1964–65 Football League First Division

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

Football League First Division

Season	1964–65
Champions	Manchester United (6th English title)
Relegated	Wolverhampton Wanderers Birmingham City
1965–66 European Cup	Manchester United
FA Cup winners 1965–66 European Cup Winners' Cup	Liverpool (1st FA Cup title) West Ham United (defending champions)
1964–65 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup	Manchester United Everton
Matches played	462
Goals scored	1,543 (3.34 per match)
Top goalscorer	Andy McEvoy (Blackburn Rovers), 29 Jimmy Greaves (Tottenham Hotspur), 29 [1]
← 1963–64 1965–66 →

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

Pos	Team	Pld	HW	HD	HL	HGF	HGA	AW	AD	AL	AGF	AGA	GR	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Manchester United (C)	42	16	4	1	52	13	10	5	6	37	26	2.282	61	Qualified for European Cup and 1964–65 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup
2	Leeds United	42	16	3	2	53	23	10	6	5	30	29	1.596	61
3	Chelsea	42	15	2	4	48	19	9	6	6	41	35	1.648	56	League Cup Winners
4	Everton	42	9	10	2	37	22	8	5	8	32	38	1.150	49	1964–65 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup
5	Nottingham Forest	42	10	7	4	45	33	7	6	8	26	34	1.060	47
6	Tottenham Hotspur	42	18	3	0	65	20	1	4	16	22	51	1.225	45
7	Liverpool	42	12	5	4	42	33	5	5	11	25	40	0.918	44	FA Cup winners, qualified for Cup Winners' Cup[lower-alpha 1]
8	Sheffield Wednesday	42	13	5	3	37	15	3	6	12	20	40	1.036	43
9	West Ham United	42	14	2	5	48	25	5	2	14	34	46	1.155	42	FA Cup winners, qualified for Cup Winners' Cup[lower-alpha 1]
10	Blackburn Rovers	42	12	2	7	46	33	4	8	9	37	46	1.051	42
11	Stoke City	42	11	4	6	40	27	5	6	10	27	39	1.015	42
12	Burnley	42	9	9	3	39	26	7	1	13	31	44	1.000	42
13	Arsenal	42	11	5	5	42	31	6	2	13	27	44	0.920	41
14	West Bromwich Albion	42	10	5	6	45	25	3	8	10	25	40	1.077	39
15	Sunderland	42	12	6	3	45	26	2	3	16	19	48	0.865	37
16	Aston Villa	42	14	1	6	36	24	2	4	15	21	58	0.695	37
17	Blackpool	42	9	7	5	41	28	3	4	14	26	50	0.859	35
18	Leicester City	42	9	6	6	43	36	2	7	12	26	49	0.812	35
19	Sheffield United	42	7	5	9	30	29	5	6	10	20	35	0.781	35
20	Fulham	42	10	5	6	44	32	1	7	13	16	46	0.769	34
21	Wolverhampton Wanderers	42	8	2	11	33	36	5	2	14	26	53	0.663	30	Relegated
22	Birmingham City	42	6	8	7	36	40	2	3	16	28	56	0.667	27

Source:
(C) League Champions.
Notes:

1. West Ham United qualified as holders

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		3–1	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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

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

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

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

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