# 1963–64 Football League First Division

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.

## 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 |
| 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 |
* ↑ 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 | |

## 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 |