1964–65 Football League First Division

Football League First Division
Season	1964–65
Champions	Manchester United (6th English title)
Relegated	Wolverhampton Wanderers; Birmingham City
European Cup 1965–66	Manchester United
FA Cup winners; European Cup Winners' Cup 1965–66	Liverpool (1st FA Cup title); West Ham United (defending champions)
Inter-Cities Fairs Cup 1964–65	Manchester United; Everton
Matches played	462
Goals scored	1543 (3.34 per match)
Top goalscorer	Andy McEvoy (Blackburn Rovers), 29; Jimmy Greaves (Tottenham Hotspur), 29
	← 1963–64 1965–66 →

Statistics of Football League First Division in the 1964-65 season.

Overview

Manchester United won the First Division title for the sixth time in the club's history that season.

League standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	F	A	GA	GD	Pts
1	Manchester United	42	16	4	1	52	13	10	5	6	37	26	89	39	2.282	+ 50	61
2	Leeds United	42	16	3	2	53	23	10	6	5	30	29	83	52	1.596	+ 31	61
3	Chelsea	42	15	2	4	48	19	9	6	6	41	35	89	54	1.648	+ 35	56
4	Everton	42	9	10	2	37	22	8	5	8	32	38	69	60	1.150	+ 9	49
5	Nottingham Forest	42	10	7	4	45	33	7	6	8	26	34	71	67	1.060	+ 4	47
6	Tottenham Hotspur	42	18	3	0	65	20	1	4	16	22	51	87	71	1.225	+ 16	45
7	Liverpool	42	12	5	4	42	33	5	5	11	25	40	67	73	0.918	– 6	44
8	Sheffield Wednesday	42	13	5	3	37	15	3	6	12	20	40	57	55	1.036	+ 2	43
9	West Ham United	42	14	2	5	48	25	5	2	14	34	46	82	71	1.155	+ 11	42
10	Blackburn Rovers	42	12	2	7	46	33	4	8	9	37	46	83	79	1.051	+ 4	42
11	Stoke City	42	11	4	6	40	27	5	6	10	27	39	67	66	1.015	+ 1	42
12	Burnley	42	9	9	3	39	26	7	1	13	31	44	70	70	1.000	± 0	42
13	Arsenal	42	11	5	5	42	31	6	2	13	27	44	69	75	0.920	– 6	41
14	West Bromwich Albion	42	10	5	6	45	25	3	8	10	25	40	70	65	1.077	+ 5	39
15	Sunderland	42	12	6	3	45	26	2	3	16	19	48	64	74	0.865	– 10	37
16	Aston Villa	42	14	1	6	36	24	2	4	15	21	58	57	82	0.695	– 25	37
17	Blackpool	42	9	7	5	41	28	3	4	14	26	50	67	78	0.859	– 11	35
18	Leicester City	42	9	6	6	43	36	2	7	12	26	49	69	85	0.812	– 16	35
19	Sheffield United	42	7	5	9	30	29	5	6	10	20	35	50	64	0.781	– 14	35
20	Fulham	42	10	5	6	44	32	1	7	13	16	46	60	78	0.769	– 18	34
21	Wolverhampton Wanderers	42	8	2	11	33	36	5	2	14	26	53	59	89	0.663	– 30	30
22	Birmingham City	42	6	8	7	36	40	2	3	16	28	56	64	96	0.667	– 32	27

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

Key
	League Champions, qualified for European Cup
	FA Cup winners, qualified for Cup Winners' Cup (West Ham United qualified as holders)
	Inter-Cities Fairs Cup 1964-65; see also Manchester United
	League Cup Winners
	Relegated

