| Season | 1966–67 |
|---|---|
| Champions | Manchester United |
1967–68 → | |
The1966–67 season was the 68th completed season ofThe Football League.
The tables and results below are reproduced here in the exact form that they can be found at theRSSSF website[1] and inRothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79,[2] with home and away statistics separated.
Beginning with the 1894–95 season, clubs finishing level on points were separated according to goal average (goals scored divided by goals conceded), or more properly put, goal ratio. In case one or more teams had the same goal difference, this system favoured those teams who had scored fewer goals. The goal average system was eventually scrapped since the 1976–77 season.
Since theFourth Division was established in the1958–59 season, the bottom four teams of that division were required to apply forre-election.[2]
| Season | 1966–67 |
|---|---|
| Champions | Manchester United 7thEnglish title |
| Relegated | Aston Villa Blackpool |
| European Cup | Manchester United |
| Cup Winners' Cup | Tottenham Hotspur |
| Inter-Cities Fairs Cup | Nottingham Forest Leeds United Liverpool |
| Matches | 462 |
| Goals | 1,387 (3 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | Ron Davies (37 goals)[3] |
1967–68 → | |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GAv | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Manchester United(C) | 42 | 24 | 12 | 6 | 84 | 45 | 1.867 | 60 | Qualification for theEuropean Cup first round |
| 2 | Nottingham Forest | 42 | 23 | 10 | 9 | 64 | 41 | 1.561 | 56 | Qualification for theInter-Cities Fairs Cup first round |
| 3 | Tottenham Hotspur | 42 | 24 | 8 | 10 | 71 | 48 | 1.479 | 56 | Qualification for theEuropean Cup Winners' Cup first round[a] |
| 4 | Leeds United | 42 | 22 | 11 | 9 | 62 | 42 | 1.476 | 55 | Qualification for theInter-Cities Fairs Cup first round |
| 5 | Liverpool | 42 | 19 | 13 | 10 | 64 | 47 | 1.362 | 51 | |
| 6 | Everton | 42 | 19 | 10 | 13 | 65 | 46 | 1.413 | 48 | |
| 7 | Arsenal | 42 | 16 | 14 | 12 | 58 | 47 | 1.234 | 46 | |
| 8 | Leicester City | 42 | 18 | 8 | 16 | 78 | 71 | 1.099 | 44 | |
| 9 | Chelsea | 42 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 67 | 62 | 1.081 | 44 | |
| 10 | Sheffield United | 42 | 16 | 10 | 16 | 52 | 59 | 0.881 | 42 | |
| 11 | Sheffield Wednesday | 42 | 14 | 13 | 15 | 56 | 47 | 1.191 | 41 | |
| 12 | Stoke City | 42 | 17 | 7 | 18 | 63 | 58 | 1.086 | 41 | |
| 13 | West Bromwich Albion | 42 | 16 | 7 | 19 | 77 | 73 | 1.055 | 39 | |
| 14 | Burnley | 42 | 15 | 9 | 18 | 66 | 76 | 0.868 | 39 | |
| 15 | Manchester City | 42 | 12 | 15 | 15 | 43 | 52 | 0.827 | 39 | |
| 16 | West Ham United | 42 | 14 | 8 | 20 | 80 | 84 | 0.952 | 36 | |
| 17 | Sunderland | 42 | 14 | 8 | 20 | 58 | 72 | 0.806 | 36 | |
| 18 | Fulham | 42 | 11 | 12 | 19 | 71 | 83 | 0.855 | 34 | |
| 19 | Southampton | 42 | 14 | 6 | 22 | 74 | 92 | 0.804 | 34 | |
| 20 | Newcastle United | 42 | 12 | 9 | 21 | 39 | 81 | 0.481 | 33 | |
| 21 | Aston Villa(R) | 42 | 11 | 7 | 24 | 54 | 85 | 0.635 | 29 | Relegation to theSecond Division |
| 22 | Blackpool(R) | 42 | 6 | 9 | 27 | 41 | 76 | 0.539 | 21 |
| Home \ Away | ARS | AST | BLP | BUR | CHE | EVE | FUL | LEE | LEI | LIV | MCI | MUN | NEW | NOT | SHU | SHW | SOU | STK | SUN | TOT | WBA | WHU |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arsenal | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–4 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 2–3 | 2–1 | |
| Aston Villa | 0–1 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 2–6 | 2–4 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 2–3 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 3–3 | 3–2 | 0–2 | |
| Blackpool | 0–3 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 6–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 1–4 | |
| Burnley | 1–4 | 4–2 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 5–2 | 1–0 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 5–1 | 4–2 | |
| Chelsea | 3–1 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 0–2 | 5–5 | |
| Everton | 0–0 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 4–1 | 0–1 | 5–4 | 4–0 | |
| Fulham | 0–0 | 5–1 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 4–2 | 2–2 | 4–1 | 2–2 | 5–1 | 2–3 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 4–1 | 3–1 | 3–4 | 2–2 | 4–2 | |
| Leeds United | 3–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 5–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 2–1 | |
