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The Football League
Season	1965–66
Champions	Liverpool
← 1964–65 1966–67 →

The 1965–66 season was the 67th completed season of the Football League.

This season is notable for Liverpool winning the title – their seventh overall – with only 14 squad players. The Second, Third and Fourth Divisions were won by Manchester City, Hull City and Doncaster Rovers respectively.

Final league tables

The tables and results 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, 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 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

Football league season

First Division
Season	1965–66
Champions	Liverpool 7th title
Relegated	Northampton Town Blackburn Rovers
European Cup	Liverpool
European Cup Winners' Cup	Everton
Inter-Cities Fairs Cup	Leeds United Burnley West Bromwich Albion
Matches played	462
Goals scored	1,457 (3.15 per match)
Top goalscorer	Roger Hunt Willie Irvine (29 goals each)
← 1964–65 1966–67 →

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAv	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Liverpool (C)	42	26	9	7	79	34	2.324	61	Qualification for the European Cup first round
2	Leeds United	42	23	9	10	79	38	2.079	55	Qualification for the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup second round
3	Burnley	42	24	7	11	79	47	1.681	55	Qualification for the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup first round
4	Manchester United	42	18	15	9	84	59	1.424	51
5	Chelsea	42	22	7	13	65	53	1.226	51
6	West Bromwich Albion	42	19	12	11	91	69	1.319	50	Qualification for the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup second round
7	Leicester City	42	21	7	14	80	65	1.231	49
8	Tottenham Hotspur	42	16	12	14	75	66	1.136	44
9	Sheffield United	42	16	11	15	56	59	0.949	43
10	Stoke City	42	15	12	15	65	64	1.016	42
11	Everton	42	15	11	16	56	62	0.903	41	Qualification for the European Cup Winners' Cup first round
12	West Ham United	42	15	9	18	70	83	0.843	39
13	Blackpool	42	14	9	19	55	65	0.846	37
14	Arsenal	42	12	13	17	62	75	0.827	37
15	Newcastle United	42	14	9	19	50	63	0.794	37
16	Aston Villa	42	15	6	21	69	80	0.863	36
17	Sheffield Wednesday	42	14	8	20	56	66	0.848	36
18	Nottingham Forest	42	14	8	20	56	72	0.778	36
19	Sunderland	42	14	8	20	51	72	0.708	36
20	Fulham	42	14	7	21	67	85	0.788	35
21	Northampton Town (R)	42	10	13	19	55	92	0.598	33	Relegation to the Second Division
22	Blackburn Rovers (R)	42	8	4	30	57	88	0.648	20	Relegation to the Second Division

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

Everton qualified for the European Cup Winners' Cup as the 1965–66 FA Cup winners.

