1965–66 Football League First Division
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Overview
LiverpoolLiverpool F.C.
Liverpool Football Club is an English Premier League football club based in Liverpool, Merseyside. Liverpool has won eighteen League titles, second most in English football, seven FA Cups and a record seven League Cups...
won the First Division title for the seventh time in the club's history that season. They made sure of that with a 2-1 win over Chelsea
Chelsea F.C.
Chelsea Football Club are an English football club based in West London. Founded in 1905, they play in the Premier League and have spent most of their history in the top tier of English football. Chelsea have been English champions four times, FA Cup winners six times and League Cup winners four...
at Anfield on April 30, and ended the season 6 points clear of Leeds United
Leeds United A.F.C.
Leeds United Association Football Club are an English professional association football club based in Beeston, Leeds, West Yorkshire, who play in the Football League Championship, the second tier of the English football league system...
. Blackburn Rovers
Blackburn Rovers F.C.
Blackburn Rovers Football Club is an English professional association football club based in the town of Blackburn, Lancashire. The team currently competes in the Premier League, the top tier of English football....
were relegated on April 20, after losing 1-0 at home to West Bromwich Albion
West Bromwich Albion F.C.
West Bromwich Albion Football Club, also known as West Brom, The Baggies, The Throstles, Albion or WBA, are an English Premier League association football club based in West Bromwich in the West Midlands...
and Northampton Town
Northampton Town F.C.
Northampton Town Football Club are an English professional football club based in Northampton, Northamptonshire. They currently play in Football League Two, the lowest league division, after being relegated from League One on the last day of the 2008–09 season...
's result at White Hart Lane against Tottenham Hotspur
Tottenham Hotspur F.C.
Tottenham Hotspur Football Club , commonly referred to as Spurs, is an English Premier League football club based in Tottenham, north London. The club's home stadium is White Hart Lane....
(which finished 1-1) going against Blackburn. Northampton Town also went down on May 7, after Nottingham Forest
Nottingham Forest F.C.
Nottingham Forest Football Club is an English Association Football club based in West Bridgford, Nottingham, that plays in the Football League Championship...
beat Sheffield Wednesday
Sheffield Wednesday F.C.
Sheffield Wednesday Football Club are a football club based in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England, who are currently competing in the Football League One in the 2011-12 season, in England. Sheffield Wednesday are one of the oldest professional clubs in the world and the fourth oldest in the...
1-0 at the City Ground, saving Forest from relegation in the process.
League standings
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | F | A | GA | GD | Pts | ||||
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| 1 | Liverpool Liverpool F.C. Liverpool Football Club is an English Premier League football club based in Liverpool, Merseyside. Liverpool has won eighteen League titles, second most in English football, seven FA Cups and a record seven League Cups... |
42 | 17 | 2 | 2 | 52 | 15 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 27 | 19 | 79 | 34 | 2.324 | + 45 | 61 | ||||
| 2 | Leeds United | 42 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 49 | 15 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 30 | 23 | 79 | 38 | 2.079 | + 41 | 55 | ||||
| 3 | Burnley Burnley F.C. Burnley Football Club are a professional English Football League club based in Burnley, Lancashire. Nicknamed the Clarets, due to the dominant colour of their home shirts, they were founder members of the Football League in 1888... |
42 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 45 | 20 | 9 | 4 | 8 | 34 | 27 | 79 | 47 | 1.681 | + 32 | 55 | ||||
| 4 | Manchester United Manchester United F.C. Manchester United Football Club is an English professional football club, based in Old Trafford, Greater Manchester, that plays in the Premier League. Founded as Newton Heath LYR Football Club in 1878, the club changed its name to Manchester United in 1902 and moved to Old Trafford in 1910.The 1958... |
42 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 50 | 20 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 34 | 39 | 84 | 59 | 1.424 | + 25 | 51 | ||||
| 5 | Chelsea Chelsea F.C. Chelsea Football Club are an English football club based in West London. Founded in 1905, they play in the Premier League and have spent most of their history in the top tier of English football. Chelsea have been English champions four times, FA Cup winners six times and League Cup winners four... |
42 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 30 | 21 | 11 | 3 | 7 | 35 | 32 | 65 | 53 | 1.226 | + 12 | 51 | ||||
| 6 | West Bromwich Albion West Bromwich Albion F.C. West Bromwich Albion Football Club, also known as West Brom, The Baggies, The Throstles, Albion or WBA, are an English Premier League association football club based in West Bromwich in the West Midlands... |
42 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 58 | 34 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 33 | 35 | 91 | 69 | 1.319 | + 22 | 50 | ||||
