# 1962–63 Football League First Division

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

## Overview

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

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GAv | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 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 |
| 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 | Qualification for the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup first round |
| 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 |
| 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 | Relegation to the Second Division |
* ↑ Tottenham Hotspur qualified for the European Cup Winners' Cup second round as the 1962–63 European Cup Winners' Cup winners.
* ↑ Manchester United qualified for the European Cup Winners' Cup first round as the 1962–63 FA Cup winners.

## Results

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

## Top scorers

| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 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

Everton FC drew the highest average home attendance in the league.
| # | Football club | Home games | Average attendance |
| 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 |