Results

Home \ Away	ARS	AST	BLB	BLP	BUR	CHE	EVE	FUL	LEE	LEI	LIV	MUN	NEW	NOR	NOT	SHU	SHW	STK	SUN	TOT	WBA	WHU
Arsenal		3–3	2–2	0–0	1–1	1–3	0–1	2–1	0–3	1–0	0–1	4–2	1–3	1–1	1–0	6–2	5–2	2–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	3–2
Aston Villa	3–0		3–1	3–0	2–1	2–4	3–2	2–5	0–2	2–2	0–3	1–1	4–2	1–2	3–0	0–2	2–0	0–1	3–1	3–2	1–1	1–2
Blackburn Rovers	2–1	0–2		1–3	0–2	0–1	1–2	3–2	2–3	0–2	1–4	1–4	4–2	6–1	5–0	0–0	1–2	0–1	2–0	0–1	0–1	1–2
Blackpool	5–3	0–1	4–2		1–3	1–2	2–0	2–2	1–0	4–0	2–3	1–2	1–1	3–0	0–3	2–1	2–1	1–1	1–2	0–0	1–1	2–1
Burnley	2–2	3–1	1–4	3–1		1–2	1–1	1–0	0–1	4–2	2–0	3–0	1–0	4–1	4–1	2–0	2–1	4–1	1–0	1–1	2–0	3–1
Chelsea	0–0	0–2	1–0	0–1	1–1		3–1	2–1	1–0	0–2	0–1	2–0	1–1	1–0	1–0	2–0	1–1	1–2	3–2	2–1	2–3	6–2
Everton	3–1	2–0	2–2	0–0	1–0	2–1		2–0	0–0	1–2	0–0	0–0	1–0	5–2	3–0	1–3	5–1	2–1	2–0	3–1	2–3	2–2
Fulham	1–0	3–6	5–2	0–0	2–5	0–3	3–2		1–3	0–4	2–0	0–1	2–0	1–4	1–1	0–0	4–2	1–1	3–0	0–2	2–1	3–0
Leeds United	2–0	2–0	3–0	1–2	1–1	2–0	4–1	0–1		3–2	0–1	1–1	3–0	6–1	2–1	2–2	3–0	2–2	1–0	2–0	4–0	5–0
Leicester City	3–1	2–1	2–0	0–3	0–1	1–1	3–0	5–0	3–3		1–3	0–5	1–2	1–1	2–1	1–0	4–1	1–0	4–1	2–2	2–1	2–1
Liverpool	4–2	3–1	5–2	4–1	2–1	2–1	5–0	2–1	0–1	1–0		2–1	2–0	5–0	4–0	0–1	1–0	2–0	4–0	1–0	2–2	1–1
Manchester United	2–1	6–1	2–2	2–1	4–2	4–1	3–0	4–1	1–1	1–2	2–0		1–1	6–2	0–0	3–1	1–0	1–1	1–1	5–1	1–1	0–0
Newcastle United	0–1	1–0	2–1	2–0	3–2	0–1	0–0	1–1	2–0	1–5	0–0	1–2		2–0	2–2	0–2	2–0	3–1	2–0	0–0	0–1	2–1
Northampton Town	1–1	2–1	2–1	2–1	1–2	2–3	0–2	2–4	2–1	2–2	0–0	1–1	3–1		3–3	0–1	0–0	1–0	2–1	0–2	3–4	2–1
Nottingham Forest	0–1	1–2	0–3	2–1	1–0	1–2	1–0	1–2	0–4	2–0	1–1	4–2	1–2	1–1		1–0	1–0	4–3	0–0	1–0	3–2	5–0
Sheffield United	3–0	1–0	2–0	0–1	2–1	1–2	2–0	2–0	1–1	2–2	0–0	3–1	3–2	2–2	1–1		1–0	3–2	2–2	1–3	0–2	5–3
Sheffield Wednesday	4–0	2–0	2–1	3–0	0–2	1–1	3–1	1–0	0–0	1–2	0–2	0–0	1–0	3–1	3–1	2–2		4–1	3–1	1–1	1–2	0–0
Stoke City	1–3	2–0	3–2	4–1	3–1	2–2	1–1	3–2	1–2	1–0	0–0	2–2	4–0	6–2	1–0	2–0	3–1		1–1	0–1	1–1	1–0
Sunderland	0–2	2–0	1–0	2–1	0–4	2–0	2–0	2–2	2–0	0–3	2–2	2–3	2–0	3–0	3–2	4–1	0–2	2–0		2–0	1–5	2–1
Tottenham Hotspur	2–2	5–5	4–0	4–0	0–1	4–2	2–2	4–3	3–2	4–2	2–1	5–1	2–2	1–1	2–3	1–0	2–3	2–2	3–0		2–1	1–4
West Bromwich Albion	4–4	2–2	2–1	2–1	1–2	1–2	1–1	6–2	1–2	5–1	3–0	3–3	1–2	1–1	5–3	1–1	4–2	6–2	4–1	2–1		3–0
West Ham United	2–1	4–2	4–1	1–1	1–1	2–1	3–0	1–3	2–1	2–5	1–5	3–2	4–3	1–1	0–3	4–0	4–2	0–0	1–1	2–0	4–0

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.

Maps

Arsenal Chelsea Fulham Tottenham West Ham class=notpageimage| Locations of the London-based First Division teams

Arsenal Aston Villa Blackburn Rovers Blackpool Burnley Chelsea Everton Fulham Leeds United Leicester City Liverpool Manchester United Newcastle Northampton Town Nottingham Forest Sheffield United Sheffield Wednesday Stoke Sunderland Tottenham West Bromwich Albion West Ham class=notpageimage| Locations of the First Division teams

Second Division

Football league season

Second Division
Season	1965–66
Champions	Manchester City
Promoted	Manchester City Southampton
Relegated	Middlesbrough Leyton Orient
Matches played	462
Goals scored	1,421 (3.08 per match)
Top goalscorer	Martin Chivers (30 goals)
← 1964–65 1966–67 →

