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 CupLiverpool
European Cup Winners' CupWest Ham United
Inter-Cities Fairs CupManchester United
Everton
Matches played462
Goals scored1,571 (3.4 per match)
Top goalscorerJimmy Greaves
(35 goals)[1]
Biggest home winFulham 10–1 Ipswich Town
(26 December 1963)
Biggest away winWest Ham United 2–8 Blackburn Rovers
(26 December 1963)
Highest scoringFulham 10–1 Ipswich Town
(26 December 1963)

Overview

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Liverpool won the First Division title for the sixth time in the club's history that season, and for the first time since 1947. 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

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GAv Pts Qualification or relegation
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:
  1. ^ West Ham United qualified for the European Cup Winners' Cup as the 1963–64 FA Cup winners.

Results

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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

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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

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  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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