First Division Results

Home ╲ Away	ARS	AST	BIR	BLB	BLP	BUR	CHE	EVE	FUL	LEE	LEI	LIV	MUN	NOT	SHU	SHW	STK	SUN	TOT	WBA	WHU	WOL
Arsenal		3–1	3–0	1–1	3–1	3–2	1–3	3–1	2–0	1–2	4–3	0–0	2–3	0–3	1–1	1–1	3–2	3–1	3–1	1–1	0–3	4–1
Aston Villa	3–1		3–0	0–4	3–2	1–0	2–2	1–2	2–0	1–2	1–0	0–1	2–1	2–1	2–1	2–0	3–0	2–1	1–0	0–1	2–3	3–2
Birmingham City	2–3	0–1		5–5	3–0	2–1	1–6	3–5	2–2	3–3	2–0	0–0	2–4	1–1	1–1	0–0	1–2	4–3	1–0	1–1	2–1	0–1
Blackburn Rovers	1–2	5–1	3–1		4–1	1–4	0–3	0–2	2–0	0–2	3–1	3–2	0–5	1–1	4–0	0–1	1–1	3–2	3–1	4–2	4–0	4–1
Blackpool	1–1	3–1	3–1	4–2		2–4	3–2	1–1	3–0	4–0	1–1	2–3	1–2	0–2	2–2	1–0	1–1	3–1	1–1	3–0	1–2	1–1
Burnley	2–1	2–2	2–0	1–1	2–2		6–2	1–1	4–0	0–1	2–1	1–5	0–0	2–2	3–1	4–1	1–0	0–0	2–2	0–1	3–2	1–1
Chelsea	2–1	2–1	3–1	5–1	2–0	0–1		5–1	1–0	2–0	4–1	4–0	0–2	0–1	3–0	1–1	4–0	3–1	3–1	2–2	0–3	2–1
Everton	1–0	3–1	1–1	2–3	0–0	2–1	1–1		2–0	0–1	2–2	2–1	3–3	1–0	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	4–1	3–2	1–1	5–0
Fulham	3–4	1–1	3–1	3–2	3–3	0–1	1–2	1–1		2–2	5–2	1–1	2–1	4–1	1–2	2–0	1–4	1–0	4–1	3–1	1–2	2–0
Leeds United	3–1	1–0	4–1	1–1	3–0	5–1	2–2	4–1	2–2		3–2	4–2	0–1	1–2	4–1	2–0	3–1	2–1	3–1	1–0	2–1	3–2
Leicester City	2–3	1–1	4–4	2–3	3–2	0–2	1–1	2–1	5–1	2–2		2–0	2–2	3–2	0–2	2–2	0–1	0–1	4–2	4–2	1–0	3–2
Liverpool	3–2	5–1	4–3	3–2	2–2	1–1	2–0	0–4	3–2	2–1	0–1		0–2	2–0	3–1	4–2	3–2	0–0	1–1	0–3	2–2	2–1
Manchester United	3–1	7–0	1–1	3–0	2–0	3–2	4–0	2–1	4–1	0–1	1–0	3–0		3–0	1–1	1–0	1–1	1–0	4–1	2–2	3–1	3–0
Nottingham Forest	3–0	4–2	4–3	2–5	2–0	3–1	2–2	3–1	2–3	0–0	2–1	2–2	2–2		0–0	2–2	3–1	5–2	1–2	0–0	3–2	0–2
Sheffield United	4–0	4–2	3–1	1–1	1–3	2–0	0–2	0–0	1–1	0–3	0–2	3–0	0–1	0–2		2–3	0–1	3–0	3–3	1–1	2–1	0–2
Sheffield Wednesday	2–1	3–1	5–2	1–0	4–1	5–1	2–3	0–1	1–1	3–0	0–0	1–0	1–0	0–0	0–2		1–1	2–0	1–0	1–1	2–0	2–0
Stoke City	4–1	2–1	2–1	1–1	4–2	2–0	0–2	0–2	3–1	2–3	3–3	1–1	1–2	1–1	0–1	4–1		3–1	2–0	2–0	3–1	0–2
Sunderland	0–2	2–2	2–1	1–0	1–0	3–2	3–0	4–0	0–0	3–3	3–3	2–3	1–0	4–0	3–1	3–0	2–2		2–1	2–2	3–2	1–2
Tottenham Hotspur	3–1	4–0	4–1	5–2	4–1	4–1	1–1	2–2	3–0	0–0	6–2	3–0	1–0	4–0	2–0	3–2	2–1	3–0		1–0	3–2	7–4
West Bromwich Albion	0–0	3–1	0–2	0–0	1–3	1–2	0–2	4–0	2–2	1–2	6–0	3–0	1–1	2–2	0–1	1–0	5–3	4–1	2–0		4–2	5–1
West Ham United	2–1	3–0	2–1	1–1	2–1	3–2	3–2	0–1	2–0	3–1	0–0	2–1	3–1	2–3	3–1	1–2	0–1	2–3	3–2	6–1		5–0
Wolverhampton Wanderers	0–1	0–1	0–2	4–2	1–2	1–2	0–3	2–4	0–0	0–1	1–1	1–3	2–4	1–2	1–0	3–1	3–1	3–0	3–1	3–2	4–3

Source: Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane’s, London & Sydney, 1980.
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top Scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Jimmy Greaves	Tottenham Hotspur	29
=	Andy McEvoy	Blackburn Rovers	29
2	Denis Law	Manchester United	28
3	Fred Pickering	Everton	27
4	John Ritchie	Stoke City	25
=	Roger Hunt	Liverpool	25
=	Joe Baker	Arsenal	25
=	Johnny Byrne	West Ham United	25
=	John Byrom	Blackburn Rovers	25
5	Willie Irvine	Burnley	22