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAv	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Manchester City (C, P)	42	22	15	5	76	44	1.727	59	Promotion to the First Division
2	Southampton (P)	42	22	10	10	85	56	1.518	54	Promotion to the First Division
3	Coventry City	42	20	13	9	73	53	1.377	53
4	Huddersfield Town	42	19	13	10	62	36	1.722	51
5	Bristol City	42	17	17	8	63	48	1.313	51
6	Wolverhampton Wanderers	42	20	10	12	87	61	1.426	50
7	Rotherham United	42	16	14	12	75	74	1.014	46
8	Derby County	42	16	11	15	71	68	1.044	43
9	Bolton Wanderers	42	16	9	17	62	59	1.051	41
10	Birmingham City	42	16	9	17	70	75	0.933	41
11	Crystal Palace	42	14	13	15	47	52	0.904	41
12	Portsmouth	42	16	8	18	74	78	0.949	40
13	Norwich City	42	12	15	15	52	52	1.000	39
14	Carlisle United	42	17	5	20	60	63	0.952	39
15	Ipswich Town	42	15	9	18	58	66	0.879	39
16	Charlton Athletic	42	12	14	16	61	70	0.871	38
17	Preston North End	42	11	15	16	62	70	0.886	37
18	Plymouth Argyle	42	12	13	17	54	63	0.857	37
19	Bury	42	14	7	21	62	76	0.816	35
20	Cardiff City	42	12	10	20	71	91	0.780	34
21	Middlesbrough (R)	42	10	13	19	58	86	0.674	33	Relegation to the Third Division
22	Leyton Orient (R)	42	5	13	24	38	80	0.475	23	Relegation to the Third Division

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

Results

Home \ Away	BIR	BOL	BRI	BRY	CAR	CRL	CHA	COV	CRY	DER	HUD	IPS	LEY	MCI	MID	NWC	PLY	POR	PNE	ROT	SOU	WOL
Birmingham		0–1	1–3	4–0	4–2	2–1	2–2	0–1	2–1	5–5	2–1	4–1	2–2	3–1	1–1	1–0	1–0	1–3	1–1	3–0	0–1	2–2
Bolton Wanderers	1–2		1–2	2–1	2–1	4–0	4–2	4–2	3–0	0–1	1–1	3–1	2–0	1–0	6–0	1–1	0–1	2–0	1–3	1–3	2–3	2–1
Bristol City	2–0	2–2		2–1	1–1	2–0	0–0	1–1	1–1	1–1	2–1	4–1	2–0	1–1	2–2	0–0	0–0	1–0	1–0	2–1	0–1	0–1
Bury	5–1	1–1	1–2		1–1	2–1	3–0	1–1	2–2	4–1	0–4	1–1	3–0	2–1	2–0	2–5	1–0	1–0	5–0	6–1	1–3	1–0
Cardiff City	1–3	1–1	2–1	1–0		1–1	3–1	1–2	1–0	2–1	0–1	1–0	3–1	4–3	5–3	0–2	5–1	1–2	1–3	0–0	3–5	1–4
Carlisle United	1–0	1–1	5–0	4–1	2–0		3–1	2–2	3–1	2–1	2–0	3–1	1–0	1–2	2–1	4–1	1–3	2–1	0–2	1–0	1–0	2–1
Charlton Athletic	2–1	0–1	1–4	0–1	5–2	3–2		2–0	1–0	2–2	0–2	2–0	3–0	2–3	1–0	2–1	1–1	2–2	5–2	2–2	2–2	1–1
Coventry City	4–3	2–2	2–2	1–0	3–1	3–2	3–1		0–1	3–2	0–3	3–1	1–1	3–3	2–1	2–0	5–1	3–2	5–1	2–2	5–1	2–1
Crystal Palace	1–0	1–1	2–1	1–0	0–0	2–0	2–0	0–1		1–1	2–1	3–1	2–1	0–2	1–1	0–0	3–1	4–1	1–1	2–2	1–0	0–1
Derby County	5–3	2–0	2–1	4–1	1–5	3–1	2–0	1–0	4–0		4–1	2–2	1–3	1–2	5–0	3–1	1–2	3–1	1–0	1–3	0–3	2–2
Huddersfield Town	2–0	1–0	3–0	2–0	1–1	2–0	1–1	0–2	1–1	1–3		1–0	1–1	0–0	6–0	0–0	2–1	2–0	2–1	4–0	2–0	1–1
Ipswich Town	0–1	2–0	0–0	3–4	2–1	1–0	1–4	1–0	2–2	2–2	2–2		3–2	1–1	2–1	2–0	4–1	1–0	1–0	0–0	3–0	5–2
Leyton Orient	2–1	1–0	0–4	2–2	1–1	2–1	1–2	1–1	0–2	0–0	0–2	1–4		2–2	2–3	0–0	0–1	0–0	2–2	1–4	1–1	0–3
Manchester City	3–1	4–1	2–2	1–0	2–2	2–1	0–0	1–0	3–1	1–0	2–0	2–1	5–0		3–1	0–0	1–1	3–0	0–0	3–1	0–0	2–1
Middlesbrough	1–1	1–1	4–2	1–0	3–4	0–2	2–2	1–1	2–2	0–0	1–3	3–2	2–1	1–1		0–1	0–1	5–2	2–1	4–0	0–0	3–1
Norwich City	2–2	3–0	0–0	4–0	3–2	2–0	2–0	1–1	2–1	0–1	1–1	1–0	2–1	3–3	1–2		0–0	1–3	1–1	1–2	3–4	0–3
Plymouth Argyle	6–1	1–3	0–2	2–2	2–2	0–0	3–0	1–2	1–2	0–0	0–0	3–0	1–1	1–0	2–2	2–0		3–1	0–1	5–2	2–3	2–2
Portsmouth	0–1	1–0	2–4	4–0	3–1	4–1	3–1	2–0	1–1	1–1	2–1	1–0	4–1	2–2	4–1	0–3	4–1		4–1	1–1	2–5	2–0
Preston North End	3–3	0–1	1–1	2–1	9–0	2–1	3–3	0–0	2–0	2–0	1–1	0–1	1–2	0–3	1–1	0–0	2–0	4–1		1–1	1–1	2–2
Rotherham United	3–4	2–1	1–2	2–1	6–4	3–3	0–0	1–1	3–0	3–0	0–0	0–0	2–1	0–1	4–1	2–1	2–0	3–3	6–3		1–0	4–3
Southampton	0–1	5–1	2–2	6–2	3–2	1–0	1–0	1–0	1–0	3–1	0–1	1–2	1–0	0–1	3–1	2–2	4–1	2–2	5–2	1–1		9–3
Wolverhampton Wanderers	2–0	3–1	1–1	3–0	2–1	3–0	2–2	0–1	1–0	4–0	2–1	4–1	2–1	2–4	3–0	2–1	0–0	8–2	3–0	4–1	1–1

