1966–67 Football League First Division

Football League First Division
Season	1966–67
Champions	Manchester United (7th English title)
Relegated	Aston Villa ; Blackpool
1967–68 European Cup	Manchester United
FA Cup winners; 1967–68 European Cup Winners' Cup	Tottenham Hotspur (5th FA Cup title)
1966–67 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup	Burnley ; Leeds United ; West Bromwich Albion
Matches played	462
Goals scored	1,387 (3 per match)
Top goalscorer	Ron Davies (Southampton), 37
	← 1965–66 1967–68 →

Statistics of Football League First Division in the 1966-67 season.

Overview

Manchester United won the First Division title for the seventh time in the club's history that season. They made sure of that on May 6, after beating West Ham United 6-1 at Upton Park whilst their title challengers Nottingham Forest lost 2-1 at Southampton. Blackpool were relegated on April 15, after losing 2-0 at Stoke City whilst Aston Villa joined them on May 6, after losing 4-2 at home against Everton with Southampton's win against Nottingham Forest confirming their relegation.

League standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	F	A	GA	GD	Pts
1	Manchester United	42	17	4	0	51	13	7	8	6	33	32	84	45	1.867	+ 39	60
2	Nottingham Forest	42	16	4	1	41	13	7	6	8	23	28	64	41	1.561	+ 23	56
3	Tottenham Hotspur	42	15	3	3	44	21	9	5	7	27	27	71	48	1.479	+ 23	56
4	Leeds United	42	15	4	2	41	17	7	7	7	21	25	62	42	1.476	+ 20	55
5	Liverpool	42	12	7	2	36	17	7	6	8	28	30	64	47	1.362	+ 17	51
6	Everton	42	11	4	6	39	22	8	6	7	26	24	65	46	1.413	+ 19	48
7	Arsenal	42	11	6	4	32	20	5	8	8	26	27	58	47	1.234	+ 11	46
8	Leicester City	42	12	4	5	47	28	6	4	11	31	43	78	71	1.099	+ 7	44
9	Chelsea	42	7	9	5	33	29	8	5	8	34	33	67	62	1.081	+ 5	44
10	Sheffield United	42	11	5	5	34	22	5	5	11	18	37	52	59	0.881	+ 11	42
11	Sheffield Wednesday	42	9	7	5	39	19	5	6	10	17	28	56	47	1.191	+ 9	41
12	Stoke City	42	11	5	5	40	21	6	2	13	23	37	63	58	1.086	+ 5	41
13	West Bromwich Albion	42	11	1	9	40	28	5	6	10	37	45	77	73	1.055	+ 4	39
14	Burnley	42	11	4	6	43	28	4	5	12	23	48	66	76	0.868	– 10	39
15	Manchester City	42	8	9	4	27	25	4	6	11	16	27	43	52	0.827	– 9	39
16	West Ham United	42	8	6	7	40	31	6	2	13	40	53	80	84	0.952	– 4	36
17	Sunderland	42	12	3	6	39	26	2	5	14	19	46	58	72	0.806	– 14	36
18	Fulham	42	8	7	6	49	34	3	5	13	22	49	71	83	0.855	– 22	34
19	Southampton	42	10	3	8	49	41	4	3	14	25	51	74	92	0.804	– 28	34
20	Newcastle United	42	9	5	7	24	27	3	4	14	15	54	39	81	0.481	– 42	33
21	Aston Villa	42	7	5	9	30	33	4	2	15	24	52	54	85	0.635	– 31	29
22	Blackpool	42	1	5	15	18	36	5	4	12	23	40	41	76	0.539	– 35	21

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