The 1964–65 season was the 85th season of competitive football in England.
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Overview
- After a three-way tussle for the League title between Manchester United, Leeds United and Chelsea, Manchester United came out on top and were crowned champions.
- Liverpool won the FA Cup, beating Leeds United in the final.
- Chelsea won the League Cup, beating Leicester City 3-2 in the two-legged final.
- Stanley Matthews's final season as a player.
Diary of the season
6 February 1965: Stanley Matthews plays the final competitive game of his 35-year career for Stoke City against Fulham in the First Division.
15 March 1965: Chelsea defeat Leicester City 3–2 at Stamford Bridge in the first leg of the Football League Cup final.
15 April 1965: A goalless draw in the Football League Cup final second leg at Filbert Street gives the trophy to Chelsea.
28 April 1965: Despite losing 2–1 at Aston Villa on the final day of the league season, Manchester United are crowned First Division champions for the sixth time in their history (and the first time since 1957) on goal average ahead of a Leeds United side who have yet to win the top division title.
1 May 1965: Liverpool win the FA Cup for the first time in their history, defeating Leeds United 2–1 in the final at Wembley Stadium.
19 May 1965: West Ham United win the European Cup Winners' Cup at Wembley Stadium with a 2–0 win over 1860 Munich of West Germany in the final.
Honours
Competition | Winner | Runner-up |
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First Division | Manchester United (6) | Leeds United |
Second Division | Newcastle United | Northampton Town |
Third Division | Carlisle United | Bristol City |
Fourth Division | Brighton & Hove Albion | Millwall |
FA Cup | Liverpool (1) | Leeds United |
League Cup | Chelsea (1) | Leicester City |
Charity Shield | Liverpool and West Ham United (shared) | |
Home Championship | England |
Notes = Number in parentheses is the times that club has won that honour. * indicates new record for competition
League table
First Division
P | W | D | L | F | A | GA | Pts | ||
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1 | Manchester United | 42 | 26 | 9 | 7 | 89 | 39 | 2.282 | 61 |
2 | Leeds United | 42 | 26 | 9 | 7 | 83 | 52 | 1.596 | 61 |
3 | Chelsea | 42 | 24 | 8 | 10 | 89 | 54 | 1.648 | 56 |
4 | Everton | 42 | 17 | 15 | 10 | 69 | 60 | 1.150 | 49 |
5 | Nottingham Forest | 42 | 17 | 13 | 12 | 71 | 67 | 1.060 | 47 |
6 | Tottenham Hotspur | 42 | 19 | 7 | 16 | 87 | 71 | 1.225 | 45 |
7 | Liverpool | 42 | 17 | 10 | 15 | 67 | 73 | 0.918 | 44 |
8 | Sheffield Wednesday | 42 | 16 | 11 | 15 | 57 | 55 | 1.036 | 43 |
9 | West Ham United | 42 | 19 | 4 | 19 | 82 | 71 | 1.155 | 42 |
10 | Blackburn Rovers | 42 | 16 | 10 | 16 | 83 | 79 | 1.051 | 42 |
11 | Stoke City | 42 | 16 | 10 | 16 | 67 | 66 | 1.015 | 42 |
