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	1,543 (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

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

References

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