# 1964–65 Football League First Division

Statistics of Football League First Division in the 1964-65 season.

## Overview

Manchester United won the First Division title for the sixth time in the club's history that season, ahead of newly-promoted Leeds United after Leeds drew their final game of the season (3-3) against already relegated Birmingham City; whilst Manchester United, with still one further game to play, beat Arsenal 3-1 at Old Trafford, the celebratory third goal coming from Denis Law. With both Leeds and Manchester United level on 61 points, and in those days in such an event, the title being decided on goal average, Manchester United enjoyed such a superior goal average to render their final league game of the season (a 2-1 defeat away to Aston Villa) as all but irrelevant.

## League standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GAv | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Manchester United (C) | 42 | 26 | 9 | 7 | 89 | 39 | 2.282 | 61 | Qualification for the European Cup preliminary round |
| 2 | Leeds United | 42 | 26 | 9 | 7 | 83 | 52 | 1.596 | 61 | Qualification for the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup first round |
| 3 | Chelsea | 42 | 24 | 8 | 10 | 89 | 54 | 1.648 | 56 | Qualification for the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup first round |
| 4 | Everton | 42 | 17 | 15 | 10 | 69 | 60 | 1.150 | 49 | Qualification for the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup first round |
| 5 | Nottingham Forest | 42 | 17 | 13 | 12 | 71 | 67 | 1.060 | 47 | |
| 6 | Tottenham Hotspur | 42 | 19 | 7 | 16 | 87 | 71 | 1.225 | 45 | |
| 7 | Liverpool | 42 | 17 | 10 | 15 | 67 | 73 | 0.918 | 44 | Qualification for the European Cup Winners' Cup first round |
| 8 | Sheffield Wednesday | 42 | 16 | 11 | 15 | 57 | 55 | 1.036 | 43 | |
| 9 | West Ham United | 42 | 19 | 4 | 19 | 82 | 71 | 1.155 | 42 | Qualification for the European Cup Winners' Cup first round |
| 10 | Blackburn Rovers | 42 | 16 | 10 | 16 | 83 | 79 | 1.051 | 42 | |
| 11 | Stoke City | 42 | 16 | 10 | 16 | 67 | 66 | 1.015 | 42 | |
| 12 | Burnley | 42 | 16 | 10 | 16 | 70 | 70 | 1.000 | 42 | |
| 13 | Arsenal | 42 | 17 | 7 | 18 | 69 | 75 | 0.920 | 41 | |
| 14 | West Bromwich Albion | 42 | 13 | 13 | 16 | 70 | 65 | 1.077 | 39 | |
| 15 | Sunderland | 42 | 14 | 9 | 19 | 64 | 74 | 0.865 | 37 | |
| 16 | Aston Villa | 42 | 16 | 5 | 21 | 57 | 82 | 0.695 | 37 | |
| 17 | Blackpool | 42 | 12 | 11 | 19 | 67 | 78 | 0.859 | 35 | |
| 18 | Leicester City | 42 | 11 | 13 | 18 | 69 | 85 | 0.812 | 35 | |
| 19 | Sheffield United | 42 | 12 | 11 | 19 | 50 | 64 | 0.781 | 35 | |
| 20 | Fulham | 42 | 11 | 12 | 19 | 60 | 78 | 0.769 | 34 | |
| 21 | Wolverhampton Wanderers (R) | 42 | 13 | 4 | 25 | 59 | 89 | 0.663 | 30 | Relegation to the Second Division |
| 22 | Birmingham City (R) | 42 | 8 | 11 | 23 | 64 | 96 | 0.667 | 27 | Relegation to the Second Division |
* ↑ Liverpool qualified for the European Cup Winners' Cup as the 1964–65 FA Cup winners.
* ↑ West Ham United qualified for the European Cup Winners' Cup as the 1964–65 European Cup Winners' Cup winners.

## Results

| Home \ Away | ARS | AST | BIR | BLB | BLP | BUR | CHE | EVE | FUL | LEE | LEI | LIV | MUN | NOT | SHU | SHW | STK | SUN | TOT | WBA | WHU | WOL |
| Arsenal | | 3–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 3–2 | 1–3 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 4–3 | 0–0 | 2–3 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 4–1 |
| Aston Villa | 3–1 | | 3–0 | 0–4 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–3 | 3–2 |
| Birmingham City | 2–3 | 0–1 | | 5–5 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 1–6 | 3–5 | 2–2 | 3–3 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–4 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 4–3 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 |
| Blackburn Rovers | 1–2 | 5–1 | 3–1 | | 4–1 | 1–4 | 0–3 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 3–2 | 0–5 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 3–1 | 4–2 | 4–0 | 4–1 |
| Blackpool | 1–1 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 4–2 | | 2–4 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 |
| Burnley | 2–1 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | | 6–2 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–5 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 3–2 | 1–1 |
| Chelsea | 2–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 5–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | | 5–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 4–0 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 0–3 | 2–1 |
| Everton | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | | 2–0 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 3–3 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 5–0 |
| Fulham | 3–4 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 3–2 | 3–3 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | | 2–2 | 5–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 1–4 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 2–0 |
| Leeds United | 3–1 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 5–1 | 2–2 | 4–1 | 2–2 | | 3–2 | 4–2 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 3–2 |
| Leicester City | 2–3 | 1–1 | 4–4 | 2–3 | 3–2 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 5–1 | 2–2 | | 2–0 | 2–2 | 3–2 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 4–2 | 4–2 | 1–0 | 3–2 |
| Liverpool | 3–2 | 5–1 | 4–3 | 3–2 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–4 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 0–1 | | 0–2 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 4–2 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 2–2 | 2–1 |
| Manchester United | 3–1 | 7–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 3–0 |
| Nottingham Forest | 3–0 | 4–2 | 4–3 | 2–5 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 2–3 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 2–2 | | 0–0 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 5–2 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 0–2 |
| Sheffield United | 4–0 | 4–2 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 0–2 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 0–2 | | 2–3 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 3–3 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–2 |
| Sheffield Wednesday | 2–1 | 3–1 | 5–2 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 5–1 | 2–3 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 |
| Stoke City | 4–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 4–2 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 2–3 | 3–3 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 4–1 | | 3–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 0–2 |
| Sunderland | 0–2 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 3–0 | 4–0 | 0–0 | 3–3 | 3–3 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 2–2 | | 2–1 | 2–2 | 3–2 | 1–2 |
| Tottenham Hotspur | 3–1 | 4–0 | 4–1 | 5–2 | 4–1 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 6–2 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 3–0 | | 1–0 | 3–2 | 7–4 |
| West Bromwich Albion | 0–0 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 4–0 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 6–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 5–3 | 4–1 | 2–0 | | 4–2 | 5–1 |
| West Ham United | 2–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 2–3 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 2–3 | 3–2 | 6–1 | | 5–0 |
| Wolverhampton Wanderers | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 4–2 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 2–4 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 2–4 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 3–2 | 4–3 | |

## Top scorers

| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Jimmy Greaves | Tottenham Hotspur | 29 |
| = | Andy McEvoy | Blackburn Rovers | 29 |
| 2 | Denis Law | Manchester United | 28 |
| 3 | Fred Pickering | Everton | 27 |
| 4 | John Ritchie | Stoke City | 25 |
| = | Roger Hunt | Liverpool | 25 |
| = | Joe Baker | Arsenal | 25 |
| = | Johnny Byrne | West Ham United | 25 |
| = | John Byrom | Blackburn Rovers | 25 |
| 5 | Willie Irvine | Burnley | 22 |