Maps

Charlton Athletic Crystal Palace Leyton Orient class=notpageimage| Locations of the London-based Second Division teams

Birmingham Bolton Bristol City Bury Carlisle United Cardiff City Charlton Coventry Crystal Palace Derby County Huddersfield Ipswich Town Leyton Orient Manchester City Middlesbrough Norwich City Plymouth Argyle Portsmouth Preston North End Rotherham Southampton Wolverhampton Wanderers class=notpageimage| Locations of the Second Division teams

Third Division

Football league season

Football League
Third Division
Season	1965–66
Champions	Hull City (1st title)
Promoted	Millwall
Relegated	Brentford, Exeter City, Southend United, York City
Matches played	552
Goals scored	1,628 (2.95 per match)
Top goalscorer	Les Allen (Queens Park Rangers), 30
← 1964–65 1966–67 →

Pos	Team	Pld	HW	HD	HL	HGF	HGA	AW	AD	AL	AGF	AGA	GAv	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Hull City	46	19	2	2	64	24	12	5	6	45	38	1.758	69	Division Champions, promoted
2	Millwall	46	19	4	0	47	13	8	7	8	29	30	1.767	65	Promoted
3	Queens Park Rangers	46	16	3	4	62	29	8	6	9	33	36	1.462	57
4	Scunthorpe United	46	9	8	6	44	34	12	3	8	36	33	1.194	53
5	Workington	46	13	6	4	38	18	6	8	9	29	39	1.175	52
6	Gillingham	46	14	4	5	33	19	8	4	11	29	35	1.148	52
7	Swindon Town	46	11	8	4	43	18	8	5	10	31	30	1.542	51
8	Reading	46	13	5	5	36	19	6	8	9	34	44	1.111	51
9	Walsall	46	13	7	3	48	21	7	3	13	29	43	1.203	50
10	Shrewsbury Town	46	13	7	3	48	22	6	4	13	25	42	1.141	49
11	Grimsby Town	46	15	6	2	47	25	2	7	14	21	37	1.097	47
12	Watford	46	12	4	7	33	19	5	9	9	22	32	1.078	47
13	Peterborough United	46	13	6	4	50	26	4	6	13	30	40	1.212	46
14	Oxford United	46	11	3	9	38	33	8	5	10	32	41	0.946	46
15	Brighton & Hove Albion	46	13	4	6	48	28	3	7	13	19	37	1.031	43
16	Bristol Rovers	46	11	10	2	38	15	3	4	16	26	49	1.000	42
17	Swansea Town	46	14	4	5	61	37	1	7	15	20	59	0.844	41	Welsh Cup winners, qualified for UEFA Cup Winners' Cup 1966–67 First round
18	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	46	9	8	6	24	19	4	4	15	14	37	0.679	38
19	Mansfield Town	46	10	5	8	31	36	5	3	15	28	53	0.663	38
20	Oldham Athletic	46	8	7	8	34	33	4	6	13	21	48	0.679	37
21	Southend United	46	15	1	7	43	28	1	3	19	11	55	0.651	36	Relegated
22	Exeter City	46	9	6	8	36	28	3	5	15	17	51	0.671	35
23	Brentford	46	9	4	10	34	30	1	8	14	14	39	0.696	32
24	York City	46	5	7	11	30	44	4	2	17	23	62	0.500	27

