42	9	10	2	37	22	8	5	8	32	38	69	60	1.150	+ 9	49
5	Nottingham Forest	42	10	7	4	45	33	7	6	8	26	34	71	67	1.060	+ 4	47
6	Tottenham Hotspur	42	18	3	0	65	20	1	4	16	22	51	87	71	1.225	+ 16	45
7	Liverpool	42	12	5	4	42	33	5	5	11	25	40	67	73	0.918	– 6	44
8	Sheffield Wednesday	42	13	5	3	37	15	3	6	12	20	40	57	55	1.036	+ 2	43
9	West Ham United	42	14	2	5	48	25	5	2	14	34	46	82	71	1.155	+ 11	42
10	Blackburn Rovers	42	12	2	7	46	33	4	8	9	37	46	83	79	1.051	+ 4	42
11	Stoke City	42	11	4	6	40	27	5	6	10	27	39	67	66	1.015	+ 1	42
12	Burnley	42	9	9	3	39	26	7	1	13	31	44	70	70	1.000	± 0	42
13	Arsenal	42	11	5	5	42	31	6	2	13	27	44	69	75	0.920	– 6	41
14	West Bromwich Albion	42	10	5	6	45	25	3	8	10	25	40	70	65	1.077	+ 5	39
15	Sunderland	42	12	6	3	45	26	2	3	16	19	48	64	74	0.865	– 10	37
16	Aston Villa	42	14	1	6	36	24	2	4	15	21	58	57	82	0.695	– 25	37
17	Blackpool	42	9	7	5	41	28	3	4	14	26	50	67	78	0.859	– 11	35
18	Leicester City	42	9	6	6	43	36	2	7	12	26	49	69	85	0.812	– 16	35
19	Sheffield United	42	7	5	9	30	29	5	6	10	20	35	50	64	0.781	– 14	35
20	Fulham	42	10	5	6	44	32	1	7	13	16	46	60	78	0.769	– 18	34
21	Wolverhampton Wanderers	42	8	2	11	33	36	5	2	14	26	53	59	89	0.663	– 30	30
22	Birmingham City	42	6	8	7	36	40	2	3	16	28	56	64	96	0.667	– 32	27

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 (West Ham United qualified as holders)
	Inter-Cities Fairs Cup 1964-65; see also Manchester United
	League Cup Winners
	Relegated

First Division Results

Home ╲ Away	Arsenal !ARS	Aston Villa !AST	Birmingham City !BIR	Blackburn Rovers !BLB	Blackpool !BLP	Burnley !BUR	Chelsea !CHE	Everton !EVE	Fulham !FUL	Leeds United !LEE	Leicester City !LEI	Liverpool !LIV	Manchester United !MUN	Nottingham Forest !NOT	Sheffield United !SHU	Sheffield Wednesday !SHW	Stoke City !STK	Sunderland !SUN	Tottenham Hotspur !TOT	West Bromwich Albion !WBA	West Ham United !WHU	Wolverhampton Wanderers !WOL
Arsenal !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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

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	29
=	Andy McEvoy	Blackburn Rovers	29
2	Denis Law	Manchester United	28
3	Fred Pickering	Everton	27
4	John Ritchie	Stoke City	25
=	Roger Hunt	Liverpool	25
=	Joe Baker	Arsenal	25
=	Johnny Byrne	West Ham United	25
=	John Byrom	Blackburn Rovers	25
5	Willie Irvine	Burnley	22

References

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

RSSSF

Football League First Division

First Level	1888–89 1889–90 1890–91 1891–92 1892–93 1893–94 1894–95 1895–96 1896–97 1897–98 1898–99 1899–1900 1900–01 1901–02 1902–03 1903–04 1904–05 1905–06 1906–07 1907–08 1908–09 1909–10 1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 First World War 1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 Second World War 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92

Second Level	1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04

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First Division	Arsenal Aston Villa Birmingham City Blackburn Rovers Blackpool Burnley Chelsea Everton Fulham Leeds United Leicester City Liverpool Manchester United Nottingham Forest Sheffield United Sheffield Wednesday Stoke City Sunderland Tottenham Hotspur West Bromwich Albion West Ham United Wolverhampton Wanderers

Second Division	Bolton Wanderers Bury Cardiff City Charlton Athletic Coventry City Crystal Palace Derby County Huddersfield Town Ipswich Town Leyton Orient Manchester City Middlesbrough Newcastle United Northampton Town Norwich City Plymouth Argyle Portsmouth Preston North End Rotherham United Southampton Swindon Town Swansea Town

Third Division	Barnsley Brentford Bristol City Bristol Rovers Carlisle United Colchester United Exeter City Gillingham Grimsby Town Hull City Luton Town Mansfield Town Oldham Athletic Port Vale Peterborough United Queens Park Rangers Reading Scunthorpe United Southend United Stockport County Walsall Workington York City

Fourth Division	Accrington Stanley Aldershot Barrow Bournemouth Bradford City Bradford Park Avenue Brighton & Hove Albion Chester Chesterfield Crewe Alexandra Darlington Doncaster Rovers Halifax Town Hartlepools United Lincoln City Millwall Newport County Notts County Rochdale Shrewsbury Town Southport Torquay United Tranmere Rovers Watford Wrexham

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