1964–65 Football League

The 1964–65 season was the 66th completed season of the Football League.

Manchester United won its sixth league title and its first since the Munich air disaster of 1958. The Second, Third and Fourth Divisions were won by Newcastle United, Carlisle United and Brighton & Hove Albion respectively.

Final league tables The tables below are reproduced here in the exact form that they can be found at The Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation website and in Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79,Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane’s, London & Sydney, 1980. with home and away statistics separated.

Beginning with the season 1894–95, 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 beginning with the 1976–77 season.

Since the Fourth Division was established in the 1958–59 season, the bottom four teams of that division have been required to apply for re-election.

First Division

Results

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Second Division

Results

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Third Division

Results

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Fourth Division

Results

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Division One No. Club Average ± Highest Lowest 1 Manchester United 46,521 5,4% 57,662 25,938 2 Everton FC 42,062 -14,9% 65,402 27,533 3 Liverpool FC 41,138 -8,6% 52,619 28,465 4 Sunderland AFC 40,637 -1,5% 52,177 22,467 5 Tottenham Hotspur FC 39,391 -10,1% 58,639 24,019 6 Leeds United FC 37,490 25,2% 52,368 27,339 7 Chelsea FC 37,054 18,4% 62,587 20,952 8 Arsenal FC 31,327 -9,9% 59,637 16,048 9 Nottingham Forest FC 27,426 21,9% 43,009 16,595 10 West Ham United FC 25,858 5,2% 37,298 20,515 11 Stoke City FC 25,787 -14,9% 44,015 12,923 12 Aston Villa FC 22,215 -0,6% 36,871 14,433 13 Wolverhampton Wanderers FC 21,499 -4,8% 30,829 13,839 14 Sheffield Wednesday FC 20,188 -13,7% 39,234 11,526 15 Sheffield United FC 20,006 -7,6% 37,295 11,850 16 Leicester City FC 19,963 -17,3% 32,373 8,817 17 Birmingham City FC 19,714 -10,6% 33,833 8,877 18 West Bromwich Albion FC 18,848 -8,3% 28,126 11,551 19 Blackpool FC 18,637 12,7% 31,855 10,160 20 Fulham FC 17,563 -17,0% 36,291 10,162 21 Blackburn Rovers FC 16,110 -25,2% 29,363 8,990 22 Burnley FC 15,739 -20,3% 31,056 9,971

Division Two

No. Club Average ± Highest Lowest 1 Newcastle United FC 35,659 21,2% 59,960 24,531 2 Coventry City FC 26,621 2,3% 38,278 18,800 3 Crystal Palace FC 18,232 6,0% 29,878 12,175 4 Norwich City FC 18,207 11,7% 25,199 10,847 5 Southampton FC 17,123 -0,5% 23,911 11,377 6 Middlesbrough FC 15,692 -16,5% 38,194 8,627 7 Preston North End FC 15,622 -17,0% 23,303 11,390 8 Northampton Town FC 15,366 21,0% 20,660 9,586 9 Swindon Town FC 15,268 -17,5% 19,513 11,180 10 Plymouth Argyle FC 14,881 14,5% 21,876 8,328 11 Manchester City FC 14,753 -18,9% 22,299 8,015 12 Bolton Wanderers FC 14,650 -13,9% 24,487 6,498 13 Derby County FC 13,820 15,4% 32,803 7,457 14 Ipswich Town FC 13,428 -16,1% 25,863 9,118 15 Charlton Athletic FC 13,065 -28,5% 31,498 7,710 16 Portsmouth FC 13,063 -11,0% 25,031 7,920 17 Cardiff City FC 10,588 -23,2% 16,911 7,427 18 Swansea City AFC 10,467 -4,1% 17,875 7,574 19 Rotherham United FC 9,753 -2,1% 14,755 5,552 20 Huddersfield Town AFC 9,644 -20,4% 14,405 5,533 21 Leyton Orient FC 8,920 -13,9% 17,711 5,083 22 Bury FC 7,784 -4,7% 23,321 4,292

Division Three

No. Club Average ± Highest Lowest 1 Hull City AFC 14,629 71,4% 28,399 6,165 2 Bristol Rovers FC 13,128 22,6% 25,370 5,578 3 Bristol City FC 12,198 23,1% 28,248 8,387 4 Gillingham FC 11,323 14,4% 15,552 6,077 5 Carlisle United FC 10,794 29,3% 18,764 5,747 6 Brentford FC 10,740 -9,6% 16,065 6,164 7 Peterborough United FC 10,021 -7,4% 14,420 6,262 8 Mansfield Town FC 9,451 -0,3% 19,500 4,783 9 Oldham Athletic FC 8,184 -33,9% 13,366 4,655 10 AFC Bournemouth 7,748 -21,2% 12,122 4,663 11 Reading FC 7,533 -10,7% 12,296 5,059 12 Watford FC 7,416 -35,2% 9,586 5,329 13 Southend United FC 7,157 -15,6% 11,023 4,968 14 Grimsby Town FC 7,144 -24,9% 11,302 4,191 15 Walsall FC 6,754 -7,6% 12,097 3,681 16 Luton Town FC 6,663 -7,3% 11,649 2,874 17 Exeter City FC 6,460 -11,4% 10,138 4,686 18 Queens Park Rangers FC 5,670 -26,0% 11,063 3,260 19 Shrewsbury Town FC 5,635 -14,6% 8,317 3,053 20 Scunthorpe United FC 5,618 -23,6% 10,867 2,755 21 Port Vale FC 5,508 -45,2% 8,190 3,071 22 Workington AFC 5,178 7,4% 11,953 2,274 23 Barnsley FC 4,274 -34,0% 6,940 2,297 24 Colchester United FC 3,655 -27,4% 6,074 2,528

Division Four

No. Club Average ± Highest Lowest 1 Brighton & Hove Albion FC 17,907 92,2% 31,461 12,267 2 Tranmere Rovers 11,656 64,8% 17,430 6,340 3 Millwall FC 9,272 -11,7% 15,389 6,324 4 Oxford United FC 8,749 26,9% 13,499 5,296 5 Doncaster Rovers FC 8,570 34,5% 14,402 4,399 6 Bradford Park Avenue AFC 8,366 39,4% 13,745 5,721 7 Chester City FC 7,659 23,9% 14,782 5,152 8 York City FC 7,185 82,5% 13,444 3,752 9 Chesterfield FC 6,131 14,3% 9,926 3,806 10 Hartlepool United FC 5,884 41,1% 10,734 3,102 11 Wrexham AFC 5,842 -16,8% 14,690 1,616 12 Notts County FC 5,756 -10,4% 10,729 3,219 13 Stockport County FC 5,739 34,2% 10,334 3,083 14 Rochdale AFC 4,686 55,2% 8,031 2,882 15 Aldershot Town FC 4,648 -11,9% 8,032 2,948 16 Lincoln City FC 4,475 -20,8% 6,578 2,408 17 Torquay United FC 4,385 -15,6% 6,388 3,245 18 Darlington FC 4,292 27,3% 6,083 2,290 19 Crewe Alexandra FC 4,263 -22,5% 7,313 1,988 20 Newport County AFC 4,010 7,9% 6,730 2,057 21 Bradford City AFC 3,784 -34,1% 9,436 2,091 22 Barrow AFC 3,200 5,3% 5,403 1,781 23 Halifax Town AFC 3,006 -20,9% 7,319 1,240 24 Southport FC 2,870 -3,1% 7,434 1,320

See also 1964–65 in English football

References

Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane’s, London & Sydney, 1980.