Source:

Results

Home \ Away	B&BA	BRE	B&HA	BRR	EXE	GIL	GRI	HUL	MAN	MIL	OLD	OXF	PET	QPR	REA	SCU	SHR	STD	SWA	SWI	WAL	WAT	WRK	YOR
Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic		0–1	0–1	1–0	0–1	1–1	1–0	1–1	2–2	0–0	1–0	1–1	2–3	1–1	3–2	1–2	2–0	0–0	2–1	1–0	0–1	2–0	1–1	1–0
Brentford	1–0		2–0	0–5	1–2	0–2	3–2	2–4	0–3	1–2	0–0	5–1	1–0	6–1	1–1	0–1	4–0	2–0	2–0	0–1	2–2	1–1	0–1	0–1
Brighton & Hove Albion	1–2	2–0		4–3	2–1	0–1	1–2	1–2	6–4	2–2	3–1	2–0	1–0	0–2	1–1	0–1	1–1	9–1	1–1	1–0	2–1	2–0	3–1	3–1
Bristol Rovers	0–0	1–1	0–0		2–0	0–0	2–1	1–2	6–0	1–1	4–0	3–1	1–1	1–0	0–0	2–0	3–2	3–1	2–1	0–1	3–0	1–1	2–2	0–0
Exeter City	1–0	5–0	2–0	1–0		3–1	2–0	1–4	2–2	1–2	4–0	1–2	2–5	0–0	1–2	4–0	0–0	1–1	1–1	1–1	0–2	1–2	2–1	0–2
Gillingham	2–0	1–0	3–1	2–0	1–1		3–2	0–3	2–0	1–0	3–0	1–2	1–1	3–1	2–4	0–1	0–1	1–0	2–0	1–0	1–0	2–2	1–0	0–0
Grimsby Town	2–0	3–2	3–1	1–1	1–1	3–1		1–0	0–1	2–0	3–1	1–1	3–0	4–2	3–3	1–3	2–1	1–0	2–2	2–2	3–1	2–1	1–0	3–1
Hull City	3–0	4–1	1–0	6–1	6–1	1–0	1–1		4–0	1–0	5–1	2–1	2–1	1–3	3–3	3–2	2–1	1–0	4–1	1–0	3–2	3–1	6–0	1–4
Mansfield Town	1–0	2–0	3–1	2–0	0–0	0–0	2–1	1–2		1–1	1–0	1–4	1–7	2–1	0–2	2–2	0–3	2–0	3–0	1–5	0–3	2–2	0–1	4–1
Millwall	1–0	1–0	3–2	3–3	3–0	2–0	2–1	3–0	2–0		1–0	2–0	4–1	2–1	3–0	2–2	4–2	2–0	1–0	1–0	1–1	0–0	2–0	2–0
Oldham Athletic	2–2	1–1	1–0	2–0	3–1	5–3	1–4	2–2	1–1	0–2		3–0	2–4	0–2	2–2	1–3	0–1	1–0	1–0	1–1	1–2	0–1	1–1	3–0
Oxford United	2–1	2–0	0–0	1–0	0–1	0–4	2–0	0–2	4–1	3–1	3–3		1–0	1–3	2–0	0–3	0–1	3–2	2–2	0–3	7–1	1–2	0–2	4–1
Peterborough United	1–0	3–0	2–2	5–2	2–0	1–0	1–1	4–1	3–2	0–2	0–1	2–3		1–1	0–0	3–1	4–1	4–0	5–2	2–3	3–1	2–2	1–1	1–0
Queens Park Rangers	5–0	1–0	4–1	4–1	1–0	1–3	3–0	3–3	1–2	6–1	1–1	2–3	2–1		0–2	1–0	2–1	2–1	6–2	3–2	2–1	1–1	4–1	7–2
Reading	1–0	2–0	0–0	0–1	4–1	2–2	0–0	0–1	2–1	1–1	3–2	0–1	2–1	2–1		2–0	4–1	1–0	2–1	0–2	3–0	1–2	1–1	3–0
Scunthorpe United	3–0	3–2	2–2	3–0	2–1	0–1	2–2	2–4	0–1	4–4	1–1	1–2	1–1	1–2	2–0		1–4	0–0	1–1	2–1	4–2	1–1	4–1	4–1
Shrewsbury Town	0–2	0–0	3–1	1–0	4–0	2–1	3–1	2–2	2–1	2–0	3–1	4–0	3–1	0–0	3–3	1–4		3–0	5–0	1–1	1–2	0–0	1–1	4–1
Southend United	1–2	1–0	0–0	2–0	4–2	5–2	3–1	0–2	1–0	0–2	0–2	2–1	2–0	1–3	2–1	0–1	2–0		2–0	4–2	5–3	1–0	3–1	2–3
Swansea Town	5–0	1–1	2–2	3–0	1–0	0–3	1–0	4–2	1–2	0–2	4–1	3–2	1–1	4–2	5–4	3–4	4–0	5–0		1–1	1–0	4–2	1–6	7–2
Swindon Town	0–0	2–1	3–2	4–3	2–2	0–1	0–0	3–1	6–2	1–0	0–1	0–0	3–0	2–1	5–0	0–0	0–0	4–0	2–2		0–0	0–1	0–1	6–0
Walsall	2–1	1–1	2–1	1–1	1–1	6–1	1–0	2–4	2–1	1–4	2–2	1–1	2–0	0–1	3–0	3–0	3–0	3–0	1–1	5–0		3–0	1–1	2–0
Watford	1–0	1–1	0–1	2–0	3–0	1–0	1–1	1–1	2–1	0–1	4–0	1–1	1–0	1–2	1–2	2–1	1–0	4–1	0–1	2–0	0–1		1–2	3–2
Workington	2–2	1–1	1–0	0–0	6–1	1–0	1–0	3–0	2–0	0–0	0–1	2–1	1–1	1–1	1–0	1–2	1–3	3–1	7–0	0–3	1–0	1–0		2–1
York City	0–2	1–1	0–1	1–5	2–0	1–2	1–1	1–2	2–1	2–1	2–2	1–4	1–1	2–2	1–2	1–3	2–2	0–3	5–1	0–2	0–3	1–0	3–3

