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(Top) 1 Final league tables 2 First Division 2.1 Results 2.2 Maps 3 Second Division 3.1 Results 3.2 Maps 4 Third Division 4.1 Results 4.2 Maps 5 Fourth Division 5.1 Results 5.2 Maps 6 See also 7 References

1966–67 Football League

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The Football League
Season	1966–67
Champions	Manchester United
← 1965–66 1967–68 →

The 1966–67 season was the 68th completed season of The Football League.

Final league tables[edit]

The tables and results below are reproduced here in the exact form that they can be found at the RSSSF website^[1] and in Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79,^[2] with home and away statistics separated.

Beginning with the 1894–95 season, clubs finishing level on points were separated according to goal average (goals scored divided by goals conceded), or more properly put, goal ratio. In case one or more teams had the same goal difference, this system favoured those teams who had scored fewer goals. The goal average system was eventually scrapped since the 1976–77 season.

Since the Fourth Division was established in the 1958–59 season, the bottom four teams of that division were required to apply for re-election.^[2]

First Division[edit]

First Division
Season	1966–67
Champions	Manchester United 7th English title
Relegated	Aston Villa Blackpool
European Cup	Manchester United
Cup Winners' Cup	Tottenham Hotspur
Inter-Cities Fairs Cup	Nottingham Forest Leeds United Liverpool
Matches played	462
Goals scored	1,387 (3 per match)
Top goalscorer	Ron Davies (37 goals)^[3]
← 1965–66 1967–68 →

Pos	Team v t e	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	Qualification for the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup first round
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	Relegation to the Second Division

Source: World Football
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal average; 3) Goals scored
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:

^ Tottenham Hotspur qualified for the European Cup Winners' Cup as the 1966–67 FA Cup winners.

Results[edit]

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.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAv	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Coventry City (C, P)	42	23	13	6	74	43	1.721	59	Promotion to the First Division
2	Wolverhampton Wanderers (P)	42	25	8	9	88	48	1.833	58	Promotion to the First Division
3	Carlisle United	42	23	6	13	71	54	1.315	52
4	Blackburn Rovers	42	19	13	10	56	46	1.217	51
5	Ipswich Town	42	17	16	9	70	54	1.296	50
6	Huddersfield Town	42	20	9	13	58	46	1.261	49
7	Crystal Palace	42	19	10	13	61	55	1.109	48
8	Millwall	42	18	9	15	49	58	0.845	45
9	Bolton Wanderers	42	14	14	14	64	58	1.103	42
10	Birmingham City	42	16	8	18	70	66	1.061	40
11	Norwich City	42	13	14	15	49	55	0.891	40
12	Hull City	42	16	7	19	77	72	1.069	39
13	Preston North End	42	16	7	19	65	67	0.970	39
14	Portsmouth	42	13	13	16	59	70	0.843	39
15	Bristol City	42	12	14	16	56	62	0.903	38
16	Plymouth Argyle	42	14	9	19	59	58	1.017	37
17	Derby County	42	12	12	18	68	72	0.944	36
18	Rotherham United	42	13	10	19	61	70	0.871	36
19	Charlton Athletic	42	13	9	20	49	53	0.925	35
20	Cardiff City	42	12	9	21	61	87	0.701	33	Qualification for the Cup Winners' Cup first round^[a]
21	Northampton Town (R)	42	12	6	24	47	84	0.560	30	Relegation to the Third Division
22	Bury (R)	42	11	6	25	49	83	0.590	28	Relegation to the Third Division

Football League
Third Division
Season	1966–67
Champions	Queens Park Rangers (1st title)
Promoted	Middlesbrough
Relegated	Darlington, Doncaster Rovers, Swansea Town, Workington
Matches played	552
Goals scored	1,646 (2.98 per match)
Top goalscorer	Rodney Marsh (Queens Park Rangers), 30 ^[3]
← 1965–66 1967–68 →

Pos	Team	Pld	HW	HD	HL	HGF	HGA	AW	AD	AL	AGF	AGA	GAv	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Queens Park Rangers	46	18	4	1	66	15	8	11	4	37	23	2.711	67	Winners of the League Cup, Division Champions, promoted
2	Middlesbrough	46	16	3	4	51	20	7	6	10	36	44	1.359	55	Promoted
3	Watford	46	15	5	3	39	17	5	9	9	22	29	1.326	54
4	Reading	46	13	7	3	45	20	9	2	12	31	37	1.333	53
5	Bristol Rovers	46	13	8	2	47	28	7	5	11	29	39	1.134	53
6	Shrewsbury Town	46	15	5	3	48	24	5	7	11	29	38	1.242	52
7	Torquay United	46	17	3	3	57	20	4	6	13	16	34	1.352	51
8	Swindon Town	46	14	5	4	53	21	6	5	12	28	38	1.373	50
9	Mansfield Town	46	12	4	7	48	37	8	5	10	36	42	1.063	49
10	Oldham Athletic	46	15	4	4	51	16	4	6	13	29	47	1.270	48
11	Gillingham	46	11	9	3	36	18	4	7	12	22	44	0.935	46
12	Walsall	46	12	8	3	37	16	6	2	15	28	56	0.903	46
13	Colchester United	46	14	3	6	52	30	3	7	13	24	43	1.041	44
14	Orient	46	10	9	4	36	27	3	9	11	22	41	0.853	44
15	Peterborough United	46	12	4	7	40	31	2	11	10	26	40	0.930	43
16	Oxford United	46	10	8	5	41	29	5	5	13	20	37	0.924	43
17	Grimsby Town	46	13	5	5	46	23	4	4	15	15	45	0.897	43
18	Scunthorpe United	46	13	4	6	39	26	4	4	15	19	47	0.795	42
19	Brighton & Hove Albion	46	10	8	5	37	27	3	7	13	24	44	0.859	41
20	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	46	8	10	5	24	24	4	7	12	15	33	0.684	41
21	Swansea Town	46	9	9	5	50	30	3	6	14	35	59	0.955	39	Relegated
22	Darlington	46	8	7	8	26	28	5	4	14	21	53	0.580	37
23	Doncaster Rovers	46	11	6	6	40	40	1	2	20	18	77	0.496	32
24	Workington	46	9	3	11	35	35	3	4	16	20	54	0.618	31

Football League
Fourth Division
Season	1966–67
Champions	Stockport County (1st title)
Promoted	Barrow, Southport, Tranmere Rovers
Failed re-election	none
Matches played	552
Goals scored	1,500 (2.72 per match)
Top goalscorer	Ernie Phythian (Hartlepools United), 23 ^[3]
← 1965–66 1967–68 →