12 | Burnley | 42 | 16 | 10 | 16 | 70 | 70 | 1.000 | 42 |
13 | Arsenal | 42 | 17 | 7 | 18 | 69 | 75 | 0.920 | 41 |
14 | West Bromwich Albion | 42 | 13 | 13 | 16 | 70 | 65 | 1.077 | 39 |
15 | Sunderland | 42 | 14 | 9 | 19 | 64 | 74 | 0.865 | 37 |
16 | Aston Villa | 42 | 16 | 5 | 21 | 57 | 82 | 0.695 | 37 |
17 | Blackpool | 42 | 12 | 11 | 19 | 67 | 78 | 0.859 | 35 |
18 | Leicester City | 42 | 11 | 13 | 18 | 69 | 85 | 0.812 | 35 |
19 | Sheffield United | 42 | 12 | 11 | 19 | 50 | 64 | 0.781 | 35 |
20 | Fulham | 42 | 11 | 12 | 19 | 60 | 78 | 0.769 | 34 |
21 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 42 | 13 | 4 | 25 | 59 | 89 | 0.663 | 30 |
22 | Birmingham City | 42 | 8 | 11 | 23 | 64 | 96 | 0.667 | 27 |
Second Division
P | W | D | L | F | A | GA | Pts | ||
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1 | Newcastle United | 42 | 24 | 9 | 9 | 81 | 45 | 1.800 | 57 |
2 | Northampton Town | 42 | 20 | 16 | 6 | 66 | 50 | 1.320 | 56 |
3 | Bolton Wanderers | 42 | 20 | 10 | 12 | 80 | 58 | 1.379 | 50 |
4 | Southampton | 42 | 17 | 14 | 11 | 83 | 63 | 1.317 | 48 |
5 | Ipswich Town | 42 | 15 | 17 | 10 | 74 | 67 | 1.104 | 47 |
6 | Norwich City | 42 | 20 | 7 | 15 | 61 | 57 | 1.070 | 47 |
7 | Crystal Palace | 42 | 16 | 13 | 13 | 55 | 51 | 1.078 | 45 |
8 | Huddersfield Town | 42 | 17 | 10 | 15 | 53 | 51 | 1.039 | 44 |
9 | Derby County | 42 | 16 | 11 | 15 | 84 | 79 | 1.063 | 43 |
10 | Coventry City | 42 | 17 | 9 | 16 | 72 | 70 | 1.029 | 43 |
11 | Manchester City | 42 | 16 | 9 | 17 | 63 | 62 | 1.016 | 41 |
12 | Preston North End | 42 | 14 | 13 | 15 | 76 | 81 | 0.938 | 41 |
13 | Cardiff City | 42 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 64 | 57 | 1.123 | 40 |
14 | Rotherham United | 42 | 14 | 12 | 16 | 70 | 69 | 1.014 | 40 |
15 | Plymouth Argyle | 42 | 16 | 8 | 18 | 63 | 79 | 0.797 | 40 |
16 | Bury | 42 | 14 | 10 | 18 | 60 | 66 | 0.909 | 38 |
17 | Middlesbrough | 42 | 13 | 9 | 20 | 70 | 76 | 0.921 | 35 |
18 | Charlton Athletic | 42 | 13 | 9 | 20 | 64 | 75 | 0.853 | 35 |
19 | Leyton Orient | 42 | 12 | 11 | 19 | 50 | 72 | 0.694 | 35 |
20 | Portsmouth | 42 | 12 | 10 | 20 | 56 | 77 | 0.727 | 34 |
21 | Swindon Town | 42 | 14 | 5 | 23 | 63 | 81 | 0.778 | 33 |
22 | Swansea Town | 42 | 11 | 10 | 21 | 62 | 84 | 0.738 | 32 |
Third Division
P | W | D | L | F | A | GA | Pts | ||
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1 | Carlisle United | 46 | 25 | 10 | 11 | 76 | 53 | 1.434 | 60 |
2 | Bristol City | 46 | 24 | 11 | 11 | 92 | 55 | 1.673 | 59 |
3 | Mansfield Town | 46 | 24 | 11 | 11 | 95 | 61 | 1.557 | 59 |
4 | Hull City | 46 | 23 | 12 | 11 | 91 | 57 | 1.596 | 58 |
5 | Brentford | 46 | 24 | 9 | 13 | 83 | 55 | 1.509 | 57 |
6 | Bristol Rovers | 46 | 20 | 15 | 11 | 82 | 58 | 1.414 | 55 |
7 | Gillingham | 46 | 23 | 9 | 14 | 70 | 50 | 1.400 | 55 |