Maps

Brentford Queens Park Rangers class=notpageimage| Locations of the London-based Third Division teams

Brighton & Hove Bournemouth Brentford Bristol Rovers Exeter City Gillingham Grimsby Town Hull Mansfield Town Millwall Oldham Oxford Peterborough QPR Reading Scunthorpe & Lindsey Shrewsbury Southend United Swansea Town Swindon Walsall Watford Workington York City class=notpageimage| Locations of the Third Division teams

Fourth Division

Football league season

Football League
Fourth Division
Season	1965–66
Champions	Doncaster Rovers (1st title)
Promoted	Colchester United, Darlington, Torquay United
Failed re-election	none
Matches played	552
Goals scored	1,723 (3.12 per match)
Top goalscorer	Kevin Hector (Bradford Park Avenue), 44
← 1964–65 1966–67 →

Pos	Team	Pld	HW	HD	HL	HGF	HGA	AW	AD	AL	AGF	AGA	GAv	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Doncaster Rovers	46	15	6	2	49	21	9	5	9	36	33	1.574	59	Division Champions, promoted
2	Darlington	46	16	3	4	41	17	9	6	8	31	36	1.358	59	Promoted
3	Torquay United	46	17	2	4	43	20	7	8	8	29	29	1.469	58
4	Colchester United	46	13	7	3	45	21	10	3	10	25	26	1.489	56
5	Tranmere Rovers	46	15	1	7	56	32	9	7	7	37	34	1.409	56
6	Luton Town	46	19	2	2	65	27	5	6	12	25	43	1.286	56
7	Chester	46	15	5	3	52	27	5	7	11	27	43	1.129	52
8	Notts County	46	9	8	6	32	25	10	4	9	29	28	1.151	50
9	Newport County	46	14	6	3	46	24	4	6	13	29	51	1.000	48
10	Southport	46	15	6	2	47	20	3	6	14	21	49	0.986	48
11	Bradford Park Avenue	46	14	2	7	59	31	7	3	13	43	61	1.109	47
12	Barrow	46	12	8	3	48	31	4	7	12	24	45	0.947	47
13	Stockport County	46	12	4	7	42	29	6	2	15	29	41	1.014	42
14	Crewe Alexandra	46	12	4	7	42	23	4	5	14	19	40	0.968	41
15	Halifax Town	46	11	6	6	46	31	4	5	14	21	44	0.893	41
16	Barnsley	46	11	6	6	43	24	4	4	15	31	54	0.949	40
17	Aldershot	46	12	6	5	47	27	3	4	16	28	57	0.893	40
18	Hartlepools United	46	13	4	6	44	22	3	4	16	19	53	0.840	40
19	Port Vale	46	12	7	4	38	18	3	2	18	10	41	0.814	39
20	Chesterfield	46	8	9	6	37	35	5	4	14	25	43	0.795	39
21	Rochdale	46	12	1	10	46	27	4	4	15	25	60	0.816	37	Re-elected
22	Lincoln City	46	9	7	7	37	29	4	4	15	20	53	0.695	37
23	Bradford City	46	10	5	8	37	34	2	8	13	26	60	0.670	37
24	Wrexham	46	10	4	9	43	43	3	5	15	29	61	0.692	35

