1966–67 Tranmere Rovers F.C. season

Tranmere Rovers F.C.

1966–67 season

Chairman

Fred C. Lloyd

Manager

Dave Russell

Stadium

Prenton Park

Football League Fourth Division

4th (of 24)

Top goalscorer

League: Yardley (15)
All: Yardley (16)

Highest home attendance

15,555 vs Southport (28 April 1967)

Lowest home attendance

3,495 vs Exeter City (3 September 1966)

Average home league attendance

7,839

Team colours

← 1965–66

1967–68 →

Dave Russell managed Tranmere Rovers F.C. to promotion in 1966–67. Tranmere had narrowly failed to win promotion in the previous two years and newcomers included Barry Ashworth and Graham Williams, while young players Jim Cumbes and Roy McFarland established regular first-team slots. Rovers were early pace-setters after losing just one of their first 15 games, including a 5–0 victory over Crewe Alexandra. George Yardley was signed from Luton Town, then George Hudson arrived from Northampton. Four successive wins maintained Tranmere's promotion challenge and they finished fourth after losing only two of their last 12 games.

Final league table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	F	A	GA	GD	Pts
1	Stockport County	46	16	5	2	41	18	10	7	6	28	24	69	42	1.643	+27	64
2	Southport	46	19	2	2	47	15	4	11	8	22	27	69	42	1.643	+27	59
3	Barrow	46	12	8	3	35	18	12	3	8	41	36	76	54	1.407	+22	59
4	Tranmere Rovers	46	14	6	3	42	20	8	8	7	24	23	66	43	1.535	+23	58
5	Crewe Alexandra	46	14	5	4	42	26	7	7	9	28	29	70	55	1.273	+15	54
6	Southend United	46	15	5	3	44	12	7	4	12	26	37	70	49	1.429	+21	53
7	Wrexham	46	11	12	0	46	20	5	8	10	30	42	76	62	1.226	+14	52
8	Hartlepools United	46	15	3	5	44	29	7	4	12	22	35	66	64	1.031	+2	51
9	Brentford	46	13	7	3	36	19	5	6	12	22	37	58	56	1.036	+2	49
10	Aldershot	46	14	4	5	48	19	4	8	11	24	38	72	57	1.263	+15	48
11	Bradford City	46	13	4	6	48	31	6	6	11	26	31	74	62	1.194	+12	48
12	Halifax Town	46	10	11	2	37	27	5	3	15	22	41	59	68	0.868	–9	44
13	Port Vale	46	9	7	7	33	27	5	8	10	22	31	55	58	0.948	–3	43
14	Exeter City	46	11	6	6	30	24	3	9	11	20	36	50	60	0.833	–10	43
15	Chesterfield	46	13	6	4	33	16	4	2	17	27	47	60	63	0.952	–3	42
16	Barnsley	46	8	7	8	30	28	5	8	10	30	36	60	64	0.938	–4	41
17	Luton Town	46	15	5	3	47	23	1	4	18	12	50	59	73	0.808	–14	41
18	Newport County	46	9	9	5	35	23	3	7	13	21	40	56	63	0.889	–7	40
19	Chester	46	8	5	10	24	32	7	5	11	30	46	54	78	0.692	–24	40
20	Notts County	46	10	7	6	31	25	3	4	16	22	47	53	72	0.736	–19	37
21	Rochdale	46	10	4	9	30	27	3	7	13	23	48	53	75	0.707	–22	37
22	York City	46	11	5	7	45	31	1	6	16	20	48	65	79	0.823	–14	35
23	Bradford Park Avenue	46	7	6	10	30	34	4	7	12	22	45	52	79	0.658	–27	35
24	Lincoln City	46	7	8	8	39	39	2	5	16	19	43	58	82	0.707	–24	31

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
	Division Champions, promoted
	Promoted
	New club in the league (none)
	Re-elected
	Failed re-election (none)

References

Leigh, Edwards (17 December 2011). "Tranmere Rovers classic campaigns". Official matchday programme (Stevenage F.C.) (12): 21.

Upton, Gilbert; Wilson, Steve (November 1997). Tranmere Rovers 1921–1997: A Complete Record. ISBN 978-0-9518648-2-1.

Tranmere Rovers F.C. seasons

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

1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 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 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000

2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10

2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16

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