8 | Peterborough United | 46 | 22 | 7 | 17 | 85 | 74 | 1.149 | 51 |
9 | Watford | 46 | 17 | 16 | 13 | 71 | 64 | 1.109 | 50 |
10 | Grimsby Town | 46 | 16 | 17 | 13 | 68 | 67 | 1.015 | 49 |
11 | Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic | 46 | 18 | 11 | 17 | 72 | 63 | 1.143 | 47 |
12 | Southend United | 46 | 19 | 8 | 19 | 78 | 71 | 1.099 | 46 |
13 | Reading | 46 | 16 | 14 | 16 | 70 | 70 | 1.000 | 46 |
14 | Queens Park Rangers | 46 | 17 | 12 | 17 | 72 | 80 | 0.900 | 46 |
15 | Workington | 46 | 17 | 12 | 17 | 58 | 69 | 0.841 | 46 |
16 | Shrewsbury Town | 46 | 15 | 12 | 19 | 76 | 84 | 0.905 | 42 |
17 | Exeter City | 46 | 12 | 17 | 17 | 51 | 52 | 0.981 | 41 |
18 | Scunthorpe United | 46 | 14 | 12 | 20 | 65 | 72 | 0.903 | 40 |
19 | Walsall | 46 | 15 | 7 | 24 | 55 | 80 | 0.688 | 37 |
20 | Oldham Athletic | 46 | 13 | 10 | 23 | 61 | 83 | 0.735 | 36 |
21 | Luton Town | 46 | 11 | 11 | 24 | 51 | 94 | 0.543 | 33 |
22 | Port Vale | 46 | 9 | 14 | 23 | 41 | 76 | 0.539 | 32 |
23 | Colchester United | 46 | 10 | 10 | 26 | 50 | 89 | 0.562 | 30 |
24 | Barnsley | 46 | 9 | 11 | 26 | 54 | 90 | 0.600 | 29 |
Fourth Division
P | W | D | L | F | A | GA | Pts | ||
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1 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 46 | 26 | 11 | 9 | 102 | 57 | 1.789 | 63 |
2 | Millwall | 46 | 23 | 16 | 7 | 78 | 45 | 1.733 | 62 |
3 | York City | 46 | 28 | 6 | 12 | 91 | 56 | 1.625 | 62 |
4 | Oxford United | 46 | 23 | 15 | 8 | 87 | 44 | 1.977 | 61 |
5 | Tranmere Rovers | 46 | 27 | 6 | 13 | 99 | 56 | 1.768 | 60 |
6 | Rochdale | 46 | 22 | 14 | 10 | 74 | 53 | 1.396 | 58 |
7 | Bradford Park Avenue | 46 | 20 | 17 | 9 | 86 | 62 | 1.387 | 57 |
8 | Chester | 46 | 25 | 6 | 15 | 119 | 81 | 1.469 | 56 |
9 | Doncaster Rovers | 46 | 20 | 11 | 15 | 84 | 72 | 1.167 | 51 |
10 | Crewe Alexandra | 46 | 18 | 13 | 15 | 90 | 81 | 1.111 | 49 |
11 | Torquay United | 46 | 21 | 7 | 18 | 70 | 70 | 1.000 | 49 |
12 | Chesterfield | 46 | 20 | 8 | 18 | 58 | 70 | 0.829 | 48 |
13 | Notts County | 46 | 15 | 14 | 17 | 61 | 73 | 0.836 | 44 |
14 | Wrexham | 46 | 17 | 9 | 20 | 84 | 92 | 0.913 | 43 |
15 | Hartlepools United | 46 | 15 | 13 | 18 | 61 | 85 | 0.718 | 43 |
16 | Newport County | 46 | 17 | 8 | 21 | 85 | 81 | 1.049 | 42 |
17 | Darlington | 46 | 18 | 6 | 22 | 84 | 87 | 0.966 | 42 |
18 | Aldershot | 46 | 15 | 7 | 24 | 64 | 84 | 0.762 | 37 |
19 | Bradford City | 46 | 12 | 8 | 26 | 70 | 88 | 0.795 | 32 |
20 | Southport | 46 | 8 | 16 | 22 | 58 | 89 | 0.652 | 32 |
21 | Barrow | 46 | 12 | 6 | 28 | 59 | 105 | 0.562 | 30 |
22 | Lincoln City | 46 | 11 | 6 | 29 | 58 | 99 | 0.586 | 28 |
23 | Halifax Town | 46 | 11 | 6 | 29 | 54 | 103 | 0.524 | 28 |
24 | Stockport County | 46 | 10 | 7 | 29 | 44 | 87 | 0.506 | 27 |
P = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; GA = Goal average; Pts = Points
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