1963–64 Football League First Division

Statistics of Football League First Division in the 1963-64 season.

Football League First Division
Season1963–64
ChampionsLiverpool (6th English title)
RelegatedBolton Wanderers
Ipswich Town
European Cup 1964–65Liverpool
FA Cup winners
European Cup Winners' Cup 1964–65		West Ham United (1st FA Cup title)
Inter-Cities Fairs Cup 1963–64Arsenal
Sheffield Wednesday
Matches played462
Goals scored1,571 (3.4 per match)
Top goalscorerJimmy Greaves (Tottenham Hotspur), 35 [1]
Biggest home winFulham v Ipswich Town 10–1
Biggest away winWest Ham United v Blackpool 2–8
Highest scoringFulham v Ipswich Town 10–1

Overview

Liverpool won the First Division title for the sixth time in the club's history that season. On Boxing Day, 66 goals were scored in the division from 10 games, including Ipswich Town's record 10-1 defeat to Fulham. It was the first double digit scoreline in the division since 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 HW HD HL HGF HGA AW AD AL AGF AGA GAv Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Liverpool (C) 42 16 0 5 60 18 10 5 6 32 27 2.044 57 Qualified for European Cup
2 Manchester United 42 15 3 3 54 19 8 4 9 36 43 1.452 53
3 Everton 42 14 4 3 53 26 7 6 8 31 38 1.313 52
4 Tottenham Hotspur 42 13 3 5 54 31 9 4 8 43 50 1.198 51
5 Chelsea 42 12 3 6 36 24 8 7 6 36 32 1.286 50
6 Sheffield Wednesday 42 15 3 3 50 24 4 8 9 34 43 1.254 49 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup 1963–64
7 Blackburn Rovers 42 10 4 7 44 28 8 6 7 45 37 1.369 46
8 Arsenal 42 10 7 4 56 37 7 4 10 34 45 1.098 45 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup 1963–64
9 Burnley 42 14 3 4 46 23 3 7 11 25 41 1.109 44
10 West Bromwich Albion 42 9 6 6 43 35 7 5 9 27 26 1.148 43
11 Leicester City 42 9 4 8 33 27 7 7 7 28 31 1.052 43 League Cup Winners
12 Sheffield United 42 10 6 5 35 22 6 5 10 26 42 0.953 43
13 Nottingham Forest 42 9 5 7 34 24 7 4 10 30 44 0.941 41
14 West Ham United 42 8 7 6 45 38 6 5 10 24 36 0.932 40 FA Cup winners, qualified for Cup Winners' Cup
15 Fulham 42 11 8 2 45 23 2 5 14 13 42 0.892 39
16 Wolverhampton Wanderers 42 6 9 6 36 34 6 6 9 34 46 0.875 39
17 Stoke City 42 9 6 6 49 33 5 4 12 28 45 0.987 38
18 Blackpool 42 8 6 7 26 29 5 3 13 26 44 0.712 35
19 Aston Villa 42 8 6 7 35 29 3 6 12 27 42 0.873 34
20 Birmingham City 42 7 7 7 33 32 4 0 17 21 60 0.587 29
21 Bolton Wanderers 42 6 5 10 30 35 4 3 14 18 45 0.600 28 Relegated
22 Ipswich Town 42 9 3 9 38 45 0 4 17 18 76 0.463 25
Source:
(C) League Champions