| 7 | Leicester City Leicester City F.C. Leicester City Football Club , also known as The Foxes, is an English professional football club based at the King Power Stadium in Leicester... |
42 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 40 | 28 | 9 | 3 | 9 | 40 | 37 | 80 | 65 | 1.231 | + 15 | 49 | ||||
| 8 | Tottenham Hotspur Tottenham Hotspur F.C. Tottenham Hotspur Football Club , commonly referred to as Spurs, is an English Premier League football club based in Tottenham, north London. The club's home stadium is White Hart Lane.... |
42 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 55 | 37 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 20 | 29 | 75 | 66 | 1.136 | + 9 | 44 | ||||
| 9 | Sheffield United Sheffield United F.C. Sheffield United Football Club is a professional English football club based in the city of Sheffield, South Yorkshire.They were the first sporting team to use the name 'United' and are nicknamed 'The Blades', thanks to Sheffield's worldwide reputation for steel production... |
42 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 37 | 25 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 19 | 34 | 56 | 59 | 0.949 | – 3 | 43 | ||||
| 10 | Stoke City Stoke City F.C. Stoke City Football Club is an English professional football club based in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire that plays in the Premier League. Founded in 1863, it is the oldest club in the Premier League, and considered to be the second oldest professional football club in the world, after Notts... |
42 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 42 | 22 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 23 | 42 | 65 | 64 | 1.016 | + 1 | 42 | ||||
| 11 | Everton Everton F.C. Everton Football Club are an English professional association football club from the city of Liverpool. The club competes in the Premier League, the highest level of English football... |
42 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 39 | 19 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 17 | 43 | 56 | 62 | 0.903 | – 6 | 41 | ||||
| 12 | West Ham United West Ham United F.C. West Ham United Football Club is an English professional football club based in Upton Park, Newham, East London. They play in The Football League Championship. The club was founded in 1895 as Thames Ironworks FC and reformed in 1900 as West Ham United. In 1904 the club relocated to their current... |
42 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 46 | 33 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 24 | 50 | 70 | 83 | 0.843 | – 13 | 39 | ||||
| 13 | Blackpool Blackpool F.C. Blackpool Football Club are an English football club founded in 1887 from the Lancashire seaside town of Blackpool. They are competing in the 2011–12 season of the The Championship, the second tier of professional football in England, having been relegated from the Premier League at the end of the... |
42 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 36 | 29 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 19 | 36 | 55 | 65 | 0.846 | – 10 | 37 | ||||
| 14 | Arsenal Arsenal F.C. Arsenal Football Club is a professional English Premier League football club based in North London. One of the most successful clubs in English football, it has won 13 First Division and Premier League titles and 10 FA Cups... |
42 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 36 | 31 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 26 | 44 | 62 | 75 | 0.827 | – 13 | 37 | ||||
| 15 | Newcastle United Newcastle United F.C. Newcastle United Football Club is an English professional association football club based in Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear. The club was founded in 1892 by the merger of Newcastle East End and Newcastle West End, and has played at its current home ground, St James' Park, since the merger... |
42 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 26 | 20 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 24 | 43 | 50 | 63 | 0.794 | – 13 | 37 | ||||
| 16 | Aston Villa Aston Villa F.C. Aston Villa Football Club is an English professional association football club based in Witton, Birmingham. The club was founded in 1874 and have played at their current home ground, Villa Park, since 1897. Aston Villa were founder members of The Football League in 1888. They were also founder... |
42 | 10 | 3 | 8 | 39 | 34 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 30 | 46 | 69 | 80 | 0.863 | – 11 | 36 | ||||
| 17 | Sheffield Wednesday Sheffield Wednesday F.C. Sheffield Wednesday Football Club are a football club based in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England, who are currently competing in the Football League One in the 2011-12 season, in England. Sheffield Wednesday are one of the oldest professional clubs in the world and the fourth oldest in the... |
42 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 35 | 18 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 21 | 48 | 56 | 66 | 0.848 | – 10 | 36 | ||||
| 18 | Nottingham Forest Nottingham Forest F.C. Nottingham Forest Football Club is an English Association Football club based in West Bridgford, Nottingham, that plays in the Football League Championship... |
42 | 11 | 3 | 7 | 31 | 26 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 25 | 46 | 56 | 72 | 0.778 | – 16 | 36 | ||||
| 19 | Sunderland Sunderland A.F.C. Sunderland Association Football Club is an English association football club based in Sunderland, Tyne and Wear who currently play in the Premier League... |
