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1966–67 Football League First Division

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Football League First Division
Season1966–67
ChampionsManchester United
7th English title
RelegatedAston Villa
Blackpool
European CupManchester United
European Cup Winners' CupTottenham Hotspur
Inter-Cities Fairs CupNottingham Forest
Leeds United
Liverpool
Matches played462
Goals scored1,387 (3 per match)
Top goalscorerRon Davies
(37 goals)[1]

Statistics of Football League First Division in the 1966–67 season.

Overview

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Manchester United won the First Division title for the seventh time in the club's history that season. They made sure of that on 6 May, after beating West Ham United 6–1 at Upton Park whilst their title challengers Nottingham Forest lost 2–1 at Southampton. This would be their last league title for 26 years, and last in the First Division, until the inaugural 1992-93 Premier League season. Blackpool were relegated on 15 April, after losing 2–0 at Stoke City whilst Aston Villa joined them on 6 May, after losing 4–2 at home against Everton with Southampton's win against Nottingham Forest confirming their relegation.

League standings

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GAv Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Manchester United (C) 42 24 12 6 84 45 1.867 60 Qualification for the European Cup first round
2 Nottingham Forest 42 23 10 9 64 41 1.561 56 Qualification for the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup first round
3 Tottenham Hotspur 42 24 8 10 71 48 1.479 56 Qualification for the European Cup Winners' Cup first round[a]
4 Leeds United 42 22 11 9 62 42 1.476 55 Qualification for the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup first round
5 Liverpool 42 19 13 10 64 47 1.362 51
6 Everton 42 19 10 13 65 46 1.413 48
7 Arsenal 42 16 14 12 58 47 1.234 46
8 Leicester City 42 18 8 16 78 71 1.099 44
9 Chelsea 42 15 14 13 67 62 1.081 44
10 Sheffield United 42 16 10 16 52 59 0.881 42
11 Sheffield Wednesday 42 14 13 15 56 47 1.191 41
12 Stoke City 42 17 7 18 63 58 1.086 41
13 West Bromwich Albion 42 16 7 19 77 73 1.055 39
14 Burnley 42 15 9 18 66 76 0.868 39
15 Manchester City 42 12 15 15 43 52 0.827 39
16 West Ham United 42 14 8 20 80 84 0.952 36
17 Sunderland 42 14 8 20 58 72 0.806 36
18 Fulham 42 11 12 19 71 83 0.855 34
19 Southampton 42 14 6 22 74 92 0.804 34
20 Newcastle United 42 12 9 21 39 81 0.481 33
21 Aston Villa (R) 42 11 7 24 54 85 0.635 29 Relegation to the Second Division
22 Blackpool (R) 42 6 9 27 41 76 0.539 21
Source: World Football
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal average; 3) Goals scored
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ Tottenham Hotspur qualified for the European Cup Winners' Cup as the 1966–67 FA Cup winners.

