1963–64 Football League First Division
Season | 1963–64 |
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Champions | Liverpool 6th English title |
Relegated | Bolton Wanderers Ipswich Town |
European Cup | Liverpool |
European Cup Winners' Cup | West Ham United |
Inter-Cities Fairs Cup | Manchester United Everton |
Matches played | 462 |
Goals scored | 1,571 (3.4 per match) |
Top goalscorer | Jimmy Greaves (35 goals)[1] |
Biggest home win | Fulham 10–1 Ipswich Town (26 December 1963) |
Biggest away win | West Ham United 2–8 Blackburn Rovers (26 December 1963) |
Highest scoring | Fulham 10–1 Ipswich Town (26 December 1963) |
← 1962–63 1964–65 → |
Statistics of Football League First Division in the 1963-64 season.
Overview
1958–59. Other results that day included Liverpool beating Stoke City 6-1, Burnley beating Manchester United by the same scoreline, Blackburn Rovers beating West Ham United 8-2 away and a 4-4 draw between West Bromwich Albion and Tottenham Hotspur.[2]
League standings
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GAv | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
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1 | Liverpool (C) | 42 | 26 | 5 | 11 | 92 | 45 | 2.044 | 57 | Qualification for the European Cup preliminary round |
2 | Manchester United | 42 | 23 | 7 | 12 | 90 | 62 | 1.452 | 53 | Qualification for the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup first round |
3 | Everton | 42 | 21 | 10 | 11 | 84 | 64 | 1.313 | 52 | |
4 | Tottenham Hotspur | 42 | 22 | 7 | 13 | 97 | 81 | 1.198 | 51 | |
5 | Chelsea | 42 | 20 | 10 | 12 | 72 | 56 | 1.286 | 50 | |
6 | Sheffield Wednesday | 42 | 19 | 11 | 12 | 84 | 67 | 1.254 | 49 | |
7 | Blackburn Rovers | 42 | 18 | 10 | 14 | 89 | 65 | 1.369 | 46 | |
8 | Arsenal | 42 | 17 | 11 | 14 | 90 | 82 | 1.098 | 45 | |
9 | Burnley | 42 | 17 | 10 | 15 | 71 | 64 | 1.109 | 44 | |
10 | West Bromwich Albion | 42 | 16 | 11 | 15 | 70 | 61 | 1.148 | 43 | |
11 | Leicester City | 42 | 16 | 11 | 15 | 61 | 58 | 1.052 | 43 | |
12 | Sheffield United | 42 | 16 | 11 | 15 | 61 | 64 | 0.953 | 43 | |
13 | Nottingham Forest | 42 | 16 | 9 | 17 | 64 | 68 | 0.941 | 41 | |
14 | West Ham United | 42 | 14 | 12 | 16 | 69 | 74 | 0.932 | 40 | Qualification for the European Cup Winners' Cup first round[a] |
15 | Fulham | 42 | 13 | 13 | 16 | 58 | 65 | 0.892 | 39 | |
16 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 42 | 12 | 15 | 15 | 70 | 80 | 0.875 | 39 | |
17 | Stoke City | 42 | 14 | 10 | 18 | 77 | 78 | 0.987 | 38 | |
18 | Blackpool | 42 | 13 | 9 | 20 | 52 | 73 | 0.712 | 35 | |
19 | Aston Villa | 42 | 11 | 12 | 19 | 62 | 71 | 0.873 | 34 | |
20 | Birmingham City | 42 | 11 | 7 | 24 | 54 | 92 | 0.587 | 29 | |
21 | Bolton Wanderers (R) | 42 | 10 | 8 | 24 | 48 | 80 | 0.600 | 28 | Relegation to the Second Division |
22 | Ipswich Town (R) | 42 | 9 | 7 | 26 | 56 | 121 | 0.463 | 25 |
Source: World Football
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal average; 3) Goals scored
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal average; 3) Goals scored
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
- ^ West Ham United qualified for the European Cup Winners' Cup as the 1963–64 FA Cup winners.
Results
Top scorers
Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Jimmy Greaves | Tottenham Hotspur | 35 |
2 | Fred Pickering | Blackburn Rovers / Everton | 32 |
= | Andy McEvoy | Blackburn Rovers | 32 |
4 | Roger Hunt | Liverpool | 31 |
5 | Denis Law | Manchester United | 30 |
6 | Ray Crawford | Ipswich Town / Wolverhampton Wanderers | 28 |
References
- ^ "English League Leading Goalscorers". RSSSF. Retrieved 2010-10-31.
- ^ "Fulham lead football revelry". The Times. 27 December 1963. p. 3.