1964-65 IN ENGLISH FOOTBALL

The '1964-65 season' was the 85th season of competitive football in England.

Contents

Overview

Honours

League table

Overview

★ After a three-way tussle for the League title between Manchester United, Leeds United and Chelsea, Manchester United came out on top and were crowned champions.

★ Liverpool won the FA Cup, beating Leeds United in the final.

★ Chelsea won the League Cup, beating Leicester City 3-2 in the two-legged final.

Honours

Competition	Winner	Runner-up
First Division	Manchester United	Leeds United
Second Division	Newcastle United	Northampton Town
Third Division	Carlisle United	Bristol City
Fourth Division	Brighton & Hove Albion	Millwall
FA Cup	Liverpool	Leeds United
League Cup	Chelsea	Leicester City
Charity Shield	Liverpool and West Ham United (shared)
Home Championship

League table

===First Division===

		P	W	D	L	F	A	GA	Pts
'1'	'Manchester United'	'42'	'26'	'9'	'7'	'89'	'39'	'2.282'	'61'
2	Leeds United	42	26	9	7	83	52	1.596	61
3	Chelsea	42	24	8	10	89	54	1.648	56
4	Everton	42	17	15	10	69	60	1.150	49
5	Nottingham Forest	42	17	13	12	71	67	1.060	47
6	Tottenham Hotspur	42	19	7	16	87	71	1.225	45
7	Liverpool	42	17	10	15	67	73	0.918	44
8	Sheffield Wednesday	42	16	11	15	57	55	1.036	43
9	West Ham United	42	19	4	19	82	71	1.155	42
10	Blackburn Rovers	42	16	10	16	83	79	1.051	42
11	Stoke City	42	16	10	16	67	66	1.015	42
12	Burnley	42	16	10	16	70	70	1.000	42
13	Arsenal	42	17	7	18	69	75	0.920	41
14	West Bromwich Albion	42	13	13	16	70	65	1.077	39
15	Sunderland	42	14	9	19	64	74	0.865	37
16	Aston Villa	42	16	5	21	57	82	0.695	37
17	Blackpool	42	12	11	19	67	78	0.859	35
18	Leicester City	42	11	13	18	69	85	0.812	35
19	Sheffield United	42	12	11	19	50	64	0.781	35
20	Fulham	42	11	12	19	60	78	0.769	34
21	Wolverhampton Wanderers	42	13	4	25	59	89	0.663	30
22	Birmingham City	42	8	11	23	64	96	0.667	27

===Second Division===

		P	W	D	L	F	A	GA	Pts
'1'	'Newcastle United'	'42'	'24'	'9'	'9'	'81'	'45'	'1.800'	'57'
2	Northampton Town	42	20	16	6	66	50	1.320	56
3	Bolton Wanderers	42	20	10	12	80	58	1.379	50
4	Southampton	42	17	14	11	83	63	1.317	48
5	Ipswich Town	42	15	17	10	74	67	1.104	47
6	Norwich City	42	20	7	15	61	57	1.070	47
7	Crystal Palace	42	16	13	13	55	51	1.078	45
8	Huddersfield Town	42	17	10	15	53	51	1.039	44
9	Derby County	42	16	11	15	84	79	1.063	43
10	Coventry City	42	17	9	16	72	70	1.029	43
11	Manchester City	42	16	9	17	63	62	1.016	41
12	Preston North End	42	14	13	15	76	81	0.938	41
13	Cardiff City	42	13	14	15	64	57	1.123	40
14	Rotherham United	42	14	12	16	70	69	1.014	40
15	Plymouth Argyle	42	16	8	18	63	79	0.797	40
16	Bury	42	14	10	18	60	66	0.909	38
17	Middlesbrough	42	13	9	20	70	76	0.921	35
18	Charlton Athletic	42	13	9	20	64	75	0.853	35
19	Leyton Orient	42	12	11	19	50	72	0.694	35
20	Portsmouth	42	12	10	20	56	77	0.727	34
21	Swindon Town	42	14	5	23	63	81	0.778	33
22	Swansea City	42	11	10	21	62	84	0.738	32

===Third Division===

		P	W	D	L	F	A	GA	Pts
'1'	'Carlisle United'	'46'	'25'	'10'	'11'	'76'	'53'	'1.434'	'60'
2	Bristol City	46	24	11	11	92	55	1.673	59
3	Mansfield Town	46	24	11	11	95	61	1.557	59
4	Hull City	46	23	12	11	91	57	1.596	58
5	Brentford	46	24	9	13	83	55	1.509	57
6	Bristol Rovers	46	20	15	11	82	58	1.414	55
7	Gillingham	46	23	9	14	70	50	1.400	55
8	Peterborough United	46	22	7	17	85	74	1.149	51
9	Watford	46	17	16	13	71	64	1.109	50
10	Grimsby Town	46	16	17	13	68	67	1.015	49
11	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	46	18	11	17	72	63	1.143	47
12	Southend United	46	19	8	19	78	71	1.099	46
13	Reading	46	16	14	16	70	70	1.000	46
14	Queen's Park Rangers	46	17	12	17	72	80	0.900	46
15	Workington	46	17	12	17	58	69	0.841	46
16	Shrewsbury Town	46	15	12	19	76	84	0.905	42
17	Exeter City	46	12	17	17	51	52	0.981	41
18	Scunthorpe United	46	14	12	20	65	72	0.903	40
19	Walsall	46	15	7	24	55	80	0.688	37
20	Oldham Athletic	46	13	10	23	61	83	0.735	36
21	Luton Town	46	11	11	24	51	94	0.543	33
22	Port Vale	46	9	14	23	41	76	0.539	32
23	Colchester United	46	10	10	26	50	89	0.562	30
24	Barnsley	46	9	11	26	54	90	0.600	29

===Fourth Division===

		P	W	D	L	F	A	GA	Pts
'1'	'Brighton & Hove Albion'	'46'	'26'	'11'	'9'	'102'	'57'	'1.789'	'63'
2	Millwall	46	23	16	7	78	45	1.733	62
3	York City	46	28	6	12	91	56	1.625	62
4	Oxford United	46	23	15	8	87	44	1.977	61
5	Tranmere Rovers	46	27	6	13	99	56	1.768	60
6	Rochdale	46	22	14	10	74	53	1.396	58
7	Bradford Park Avenue	46	20	17	9	86	62	1.387	57
8	Chester City	46	25	6	15	119	81	1.469	56
9	Doncaster Rovers	46	20	11	15	84	72	1.167	51
10	Crewe Alexandra	46	18	13	15	90	81	1.111	49
11	Torquay United	46	21	7	18	70	70	1.000	49
12	Chesterfield	46	20	8	18	58	70	0.829	48
13	Notts County	46	15	14	17	61	73	0.836	44
14	Wrexham	46	17	9	20	84	92	0.913	43
15	Hartlepool United	46	15	13	18	61	85	0.718	43
16	Newport County	46	17	8	21	85	81	1.049	42
17	Darlington	46	18	6	22	84	87	0.966	42
18	Aldershot	46	15	7	24	64	84	0.762	37
19	Bradford City	46	12	8	26	70	88	0.795	32
20	Southport	46	8	16	22	58	89	0.652	32
21	Barrow	46	12	6	28	59	105	0.562	30
22	Lincoln City	46	11	6	29	58	99	0.586	28
23	Halifax Town	46	11	6	29	54	103	0.524	28
24	Stockport County	46	10	7	29	44	87	0.506	27

P = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; GA = Goal average; Pts = Points