| Leicester City | 2–1 | 5–0 | 3–0 | 5–1 | 3–2 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 4–2 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 4–2 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 5–4 | |
| Liverpool | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 5–0 | 3–2 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | |
| Manchester City | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–4 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 1–4 | |
| Manchester United | 1–0 | 3–1 | 4–0 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 5–2 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 5–0 | 1–0 | 5–3 | 3–0 | |
| Newcastle United | 2–1 | 0–3 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 0–3 | 0–2 | 1–3 | 1–0 | |
| Nottingham Forest | 2–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | |
| Sheffield United | 1–1 | 3–3 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 4–0 | 1–4 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 4–3 | 3–1 | |
| Sheffield Wednesday | 1–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 7–0 | 6–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 4–1 | 1–3 | 5–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–2 | |
| Southampton | 2–1 | 6–2 | 1–5 | 4–0 | 0–3 | 1–3 | 4–2 | 0–2 | 4–4 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–3 | 4–2 | 3–2 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 6–2 | |
| Stoke City | 2–2 | 6–1 | 2–0 | 4–3 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 0–2 | 3–2 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | |
| Sunderland | 1–3 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 4–3 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 2–3 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 2–4 | |
| Tottenham Hotspur | 3–1 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 4–2 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 5–3 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 3–4 | |
| West Bromwich Albion | 0–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 5–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–3 | 3–4 | 6–1 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 3–1 | |
| West Ham United | 2–2 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 3–2 | 1–2 | 2–3 | 6–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–6 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 3–0 |
| Season | 1966–67 |
|---|---|
| Champions | Coventry City |
| Promoted | Coventry City Wolverhampton Wanderers |
| Relegated | Northampton Town Bury |
| Cup Winners' Cup | Cardiff City |
| Matches | 462 |
| Goals | 1,361 (2.95 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | Bobby Gould (24 goals)[3] |
1967–68 → | |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GAv | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Coventry City(C, P) | 42 | 23 | 13 | 6 | 74 | 43 | 1.721 | 59 | Promotion to theFirst Division |
| 2 | Wolverhampton Wanderers(P) | 42 | 25 | 8 | 9 | 88 | 48 | 1.833 | 58 | |
| 3 | Carlisle United | 42 | 23 | 6 | 13 | 71 | 54 | 1.315 | 52 | |
| 4 | Blackburn Rovers | 42 | 19 | 13 | 10 | 56 | 46 | 1.217 | 51 | |
| 5 | Ipswich Town | 42 | 17 | 16 | 9 | 70 | 54 | 1.296 | 50 | |
| 6 | Huddersfield Town | 42 | 20 | 9 | 13 | 58 | 46 | 1.261 | 49 | |
| 7 | Crystal Palace | 42 | 19 | 10 | 13 | 61 | 55 | 1.109 | 48 | |
| 8 | Millwall | 42 | 18 | 9 | 15 | 49 | 58 | 0.845 | 45 | |
| 9 | Bolton Wanderers | 42 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 64 | 58 | 1.103 | 42 | |
| 10 | Birmingham City | 42 | 16 | 8 | 18 | 70 | 66 | 1.061 | 40 | |
| 11 | Norwich City | 42 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 49 | 55 | 0.891 | 40 | |
| 12 | Hull City | 42 | 16 | 7 | 19 | 77 | 72 | 1.069 | 39 | |
| 13 | Preston North End | 42 | 16 | 7 | 19 | 65 | 67 | 0.970 | 39 | |
| 14 | Portsmouth | 42 | 13 | 13 | 16 | 59 | 70 | 0.843 | 39 | |
| 15 | Bristol City | 42 | 12 | 14 | 16 | 56 | 62 | 0.903 | 38 | |
| 16 | Plymouth Argyle | 42 | 14 | 9 | 19 | 59 | 58 | 1.017 | 37 | |
| 17 | Derby County | 42 | 12 | 12 | 18 | 68 | 72 | 0.944 | 36 | |
| 18 | Rotherham United | 42 | 13 | 10 | 19 | 61 | 70 | 0.871 | 36 | |
| 19 | Charlton Athletic | 42 | 13 | 9 | 20 | 49 | 53 | 0.925 | 35 | |
| 20 | Cardiff City | 42 | 12 | 9 | 21 | 61 | 87 | 0.701 | 33 | Qualification for theEuropean Cup Winners' Cup first round[a] |
| 21 | Northampton Town(R) | 42 | 12 | 6 | 24 | 47 | 84 | 0.560 | 30 | Relegation to theThird Division |
| 22 | Bury(R) | 42 | 11 | 6 | 25 | 49 | 83 | 0.590 | 28 |