Results

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Home \ Away ARS AST BLP BUR CHE EVE FUL LEE LEI LIV MCI MUN NEW NOT SHU SHW SOU STK SUN TOT WBA WHU
Arsenal 1–0 1–1 0–0 2–1 3–1 1–0 0–1 2–4 1–1 1–0 1–1 2–0 1–1 2–0 1–1 4–1 3–1 2–0 0–2 2–3 2–1
Aston Villa 0–1 3–2 0–1 2–6 2–4 1–1 3–0 0–1 2–3 3–0 2–1 1–1 1–1 0–0 0–1 0–1 2–1 2–1 3–3 3–2 0–2
Blackpool 0–3 0–2 0–2 0–2 0–1 0–1 0–2 1–1 1–2 0–1 1–2 6–0 1–1 0–1 1–1 2–3 0–1 1–1 2–2 1–3 1–4
Burnley 1–4 4–2 1–0 1–2 1–1 3–0 1–1 5–2 1–0 2–3 1–1 0–2 0–2 4–0 2–0 4–1 0–2 1–0 2–2 5–1 4–2
Chelsea 3–1 3–1 0–2 1–3 1–1 0–0 2–2 2–2 1–2 0–0 1–3 2–1 2–1 1–1 0–0 4–1 1–0 1–1 3–0 0–2 5–5
Everton 0–0 3–1 0–1 1–1 3–1 3–2 2–0 2–0 3–1 1–1 1–2 1–1 0–1 4–1 2–1 0–1 0–1 4–1 0–1 5–4 4–0
Fulham 0–0 5–1 2–2 0–0 1–3 0–1 2–2 4–2 2–2 4–1 2–2 5–1 2–3 0–1 1–2 3–1 4–1 3–1 3–4 2–2 4–2
Leeds United 3–1 0–2 1–1 3–1 1–0 1–1 3–1 3–1 2–1 0–0 3–1 5–0 1–1 2–0 1–0 0–1 3–0 2–1 3–2 2–1 2–1
Leicester City 2–1 5–0 3–0 5–1 3–2 2–2 0–2 0–0 2–1 2–1 1–2 4–2 3–0 2–2 0–1 1–1 4–2 1–2 0–1 2–1 5–4
Liverpool 0–0 1–0 1–3 2–0 2–1 0–0 2–2 5–0 3–2 3–2 0–0 3–1 4–0 1–0 1–1 2–1 2–1 2–2 0–0 0–1 2–0
Manchester City 1–1 1–1 1–0 1–0 1–4 1–0 3–0 2–1 1–3 2–1 1–1 1–1 1–1 1–1 0–0 1–1 3–1 1–0 1–2 2–2 1–4
Manchester United 1–0 3–1 4–0 4–1 1–1 3–0 2–1 0–0 5–2 2–2 1–0 3–2 1–0 2–0 2–0 3–0 0–0 5–0 1–0 5–3 3–0
Newcastle United 2–1 0–3 2–1 1–1 2–2 0–3 1–1 1–2 1–0 0–2 2–0 0–0 0–0 1–0 3–1 3–1 3–1 0–3 0–2 1–3 1–0
Nottingham Forest 2–1 3–0 2–0 4–1 0–0 1–0 2–1 1–0 1–0 1–1 2–0 4–1 3–0 3–1 1–1 3–1 1–2 3–1 1–1 2–1 1–0
Sheffield United 1–1 3–3 1–1 1–1 3–0 0–0 4–0 1–4 0–1 0–1 1–0 2–1 0–1 1–2 1–0 2–0 2–1 2–0 2–1 4–3 3–1
Sheffield Wednesday 1–1 2–0 3–0 7–0 6–1 1–2 1–1 0–0 1–1 0–1 1–0 2–2 0–0 0–2 2–2 4–1 1–3 5–0 1–0 1–0 0–2
Southampton 2–1 6–2 1–5 4–0 0–3 1–3 4–2 0–2 4–4 1–2 1–1 1–2 2–0 2–1 2–3 4–2 3–2 3–1 0–1 2–2 6–2
Stoke City 2–2 6–1 2–0 4–3 1–1 2–1 1–2 0–0 3–1 2–0 0–1 3–0 0–1 1–2 3–0 0–2 3–2 3–0 2–0 1–1 1–1
Sunderland 1–3 2–1 4–0 4–3 2–0 0–2 3–1 0–2 2–3 2–2 1–0 0–0 3–0 1–0 4–1 2–0 2–0 2–1 0–1 2–2 2–4
Tottenham Hotspur 3–1 0–1 1–3 2–0 1–1 2–0 4–2 3–1 2–0 2–1 1–1 2–1 4–0 2–1 2–0 2–1 5–3 2–0 1–0 0–0 3–4
West Bromwich Albion 0–1 2–1 3–1 1–2 0–1 1–0 5–1 2–0 1–0 2–1 0–3 3–4 6–1 1–2 1–2 1–2 3–2 0–1 2–2 3–0 3–1
West Ham United 2–2 2–1 4–0 3–2 1–2 2–3 6–1 0–1 0–1 1–1 1–1 1–6 3–0 3–1 0–2 3–0 2–2 1–1 2–2 0–2 3–0
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

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Rank Player Club Goals
1 Wales Ron Davies Southampton 37
2 England Geoff Hurst West Ham United 29
3 England Jimmy Greaves Tottenham Hotspur 25
4 England Allan Clarke Fulham 24
5 Scotland Denis Law Manchester United 23

References

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