Source: rsssf.com

Results

Home \ Away	ALD	BAR	BRW	BRA	BPA	CHE	CHF	COL	CRE	DAR	DON	HAL	HAR	LIN	LUT	NPC	NTC	PTV	ROC	SOU	STP	TOR	TRA	WRE
Aldershot		1–1	3–1	5–2	5–1	2–2	1–3	1–3	1–0	0–1	1–1	0–0	5–0	2–0	3–1	2–1	0–0	3–0	2–3	3–0	1–0	3–2	1–3	2–2
Barnsley	2–1		3–0	4–2	1–1	0–2	0–0	1–1	0–1	3–1	1–5	1–2	2–2	0–1	3–0	2–2	1–1	1–0	5–0	4–0	1–2	1–0	4–0	3–0
Barrow	2–2	1–5		2–0	5–2	4–1	3–2	3–0	1–1	1–1	2–1	3–0	2–0	2–2	0–1	2–2	2–1	2–2	0–2	3–3	1–0	2–0	1–1	4–2
Bradford City	1–1	1–0	0–0		3–0	1–2	1–1	1–2	0–1	2–0	1–1	0–1	1–3	2–0	2–2	3–2	0–4	2–0	2–1	3–0	1–7	4–1	2–4	4–1
Bradford Park Avenue	5–1	7–2	2–3	5–1		0–1	3–1	1–0	2–1	0–2	0–1	2–1	4–1	4–2	1–3	6–1	4–0	1–2	1–2	2–1	3–1	1–1	1–1	4–2
Chester	3–2	3–3	0–0	4–0	2–4		3–0	2–1	3–0	3–2	1–4	1–0	2–0	4–2	1–1	6–1	1–1	2–0	1–2	1–0	1–0	1–1	3–1	4–2
Chesterfield	1–1	3–1	2–2	1–1	0–3	2–2		2–4	3–1	1–2	1–1	3–2	1–3	1–0	1–3	1–2	0–0	3–1	4–1	3–2	2–1	1–1	0–0	1–1
Colchester United	0–0	4–0	2–2	0–1	6–3	1–1	3–0		1–1	0–1	2–1	1–0	2–0	3–0	2–2	3–2	4–1	3–0	2–0	0–0	3–2	0–2	2–1	1–1
Crewe Alexandra	2–0	0–1	2–1	7–1	2–5	1–1	1–0	0–2		0–1	0–1	3–0	3–1	7–0	2–0	2–2	1–0	0–0	3–1	2–1	1–1	2–1	1–2	0–1
Darlington	4–3	2–1	1–0	3–0	4–1	0–1	4–1	2–0	1–1		3–2	2–0	1–1	0–2	1–0	0–1	1–0	2–1	3–1	2–0	3–0	0–0	0–1	2–0
Doncaster Rovers	3–2	2–1	1–1	1–1	6–2	1–1	1–0	2–0	4–1	6–3		2–2	4–0	4–0	1–1	1–0	0–3	1–0	2–0	1–1	1–0	0–1	3–1	2–0
Halifax Town	3–4	2–2	2–1	3–2	1–0	2–0	4–1	1–1	1–0	2–2	2–3		1–0	2–2	3–0	4–4	0–1	2–0	4–1	1–2	0–1	0–2	2–2	4–0
Hartlepools United	3–0	1–2	3–0	1–1	2–3	2–0	1–2	0–1	4–1	1–1	2–0	1–2		3–1	2–0	5–2	2–0	2–0	0–0	3–1	2–1	0–2	0–0	4–2
Lincoln City	2–1	4–1	4–0	1–0	1–1	2–2	0–2	0–2	1–1	4–1	0–3	3–3	2–1		2–2	1–1	1–2	0–1	2–0	4–0	1–2	1–1	1–0	0–2
Luton Town	3–1	5–4	3–2	2–3	3–1	5–2	1–2	1–1	4–0	2–0	4–3	4–1	2–1	0–0		2–1	5–1	5–0	4–1	2–0	2–0	3–2	2–1	1–0
Newport County	3–1	1–0	3–2	2–2	3–1	3–2	3–4	2–1	1–0	3–0	4–0	3–1	3–0	0–0	3–1		1–2	0–1	1–1	1–1	1–0	3–2	0–0	2–2
Notts County	2–0	0–1	0–2	2–1	2–0	3–3	2–0	1–0	0–1	0–0	1–2	1–1	1–0	2–1	1–1	1–1		3–1	3–3	1–2	1–1	1–1	1–2	3–1
Port Vale	2–1	1–1	0–0	0–0	3–3	5–2	1–1	1–0	2–0	3–1	0–1	2–0	0–0	3–0	1–2	3–0	0–1		2–1	4–1	2–0	0–0	2–3	1–0
Rochdale	1–0	2–1	4–0	5–1	2–3	3–0	1–1	0–1	2–1	1–2	0–1	0–1	3–1	0–1	1–2	2–1	0–2	1–0		3–0	4–0	2–3	3–5	6–0
Southport	0–2	3–1	1–1	4–0	2–1	2–0	1–0	0–1	1–1	1–1	2–1	1–0	4–1	5–1	3–2	2–0	1–0	2–1	4–0		2–0	3–3	1–1	2–2
Stockport County	1–2	1–0	5–2	1–1	2–3	0–1	2–1	1–0	2–0	1–1	1–1	3–0	1–2	2–1	4–1	2–1	1–3	3–0	3–1	2–2		1–0	1–2	2–4
Torquay United	5–1	3–0	0–1	4–3	2–1	1–0	2–0	0–1	2–1	0–4	0–0	1–0	2–0	4–1	2–0	1–0	2–0	1–0	4–0	1–1	1–4		2–1	3–1
Tranmere Rovers	5–2	1–0	1–2	2–2	1–2	1–0	3–2	2–0	3–1	1–2	1–0	5–2	6–1	3–2	2–0	0–1	0–3	1–0	6–2	0–2	6–2	0–1		6–3
Wrexham	4–0	6–3	3–1	1–1	3–2	2–1	2–1	2–3	1–4	1–2	4–3	2–2	1–1	0–1	2–0	0–1	1–3	1–0	2–2	3–1	1–4	0–2	1–5