| Home \ Away | BIR | BLB | BOL | BRI | BRY | CAR | CRL | CHA | COV | CRY | DER | HUD | HUL | IPS | MIL | NOR | NWC | PLY | POR | PNE | ROT | WOL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Birmingham | 1–1 | 2–2 | 4–0 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 2–3 | 3–2 | |
| Blackburn Rovers | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | |
| Bolton Wanderers | 3–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 5–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 4–2 | 2–2 | 0–0 | |
| Bristol City | 3–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 3–3 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 4–0 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–3 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | |
| Bury | 0–2 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 3–4 | 5–2 | 2–1 | |
| Cardiff City | 3–0 | 1–1 | 2–5 | 5–1 | 3–0 | 4–2 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–4 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 4–2 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 0–0 | 4–0 | 0–0 | 0–3 | |
| Carlisle United | 2–0 | 1–2 | 6–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 5–1 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 1–3 | |
| Charlton Athletic | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 5–0 | 4–0 | 5–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–3 | |
| Coventry City | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 5–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 5–1 | 2–1 | 4–2 | 3–1 | |
| Crystal Palace | 2–1 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 4–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 5–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 4–1 | |
| Derby County | 1–2 | 2–3 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 4–3 | 2–3 | 2–2 | 5–1 | 4–3 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 5–1 | 2–0 | 0–3 | |
| Huddersfield Town | 3–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 4–2 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 0–1 | |
| Hull City | 0–2 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 6–1 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 6–1 | 5–0 | 4–2 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 3–1 | |
| Ipswich Town | 3–2 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 4–3 | 3–0 | 5–4 | 4–1 | 6–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 4–2 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 3–1 | |
| Millwall | 3–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | |
| Northampton Town | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 3–3 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 2–4 | 1–5 | 3–1 | 0–4 | |
| Norwich City | 3–3 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 4–3 | 4–1 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | |
| Plymouth Argyle | 1–1 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 4–1 | 7–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 4–2 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2–3 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | |
| Portsmouth | 4–5 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 4–2 | 0–1 | 3–2 | 3–3 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 2–3 | |
| Preston North End | 3–0 | 3–0 | 1–3 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 4–0 | 2–3 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 4–2 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | |
| Rotherham United | 3–2 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 3–3 | 3–0 | 4–1 | 2–3 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 4–2 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 4–2 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 2–2 | |
| Wolverhampton Wanderers | 1–2 | 4–0 | 5–2 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 7–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 5–3 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 3–2 | 2–0 |
| Season | 1966–67 |
|---|---|
| Champions | Queens Park Rangers (1st title) |
| Promoted | Middlesbrough |
| Relegated | Darlington, Doncaster Rovers, Swansea Town, Workington |
| Matches | 552 |
| Goals | 1,646 (2.98 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | Rodney Marsh (Queens Park Rangers), 30[3] |
1967–68 → | |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GAv | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Queens Park Rangers(C, P) | 46 | 26 | 15 | 5 | 103 | 38 | 2.711 | 67 | Promotion to theSecond Division |