42 | 13 | 2 | 6 | 36 | 28 | 1 | 6 | 14 | 15 | 44 | 51 | 72 | 0.708 | – 21 | 36 | ||||
| 20 | Fulham Fulham F.C. Fulham Football Club is a professional English Premier League club based in southwest London Fulham, in the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham. Founded in 1879, they play in the Premier League, their 11th current season... |
42 | 9 | 4 | 8 | 34 | 37 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 33 | 48 | 67 | 85 | 0.788 | – 18 | 35 | ||||
| 21 | Northampton Town Northampton Town F.C. Northampton Town Football Club are an English professional football club based in Northampton, Northamptonshire. They currently play in Football League Two, the lowest league division, after being relegated from League One on the last day of the 2008–09 season... |
42 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 31 | 32 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 24 | 60 | 55 | 92 | 0.598 | – 37 | 33 | ||||
| 22 | Blackburn Rovers Blackburn Rovers F.C. Blackburn Rovers Football Club is an English professional association football club based in the town of Blackburn, Lancashire. The team currently competes in the Premier League, the top tier of English football.... |
42 | 6 | 1 | 14 | 30 | 36 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 27 | 52 | 57 | 88 | 0.648 | – 31 | 20 |
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
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| League Champions, qualified for European Cup | |
| FA Cup FA Cup 1965–66 The FA Cup 1965–66 was the 85th staging of the world's oldest football cup competition, the Football Association Challenge Cup, commonly known as the FA Cup... winners, qualified for Cup Winners' Cup |
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| Inter-Cities Fairs Cup 1965–66 ; see also Everton Everton F.C. Everton Football Club are an English professional association football club from the city of Liverpool. The club competes in the Premier League, the highest level of English football... |
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| Relegated |
First Division Results
Top Scorers
| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
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| 1 |  Ernie HuntErnie Hunt Roger Patrick "Ernie" Hunt is an English former footballer who played in the Football League for Swindon Town, Wolverhampton Wanderers, Everton, Coventry City, Doncaster Rovers and Bristol City, and for the Los Angeles Wolves in the United Soccer Association. At international level, he was capped... |
Liverpool Liverpool F.C. Liverpool Football Club is an English Premier League football club based in Liverpool, Merseyside. Liverpool has won eighteen League titles, second most in English football, seven FA Cups and a record seven League Cups... |
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| 2 | Willie Irvine Willie Irvine William John "Willie" Irvine is a former professional footballer who played as a centre forward. Born in Eden, County Antrim, into a large family, he grew up in the nearby town of Carrickfergus. He did well at school, but chose to pursue a career in professional football and initially played for... |
Burnley Burnley F.C. Burnley Football Club are a professional English Football League club based in Burnley, Lancashire. Nicknamed the Clarets, due to the dominant colour of their home shirts, they were founder members of the Football League in 1888... |
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| 3 | Tony Hateley Tony Hateley Tony Hateley is a former footballer who played for numerous English clubs as a striker. He is also the father of former England footballer Mark Hateley and grandfather of Motherwell footballer Tom Hateley.... |
Aston Villa Aston Villa F.C. Aston Villa Football Club is an English professional association football club based in Witton, Birmingham. The club was founded in 1874 and have played at their current home ground, Villa Park, since 1897. Aston Villa were founder members of The Football League in 1888. They were also founder... |
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| 4 |  David HerdDavid Herd (footballer) David George Herd is a Scottish former international association footballer. His regular position was as a forward where he was a consistent goal scorer.-Family:... |
Manchester United Manchester United F.C. Manchester United Football Club is an English professional football club, based in Old Trafford, Greater Manchester, that plays in the Premier League. Founded as Newton Heath LYR Football Club in 1878, the club changed its name to Manchester United in 1902 and moved to Old Trafford in 1910.The 1958... |
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| 5 | Geoff Hurst Geoff Hurst Sir Geoffrey Charles Hurst MBE is a retired England footballer best remembered for his years with West Ham. He made his mark in World Cup history as the only player to have scored a hat-trick in a World Cup final. His three goals came in the 1966 final for England in their 4–2 win over West... |
West Ham United West Ham United F.C. West Ham United Football Club is an English professional football club based in Upton Park, Newham, East London. They play in The Football League Championship. The club was founded in 1895 as Thames Ironworks FC and reformed in 1900 as West Ham United. In 1904 the club relocated to their current... |
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