Results
Home \ Away ARS AST BIR BLB BLP BOL BUR CHE EVE FUL IPS LEI LIV MUN NOT SHU SHW STK TOT WBA WHU WOL
Arsenal 3–0 4–1 0–0 5–3 4–3 3–2 2–4 6–0 2–2 6–0 0–1 1–1 2–1 4–2 1–3 1–1 1–1 4–4 3–2 3–3 1–3
Aston Villa 2–1 0–3 1–2 3–1 3–0 2–0 2–0 0–1 2–2 0–0 1–3 2–2 4–0 3–0 0–1 2–2 1–3 2–4 1–0 2–2 2–2
Birmingham City 1–4 3–3 2–2 3–2 2–1 0–0 3–4 0–2 0–0 1–0 2–0 3–1 1–1 3–3 3–0 1–2 0–1 1–2 0–1 2–1 2–2
Blackburn Rovers 4–1 2–0 3–0 1–2 3–0 1–2 2–2 1–2 2–0 3–1 5–2 1–2 1–3 2–0 2–2 1–1 1–0 7–2 0–2 1–3 1–1
Blackpool 0–1 0–4 3–0 3–2 2–0 1–1 1–5 1–1 1–0 2–2 3–3 0–1 1–0 1–0 2–2 2–2 1–0 0–2 1–0 0–1 1–2
Bolton Wanderers 1–1 1–1 0–2 0–5 1–1 2–1 1–0 1–3 2–1 6–0 0–0 1–2 0–1 2–3 3–0 3–0 3–4 1–3 1–2 1–1 0–4
Burnley 0–3 2–0 2–1 3–0 1–0 1–1 0–0 2–3 4–1 3–1 2–0 0–3 6–1 1–1 1–2 3–1 1–0 7–2 3–2 3–1 1–0
Chelsea 3–1 1–0 2–3 1–0 1–0 4–0 2–0 1–0 1–2 4–0 1–0 1–3 1–1 1–0 3–2 1–2 3–3 0–3 3–1 0–0 2–3
Everton 2–1 4–2 3–0 2–4 3–1 2–0 3–4 1–1 3–0 1–1 0–3 3–1 4–0 6–1 4–1 3–2 2–0 1–0 1–1 2–0 3–3
Fulham 1–4 2–0 2–1 1–1 1–1 3–1 2–1 0–1 2–2 10–1 2–1 1–0 2–2 0–0 3–1 2–0 3–3 1–1 1–1 2–0 4–1
Ipswich Town 1–2 4–3 3–2 0–0 4–3 1–3 3–1 1–3 0–0 4–2 1–1 1–2 2–7 4–3 1–0 1–4 0–2 2–3 1–2 3–2 1–0
Leicester City 7–2 0–0 3–0 4–3 2–3 1–0 0–0 2–4 2–0 0–1 2–1 0–2 3–2 1–1 0–1 2–0 2–1 0–1 0–2 2–2 0–1
Liverpool 5–0 5–2 2–1 1–2 1–2 2–0 2–0 2–1 2–1 2–0 6–0 0–1 3–0 1–2 6–1 3–1 6–1 3–1 1–0 1–2 6–0
Manchester United 3–1 1–0 1–2 2–2 3–0 5–0 5–1 1–1 5–1 3–0 2–0 3–1 0–1 3–1 2–1 3–1 5–2 4–1 1–0 0–1 2–2
Nottingham Forest 2–0 0–1 4–0 1–1 0–1 3–1 1–3 0–1 2–2 2–0 3–1 2–0 0–0 1–2 3–3 3–2 0–0 1–2 0–3 3–1 3–0
Sheffield United 2–2 1–1 3–0 0–1 1–0 0–1 2–0 1–1 0–0 1–0 3–1 0–1 3–0 1–2 1–2 1–1 4–1 3–3 2–1 2–1 4–3
Sheffield Wednesday 0–4 1–0 2–1 5–2 1–0 3–0 3–1 3–2 0–3 3–0 3–1 1–2 2–2 3–3 3–1 3–0 2–0 2–0 2–2 3–0 5–0
Stoke City 1–2 2–2 4–1 3–1 1–2 0–1 4–4 2–0 3–2 1–1 9–1 3–3 3–1 3–1 0–1 0–2 4–4 2–1 1–1 3–0 0–2
Tottenham Hotspur 3–1 3–1 6–1 4–1 6–1 1–0 3–2 1–2 2–4 1–0 6–3 1–1 1–3 2–3 4–1 0–0 1–1 2–1 0–2 3–0 4–3
West Bromwich Albion 4–0 4–3 3–1 1–3 2–1 1–1 0–0 1–1 4–2 3–0 2–1 1–1 2–2 1–4 2–3 2–0 1–3 2–3 4–4 0–1 3–1
West Ham United 1–1 0–1 5–0 2–8 3–1 2–3 1–1 2–2 4–2 1–1 2–2 2–2 1–0 0–2 0–2 2–3 4–3 4–1 4–0 4–2 1–1
Wolverhampton Wanderers 2–2 3–3 5–1 1–5 1–1 2–2 1–1 4–1 0–0 4–0 2–1 1–2 1–2 2–0 2–3 1–1 1–1 2–1 1–4 0–0 0–2
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.

Top scorers
Rank Player Club Goals
1England Jimmy Greaves Tottenham Hotspur 35
2England Fred PickeringBlackburn Rovers / Everton32
=Republic of Ireland Andy McEvoyBlackburn Rovers32
4England Roger HuntLiverpool31
5Scotland Denis LawManchester United30
6England Ray CrawfordIpswich Town / Wolverhampton Wanderers28

References
  1. "English League Leading Goalscorers". RSSSF. Retrieved 2010-10-31.
  2. "Fulham lead football revelry". The Times. 27 December 1963. p. 3.
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