| 2 | Middlesbrough(P) | 46 | 23 | 9 | 14 | 87 | 64 | 1.359 | 55 | |
| 3 | Watford | 46 | 20 | 14 | 12 | 61 | 46 | 1.326 | 54 | |
| 4 | Reading | 46 | 22 | 9 | 15 | 76 | 57 | 1.333 | 53 | |
| 5 | Bristol Rovers | 46 | 20 | 13 | 13 | 76 | 67 | 1.134 | 53 | |
| 6 | Shrewsbury Town | 46 | 20 | 12 | 14 | 77 | 62 | 1.242 | 52 | |
| 7 | Torquay United | 46 | 21 | 9 | 16 | 73 | 54 | 1.352 | 51 | |
| 8 | Swindon Town | 46 | 20 | 10 | 16 | 81 | 59 | 1.373 | 50 | |
| 9 | Mansfield Town | 46 | 20 | 9 | 17 | 84 | 79 | 1.063 | 49 | |
| 10 | Oldham Athletic | 46 | 19 | 10 | 17 | 80 | 63 | 1.270 | 48 | |
| 11 | Gillingham | 46 | 15 | 16 | 15 | 58 | 62 | 0.935 | 46 | |
| 12 | Walsall | 46 | 18 | 10 | 18 | 65 | 72 | 0.903 | 46 | |
| 13 | Colchester United | 46 | 17 | 10 | 19 | 76 | 73 | 1.041 | 44 | |
| 14 | Orient | 46 | 13 | 18 | 15 | 58 | 68 | 0.853 | 44 | |
| 15 | Peterborough United | 46 | 14 | 15 | 17 | 66 | 71 | 0.930 | 43 | |
| 16 | Oxford United | 46 | 15 | 13 | 18 | 61 | 66 | 0.924 | 43 | |
| 17 | Grimsby Town | 46 | 17 | 9 | 20 | 61 | 68 | 0.897 | 43 | |
| 18 | Scunthorpe United | 46 | 17 | 8 | 21 | 58 | 73 | 0.795 | 42 | |
| 19 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 46 | 13 | 15 | 18 | 61 | 71 | 0.859 | 41 | |
| 20 | Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic | 46 | 12 | 17 | 17 | 39 | 57 | 0.684 | 41 | |
| 21 | Swansea Town(R) | 46 | 12 | 15 | 19 | 85 | 89 | 0.955 | 39 | Relegation to theFourth Division |
| 22 | Darlington(R) | 46 | 13 | 11 | 22 | 47 | 81 | 0.580 | 37 | |
| 23 | Doncaster Rovers(R) | 46 | 12 | 8 | 26 | 58 | 117 | 0.496 | 32 | |
| 24 | Workington(R) | 46 | 12 | 7 | 27 | 55 | 89 | 0.618 | 31 |
| Home \ Away | B&BA | B&HA | BRR | COL | DAR | DON | GIL | GRI | MAN | MID | OLD | ORI | OXF | PET | QPR | REA | SCU | SHR | SWA | SWI | TOR | WAL | WAT | WRK |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 1–4 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | |
| Brighton & Hove Albion | 0–3 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 5–0 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 5–2 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 0–0 | |
| Bristol Rovers | 1–1 | 2–2 | 4–1 | 3–0 | 4–2 | 4–1 | 0–0 | 4–4 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–3 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 4–2 | 0–3 | 0–1 | |
| Colchester United | 2–0 | 3–2 | 3–1 | 2–3 | 5–0 | 0–0 | 4–0 | 3–0 | 2–3 | 3–2 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 1–4 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 5–1 | 2–1 | 2–2 | |
| Darlington | 1–2 | 3–1 | 0–3 | 0–4 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 2–3 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 5–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | |
| Doncaster Rovers | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 1–4 | 0–4 | 2–3 | 3–2 | 4–6 | 0–4 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | |
| Gillingham | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 5–2 | 5–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 4–1 | 1–1 | |
| Grimsby Town | 1–0 | 2–3 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 4–1 | 4–1 | 4–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 7–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 3–4 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 4–1 | |
| Mansfield Town | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 4–1 | 4–0 | 4–5 | 2–4 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–7 | 4–2 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 4–2 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | |
| Middlesbrough | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 4–0 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 4–0 | 4–0 | 0–2 | 3–0 | 3–2 | |
| Oldham Athletic | 1–1 | 4–1 | 3–0 | 4–0 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 5–0 | 6–2 | 1–1 | 3–0 | |
| Orient | 1–0 | 3–2 | 0–2 | 3–3 | 1–2 | 4–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 4–2 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | |
| Oxford United | 1–1 | 1–2 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 6–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 0–3 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–3 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 3–0 | |
| Peterborough United | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 3–3 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 2–3 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 4–4 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 3–0 | |
