| Season | 1963–64 |
|---|---|
| Champions | Liverpool 6thEnglish title |
| Relegated | Bolton Wanderers Ipswich Town |
| European Cup | Liverpool |
| European Cup Winners' Cup | West Ham United |
| Inter-Cities Fairs Cup | Manchester United Everton |
| Matches | 462 |
| Goals | 1,571 (3.4 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | Jimmy Greaves (35 goals)[1] |
| Biggest home win | Fulham 10–1Ipswich Town (26 December 1963) |
| Biggest away win | West Ham United 2–8Blackburn Rovers (26 December 1963) |
| Highest scoring | Fulham 10–1Ipswich Town (26 December 1963) |
1964–65 → | |
Statistics ofFootball League First Division in the 1963-64 season.
Liverpool won the First Division title for the sixth time in the club's history that season, and for the first time since 1947. OnBoxing Day, 66 goals were scored in the division from 10 games, includingIpswich Town's record 10-1 defeat toFulham. It was the first double digit scoreline in the division since1958–59. Other results that day includedLiverpool beatingStoke City 6-1,Burnley beatingManchester United by the same scoreline,Blackburn Rovers beatingWest Ham United 8-2 away and a 4-4 draw betweenWest Bromwich Albion andTottenham Hotspur.[2]
| 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 theEuropean Cup preliminary round |
| 2 | Manchester United | 42 | 23 | 7 | 12 | 90 | 62 | 1.452 | 53 | Qualification for theInter-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 theEuropean 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 theSecond Division |
| 22 | Ipswich Town(R) | 42 | 9 | 7 | 26 | 56 | 121 | 0.463 | 25 |
| 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 |