1962–63 Football League First Division

1962–63 season of Football League First Division

Football league season

First DivisionSeason| 1962–63

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Champions| Everton
6th English title
Relegated| Manchester City
Leyton Orient
European Cup| Everton
European Cup Winners' Cup| Tottenham Hotspur
Manchester United
Inter-Cities Fairs Cup| Sheffield Wednesday
Arsenal
Matches played| 462
Goals scored| 1,536 (3.32 per match)
Top goalscorer| Jimmy Greaves
(37 goals)[1]
Biggest home win| Wolverhampton Wanderers 8–1 Manchester City
(18 August 1962)
Tottenham Hotspur 9–2 Nottingham Forest
(29 September 1962)
Wolverhampton Wanderers 7–0 West Bromwich Albion
(16 March 1963)
Biggest away win| West Ham United 1–6 Tottenham Hotspur
(25 August 1962)
Manchester City 1–6 West Ham United
(8 September 1962)
Fulham 0–5 Wolverhampton Wanderers
(8 December 1962)
Highest scoring| Tottenham Hotspur 9–2 Nottingham Forest
(29 September 1962)

← 1961–62

1963–64 →

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

## Overview

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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

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Pos | Team  | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GAv | Pts | Qualification or relegation

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1  | Everton (C) | 42  | 25  | 11  | 6  | 84  | 42  | 2.000  | 61  | Qualification for the European Cup preliminary round
2  | Tottenham Hotspur | 42  | 23  | 9  | 10  | 111  | 62  | 1.790  | 55  | Qualification for the European Cup Winners' Cup second round[a]
3  | Burnley | 42  | 22  | 10  | 10  | 78  | 57  | 1.368  | 54  |
4  | Leicester City | 42  | 20  | 12  | 10  | 79  | 53  | 1.491  | 52
5  | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 42  | 20  | 10  | 12  | 93  | 65  | 1.431  | 50
6  | Sheffield Wednesday | 42  | 19  | 10  | 13  | 77  | 63  | 1.222  | 48  | Qualification for the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup first round
7  | Arsenal | 42  | 18  | 10  | 14  | 86  | 77  | 1.117  | 46
8  | Liverpool | 42  | 17  | 10  | 15  | 71  | 59  | 1.203  | 44  |
9  | Nottingham Forest | 42  | 17  | 10  | 15  | 67  | 69  | 0.971  | 44
10  | Sheffield United | 42  | 16  | 12  | 14  | 58  | 60  | 0.967  | 44
11  | Blackburn Rovers | 42  | 15  | 12  | 15  | 79  | 71  | 1.113  | 42
12  | West Ham United | 42  | 14  | 12  | 16  | 73  | 69  | 1.058  | 40
13  | Blackpool | 42  | 13  | 14  | 15  | 58  | 64  | 0.906  | 40
14  | West Bromwich Albion | 42  | 16  | 7  | 19  | 71  | 79  | 0.899  | 39
15  | Aston Villa | 42  | 15  | 8  | 19  | 62  | 68  | 0.912  | 38
16  | Fulham | 42  | 14  | 10  | 18  | 50  | 71  | 0.704  | 38
17  | Ipswich Town | 42  | 12  | 11  | 19  | 59  | 78  | 0.756  | 35
18  | Bolton Wanderers | 42  | 15  | 5  | 22  | 55  | 75  | 0.733  | 35
19  | Manchester United | 42  | 12  | 10  | 20  | 67  | 81  | 0.827  | 34  | Qualification for the European Cup Winners' Cup first round[b]
20  | Birmingham City | 42  | 10  | 13  | 19  | 63  | 90  | 0.700  | 33  |
21  | Manchester City (R) | 42  | 10  | 11  | 21  | 58  | 102  | 0.569  | 31  | Relegation to the Second Division
22  | Leyton Orient (R) | 42  | 6  | 9  | 27  | 37  | 81  | 0.457  | 21

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

1. ^ Tottenham Hotspur qualified for the European Cup Winners' Cup second round as the 1962–63 European Cup Winners' Cup winners.
2. ^ Manchester United qualified for the European Cup Winners' Cup first round as the 1962–63 FA Cup winners.

## Results

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Home \ Away  | ARS | AST | BIR | BLB | BLP | BOL | BUR | EVE | FUL | IPS | LEI | LEY | LIV | MCI | MUN | NOT | SHU | SHW | TOT | WBA | WHU | WOL

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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

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Rank  | Player  | Club  | Goals

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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

## Attendances

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Everton FC drew the highest average home attendance in the league.

# | Football club | Home games | Average attendance[2]

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1 | Everton FC | 21 | 51,603
2 | Tottenham Hotspur | 21 | 47,342
3 | Liverpool FC | 21 | 42,971
4 | Manchester United | 21 | 40,329
5 | Arsenal FC | 21 | 32,288
6 | Aston Villa | 21 | 30,779
7 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 21 | 26,817
8 | Leicester City | 21 | 25,841
9 | Burnley FC | 21 | 25,180
10 | Sheffield Wednesday | 21 | 24,790
11 | Manchester City | 21 | 24,683
12 | West Ham United | 21 | 23,621
13 | Sheffield United | 21 | 22,775
14 | Birmingham City | 21 | 22,524
15 | Nottingham Forest | 21 | 22,086
16 | Fulham FC | 21 | 21,986
17 | Bolton Wanderers | 21 | 19,406
18 | Ipswich Town | 21 | 19,044
19 | Blackpool FC | 21 | 18,536
20 | West Bromwich Albion | 21 | 18,531
21 | Leyton Orient | 21 | 16,406
22 | Blackburn Rovers | 21 | 16,001

## References

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1. ^ "English League Leading Goalscorers". RSSSF. Retrieved 2010-10-31.
2. ^ https://www.worldfootball.net/attendance/eng-premier-league-1962-1963/1/

* RSSSF

## External links

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* wildstat.com

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