| Queens Park Rangers | 4–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 6–0 | 2–0 | 5–1 | 0–0 | 4–0 | 0–1 | 4–1 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 5–1 | 2–2 | 4–2 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 4–1 | 4–1 | |
| Reading | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 6–0 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | |
| Scunthorpe United | 0–1 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 4–3 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 4–1 | |
| Shrewsbury Town | 4–1 | 0–0 | 3–4 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 6–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 4–3 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 3–2 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 3–1 | |
| Swansea Town | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 6–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 4–4 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 3–3 | 1–3 | 5–2 | 0–1 | 5–2 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 4–1 | 2–2 | 5–2 | |
| Swindon Town | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 4–1 | 6–3 | 5–1 | 3–0 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 4–0 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 1–2 | 3–0 | |
| Torquay United | 3–2 | 5–0 | 2–1 | 5–0 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 4–1 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 2–4 | 1–0 | 5–2 | 1–0 | 5–1 | |
| Walsall | 3–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | |
| Watford | 3–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | |
| Workington | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 2–4 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 2–3 | 6–3 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 4–0 | 1–2 |
| Season | 1966–67 |
|---|---|
| Champions | Stockport County (1st title) |
| Promoted | Barrow, Southport, Tranmere Rovers |
| Failed re-election | none |
| Matches | 552 |
| Goals | 1,500 (2.72 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | Ernie Phythian (Hartlepools United), 23[3] |
1967–68 → | |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GAv | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Stockport County(C, P) | 46 | 26 | 12 | 8 | 69 | 42 | 1.643 | 64 | Promotion to theThird Division |
| 2 | Southport(P) | 46 | 23 | 13 | 10 | 69 | 42 | 1.643 | 59 | |
| 3 | Barrow(P) | 46 | 24 | 11 | 11 | 76 | 54 | 1.407 | 59 | |
| 4 | Tranmere Rovers(P) | 46 | 22 | 14 | 10 | 66 | 43 | 1.535 | 58 | |
| 5 | Crewe Alexandra | 46 | 21 | 12 | 13 | 70 | 55 | 1.273 | 54 | |
| 6 | Southend United | 46 | 22 | 9 | 15 | 70 | 49 | 1.429 | 53 | |
| 7 | Wrexham | 46 | 16 | 20 | 10 | 76 | 62 | 1.226 | 52 | |
| 8 | Hartlepools United | 46 | 22 | 7 | 17 | 66 | 64 | 1.031 | 51 | |
| 9 | Brentford | 46 | 18 | 13 | 15 | 58 | 56 | 1.036 | 49 | |
| 10 | Aldershot | 46 | 18 | 12 | 16 | 72 | 57 | 1.263 | 48 | |
| 11 | Bradford City | 46 | 19 | 10 | 17 | 74 | 62 | 1.194 | 48 | |
| 12 | Halifax Town | 46 | 15 | 14 | 17 | 59 | 68 | 0.868 | 44 | |
| 13 | Port Vale | 46 | 14 | 15 | 17 | 55 | 58 | 0.948 | 43 | |
| 14 | Exeter City | 46 | 14 | 15 | 17 | 50 | 60 | 0.833 | 43 | |
| 15 | Chesterfield | 46 | 17 | 8 | 21 | 60 | 63 | 0.952 | 42 | |
| 16 | Barnsley | 46 | 13 | 15 | 18 | 60 | 64 | 0.938 | 41 | |
| 17 | Luton Town | 46 | 16 | 9 | 21 | 59 | 73 | 0.808 | 41 | |
| 18 | Newport County | 46 | 12 | 16 | 18 | 56 | 63 | 0.889 | 40 | |
| 19 | Chester | 46 | 15 | 10 | 21 | 54 | 78 | 0.692 | 40 | |
| 20 | Notts County | 46 | 13 | 11 | 22 | 53 | 72 | 0.736 | 37 | |
| 21 | Rochdale | 46 | 13 | 11 | 22 | 53 | 75 | 0.707 | 37 | Re-elected |
| 22 | York City | 46 | 12 | 11 | 23 | 65 | 79 | 0.823 | 35 | |
| 23 | Bradford (Park Avenue) | 46 | 11 | 13 | 22 | 52 | 79 | 0.658 | 35 | |
| 24 | Lincoln City | 46 | 9 | 13 | 24 | 58 | 82 | 0.707 | 31 |
| Home \ Away | ALD | BAR | BRW | BRA | BPA | BRE | CHE | CHF | CRE | EXE | HAL | HAR | LIN | LUT | NPC | NTC | PTV | ROC | STD | SOU | STP | TRA | WRE | YOR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aldershot | 3–2 | 0–1 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 5–0 | 4–1 | 0–1 | 4–0 | 5–2 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | |
| Barnsley | 1–1 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 0–1 | |
