1962–63 Football League First Division

Football League First Division

Season	1962–63
Champions	Everton (6th English title)
Relegated	Manchester City Leyton Orient
European Cup 1963–64	Everton
FA Cup winners European Cup Winners' Cup 1963–64	Manchester United (3rd FA Cup title) Tottenham Hotspur (defending champions)
1962–63 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup	Everton
Matches played	462
Goals scored	1,536 (3.32 per match)
Top goalscorer	Jimmy Greaves (Tottenham Hotspur), 37
Biggest home win	Tottenham Hotspur v Nottingham Forest 9–2 Wolverhampton Wanderers v Manchester City 8–1 Wolverhampton Wanderers v West Bromwich Albion 7-0
Biggest away win	Manchester City v West Ham United 1-6 West Ham United v Tottenham Hotspur 1–6 Fulham v Wolverhampton Wanderers 0–5
Highest scoring	Tottenham Hotspur v Nottingham Forest 9–2
← 1961–62 1963–64 →

Statistics of Football League First Division in the 1962-63 season.

Overview

Everton won the First Division title for the sixth time in the club's history that season. They made sure of the title on May 11, after a 4-1 win over Fulham at Goodison Park. Leyton Orient were relegated on 4 May after a 3-1 defeat at Sheffield Wednesday. Manchester City joined them on the final weekend of the season, losing 6-1 at West Ham United, which saved Birmingham City, who won 3-2 at home against Leicester City.

League standings

Pos	Team	Pld	HW	HD	HL	HGF	HGA	AW	AD	AL	AGF	AGA	GAv	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Everton (C)	42	14	7	0	48	17	11	4	6	36	25	2.000	61	Qualified for European Cup and 1962–63 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup
2	Tottenham Hotspur	42	14	6	1	72	28	9	3	9	39	34	1.790	55
3	Burnley	42	14	4	3	41	17	8	6	7	37	40	1.368	54
4	Leicester City	42	14	6	1	53	23	6	6	9	26	30	1.491	52
5	Wolverhampton Wanderers	42	11	6	4	51	25	9	4	8	42	40	1.431	50
6	Sheffield Wednesday	42	10	5	6	38	26	9	5	7	39	37	1.222	48
7	Arsenal	42	11	4	6	44	33	7	6	8	42	44	1.117	46
8	Liverpool	42	13	3	5	45	22	4	7	10	26	37	1.203	44
9	Nottingham Forest	42	12	4	5	39	28	5	6	10	28	41	0.971	44
10	Sheffield United	42	11	7	3	33	20	5	5	11	25	40	0.967	44
11	Blackburn Rovers	42	11	4	6	55	34	4	8	9	24	37	1.113	42
12	West Ham United	42	8	6	7	39	34	6	6	9	34	35	1.058	40
13	Blackpool	42	8	7	6	34	27	5	7	9	24	37	0.906	40
14	West Bromwich Albion	42	11	1	9	40	37	5	6	10	31	42	0.899	39
15	Aston Villa	42	12	2	7	38	23	3	6	12	24	45	0.912	38
16	Fulham	42	8	6	7	28	30	6	4	11	22	41	0.704	38
17	Ipswich Town	42	5	8	8	34	39	7	3	11	25	39	0.756	35
18	Bolton Wanderers	42	13	3	5	35	18	2	2	17	20	57	0.733	35
19	Manchester United	42	6	6	9	36	38	6	4	11	31	43	0.827	34	FA Cup winners, qualified for Cup Winners' Cup
20	Birmingham City	42	6	8	7	40	40	4	5	12	23	50	0.700	33	League Cup Winners
21	Manchester City	42	7	5	9	30	45	3	6	12	28	57	0.569	31	Relegated
22	Leyton Orient	42	4	5	12	22	37	2	4	15	15	44	0.457	21

Source:
(C) League Champions

Results

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

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
1	Jimmy Greaves	Tottenham Hotspur	37
2	Joe Baker	Arsenal	29
=	David Layne	Sheffield Wednesday	29
4	Ray Crawford	Ipswich Town	25
5	Roger Hunt	Liverpool	24
=	Roy Vernon	Everton	24
7	Denis Law	Manchester United	23
=	Fred Pickering	Blackburn Rovers	23
=	Alex Harley	Manchester City	23

References

• RSSSF

External links

• wildstat.com