# 1966–67 Football League First Division

Statistics of Football League First Division in the 1966–67 season.

## Overview

Manchester United won the First Division title for the seventh time in the club's history that season. They made sure of that on 6 May, after beating West Ham United 6–1 at Upton Park whilst their title challengers Nottingham Forest lost 2–1 at Southampton. This would be their last league title for 26 years, and last in the First Division, until the inaugural 1992-93 Premier League season. Blackpool were relegated on 15 April, after losing 2–0 at Stoke City whilst Aston Villa joined them on 6 May, after losing 4–2 at home against Everton with Southampton's win against Nottingham Forest confirming their relegation.

## League standings

| 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 the European Cup first round |
| 2 | Nottingham Forest | 42 | 23 | 10 | 9 | 64 | 41 | 1.561 | 56 | Qualification for the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup first round |
| 3 | Tottenham Hotspur | 42 | 24 | 8 | 10 | 71 | 48 | 1.479 | 56 | Qualification for the European Cup Winners' Cup first round |
| 4 | Leeds United | 42 | 22 | 11 | 9 | 62 | 42 | 1.476 | 55 | Qualification for the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup first round |
| 5 | Liverpool | 42 | 19 | 13 | 10 | 64 | 47 | 1.362 | 51 | Qualification for the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup first round |
| 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 the Second Division |
| 22 | Blackpool (R) | 42 | 6 | 9 | 27 | 41 | 76 | 0.539 | 21 | Relegation to the Second Division |
* ↑ Tottenham Hotspur qualified for the European Cup Winners' Cup as the 1966–67 FA Cup winners.

## Results

| 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 | |

## Top scorers

| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Ron Davies | Southampton | 37 |
| 2 | Geoff Hurst | West Ham United | 29 |
| 3 | Jimmy Greaves | Tottenham Hotspur | 25 |
| 4 | Allan Clarke | Fulham | 24 |
| 5 | Denis Law | Manchester United | 23 |