1963–64 Football League First Division

Football League First Division
Season	1963–64
Champions	Liverpool; 6th English title
Relegated	Bolton Wanderers; Ipswich Town
European Cup	Liverpool
European Cup Winners' Cup	West Ham United
Inter-Cities Fairs Cup	Manchester United; Everton
Matches played	462
Goals scored	1,571 (3.4 per match)
Top goalscorer	Jimmy Greaves; (35 goals)
Biggest home win	Fulham 10–1 Ipswich Town; (26 December 1963)
Biggest away win	West Ham United 2–8 Blackburn Rovers; (26 December 1963)
Highest scoring	Fulham 10–1 Ipswich Town; (26 December 1963)
	← 1962–63 1964–65 →

Statistics of Football League First Division in the 1963-64 season.

Overview

Liverpool won the First Division title for the sixth time in the club's history that season, and for the first time since 1947. On Boxing Day, 66 goals were scored in the division from 10 games, including Ipswich Town's record 10-1 defeat to Fulham. It was the first double digit scoreline in the division since 1958–59. Other results that day included Liverpool beating Stoke City 6-1, Burnley beating Manchester United by the same scoreline, Blackburn Rovers beating West Ham United 8-2 away and a 4-4 draw between West Bromwich Albion and Tottenham Hotspur.^[2]

League standings

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 the European Cup preliminary round
2	Manchester United	42	23	7	12	90	62	1.452	53	Qualification for the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup first round
3	Everton	42	21	10	11	84	64	1.313	52	Qualification for the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup first round
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 the European 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 the Second Division
22	Ipswich Town (R)	42	9	7	26	56	121	0.463	25	Relegation to the Second Division

Source: World Football
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal average; 3) Goals scored
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:

^ West Ham United qualified for the European Cup Winners' Cup as the 1963–64 FA Cup winners.

Results

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

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	35
2	Fred Pickering	Blackburn Rovers / Everton	32
=	Andy McEvoy	Blackburn Rovers	32
4	Roger Hunt	Liverpool	31
5	Denis Law	Manchester United	30
6	Ray Crawford	Ipswich Town / Wolverhampton Wanderers	28

References

^ "English League Leading Goalscorers". RSSSF. Retrieved 2010-10-31.
^ "Fulham lead football revelry". The Times. 27 December 1963. p. 3.

RSSSF

External links

wildstat.com

[table_note_res_CWC1R0.17298568793246-3] West Ham United qualified for the European Cup Winners' Cup as the 1963–64 FA Cup winners.

[topscorers-1] "English League Leading Goalscorers". RSSSF. Retrieved 2010-10-31.

[2] "Fulham lead football revelry". The Times. 27 December 1963. p. 3.

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