Maps

Millwall Watford class=notpageimage| Locations of the London-based Fourth Division teams

Aldershot Barnsley Barrow Bradford City Bradford Park Avenue Chester Chesterfield Colchester Crewe Alexandra Darlington Doncaster Halifax Town Hartlepools United Lincoln City Luton Town Newport County Notts County Port Vale Rochdale Southport Stockport Torquay Tranmere Rovers Wrexham class=notpageimage| Locations of the Fourth Division teams

References

"England 1965-66". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 24 February 2010.
^ Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane’s, London & Sydney, 1980.
^ "English League Leading Goalscorers". RSSSF. Retrieved 2010-10-31.

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

v t e English Football League seasons
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« 1964–65 1966–67 »

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Club seasons
First Division	Arsenal Aston Villa Blackburn Rovers Blackpool Burnley Chelsea Everton Fulham Leeds United Leicester City Liverpool Manchester United Newcastle United Northampton Town Nottingham Forest Sheffield United Sheffield Wednesday Stoke City Sunderland Tottenham Hotspur West Bromwich Albion West Ham United
Second Division	Birmingham City Bolton Wanderers Bristol City Bury Cardiff City Carlisle United Charlton Athletic Coventry City Crystal Palace Derby County Huddersfield Town Ipswich Town Leyton Orient Manchester City Middlesbrough Norwich City Plymouth Argyle Portsmouth Preston North End Rotherham United Southampton Wolverhampton Wanderers
Third Division	Brentford Brighton & Hove Albion Bristol Rovers Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic Exeter City Gillingham Grimsby Town Hull City Mansfield Town Millwall Oldham Athletic Oxford United Peterborough United Queens Park Rangers Reading Scunthorpe United Shrewsbury Town Southend United Swansea Town Swindon Town Walsall Watford Workington York City
Fourth Division	Aldershot Barnsley Barrow Bradford City Bradford Park Avenue Chester Chesterfield Colchester United Crewe Alexandra Darlington Doncaster Rovers Halifax Town Hartlepools United Lincoln City Luton Town Newport County Notts County Port Vale Rochdale Southport Stockport County Torquay United Tranmere Rovers Wrexham

v t e 1965–66 in European football (UEFA)
« 1964–65 1966–67 »
Domestic leagues	Albania Austria Belgium Bulgaria Cyprus Czechoslovakia Denmark '65 '66 England Faroe Islands '65 '66 Finland '65 '66 France East Germany West Germany Greece Hungary '65 '66 Iceland '65 '66 Israel Italy Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '65 '66 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania Scotland Soviet Union '65 '66 Spain Sweden '65 '66 Switzerland Turkey Yugoslavia
Domestic cups	Albania Austria Belgium Bulgaria Cyprus Czechoslovakia Denmark England Faroe Islands '65 '66 Finland '65 '66 France East Germany West Germany Greece Hungary '65 '66 Iceland '65 '66 Israel Italy Liechtenstein Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '65 '66 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania San Marino Scotland Soviet Union Spain Switzerland Turkey Wales Yugoslavia
League cups	England Scotland
UEFA competitions	European Cup (Final) Cup Winners' Cup (Final)
Non-UEFA competitions	Inter-Cities Fairs Cup (Final) Intertoto Cup Balkans Cup

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