| Barrow | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 5–0 | 1–0 | 2–3 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | |
| Bradford City | 4–1 | 1–1 | 5–2 | 2–3 | 2–0 | 2–3 | 3–1 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 3–3 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 3–3 | 1–0 | |
| Bradford Park Avenue | 1–1 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 2–3 | 2–0 | 1–4 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–3 | 1–3 | 1–0 | |
| Brentford | 1–0 | 3–1 | 0–3 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | |
| Chester | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 0–3 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 4–2 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 3–1 | |
| Chesterfield | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 4–1 | 3–0 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 4–0 | 1–0 | |
| Crewe Alexandra | 2–1 | 2–2 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 3–2 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 2–0 | |
| Exeter City | 1–1 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–3 | 1–4 | 4–1 | 3–1 | |
| Halifax Town | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–4 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 5–2 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 | |
| Hartlepools United | 3–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 3–2 | 3–2 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 1–3 | 5–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 4–2 | |
| Lincoln City | 0–4 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–4 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 2–3 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–3 | 3–0 | 8–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 0–4 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | |
| Luton Town | 4–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 2–5 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–3 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 5–1 | |
| Newport County | 1–2 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 3–0 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 4–2 | |
| Notts County | 3–0 | 0–3 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 3–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 2–0 | |
| Port Vale | 0–2 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 5–0 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 4–1 | |
| Rochdale | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 2–2 | |
| Southend United | 4–0 | 3–0 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 3–0 | 5–1 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | |
| Southport | 1–0 | 3–0 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 4–3 | 1–2 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | |
| Stockport County | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 4–5 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | |
| Tranmere Rovers | 2–2 | 3–3 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 5–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | |
| Wrexham | 2–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 6–0 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 4–0 | 4–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 4–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | |
| York City | 1–2 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 4–1 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 2–4 | 4–3 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 5–1 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 4–0 |
| # | Football club | Home games | Average attendance[4] |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Manchester United | 21 | 53,854 |
| 2 | Liverpool FC | 21 | 46,388 |
| 3 | Everton FC | 21 | 42,606 |
| 4 | Tottenham Hotspur | 21 | 41,988 |
| 5 | Chelsea FC | 21 | 35,591 |
| 6 | Leeds United | 21 | 35,221 |
| 7 | Newcastle United | 21 | 32,081 |
| 8 | Arsenal FC | 21 | 31,773 |
| 9 | Sunderland AFC | 21 | 31,731 |
| 10 | Nottingham Forest | 21 | 31,282 |
| 11 | Manchester City | 21 | 31,208 |
| 12 | Sheffield Wednesday | 21 | 30,219 |
| 13 | West Ham United | 21 | 29,271 |
| 14 | Stoke City | 21 | 25,933 |
| 15 | Southampton FC | 21 | 25,527 |
| 16 | Leicester City | 21 | 24,463 |
| 17 | Fulham FC | 21 | 24,430 |
| 18 | West Bromwich Albion | 21 | 23,342 |
| 19 | Aston Villa | 21 | 21,628 |
| 20 | Sheffield United | 21 | 20,600 |
| 21 | Burnley FC | 21 | 20,508 |
| 22 | Blackpool FC | 21 | 17,283 |