# Third Division 1965-1966

La Third Division 1965-1966 è stato il 39º campionato inglese di calcio di terza divisione.

## Squadre partecipanti

| Squadra | Città | Stadio | Stagione precedente |
| Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic | Bournemouth | Dean Court | 11º posto in Third Division |
| Brentford | Londra (Hounslow) | Griffin Park | 5º posto in Third Division |
| Brighton & Hove Albion | Brighton | Goldstone Ground | 1º posto in Fourth Division, promosso |
| Bristol Rovers | Bristol | Eastville Stadium | 6º posto in Third Division |
| Exeter City | Exeter | St James Park | 17º posto in Third Division |
| Gillingham | Gillingham | Priestfield Stadium | 7º posto in Third Division |
| Grimsby Town | Grimsby | Blundell Park | 10º posto in Third Division |
| Hull City | Kingston upon Hull | Boothferry Park | 4º posto in Third Division |
| Mansfield Town | Mansfield | Field Mill | 3º posto in Third Division |
| Millwall | Londra (Bermondsey) | The Den | 2º posto in Fourth Division, promosso |
| Oldham Athletic | Oldham | Boundary Park | 20º posto in Third Division |
| Oxford United | Oxford | Manor Ground | 4º posto in Fourth Division, promosso |
| Peterborough United | Peterborough | London Road | 8º posto in Third Division |
| Queens Park Rangers | Londra (Hammersmith and Fulham) | Loftus Road | 14º posto in Third Division |
| Reading | Reading | Elm Park | 13º posto in Third Division |
| Scunthorpe United | Scunthorpe | Old Showground | 18º posto in Third Division |
| Shrewsbury Town | Shrewsbury | Gay Meadow | 16º posto in Third Division |
| Southend United | Southend on Sea | Roots Hall | 12º posto in Third Division |
| Swansea Town | Swansea | Vetch Field | 22º posto in Second Division, retrocesso |
| Swindon Town | Swindon | County Ground | 21º posto in Second Division, retrocesso |
| Walsall | Walsall | Fellows Park | 19º posto in Third Division |
| Watford | Watford | Vicarage Road | 9º posto in Third Division |
| Workington | Workington | Borough Park | 15º posto in Third Division |
| York City | York | Bootham Crescent | 3º posto in Fourth Division, promosso |

## Classifica finale

| Pos. | Squadra | Pt | G | V | N | P | GF | GS | QR |
| 1 | Hull City | 69 | 46 | 31 | 7 | 8 | 109 | 62 | 1.758 |
| 2 | Millwall | 65 | 46 | 27 | 11 | 8 | 76 | 43 | 1.767 |
| 3 | QPR | 57 | 46 | 24 | 9 | 13 | 95 | 65 | 1.462 |
| 4 | Scunthorpe Utd | 53 | 46 | 21 | 11 | 14 | 80 | 67 | 1.194 |
| 5 | Workington | 52 | 46 | 19 | 14 | 13 | 67 | 57 | 1.175 |
| 6 | Gillingham | 52 | 46 | 22 | 8 | 16 | 62 | 54 | 1.148 |
| 7 | Swindon Town | 51 | 46 | 19 | 13 | 14 | 74 | 48 | 1.542 |
| 8 | Reading | 51 | 46 | 19 | 13 | 14 | 70 | 63 | 1.111 |
| 9 | Walsall | 50 | 46 | 20 | 10 | 16 | 77 | 64 | 1.203 |
| 10 | Shrewsbury Town | 49 | 46 | 19 | 11 | 16 | 73 | 64 | 1.141 |
| 11 | Grimsby Town | 47 | 46 | 17 | 13 | 16 | 68 | 62 | 1.097 |
| 12 | Watford | 47 | 46 | 17 | 13 | 16 | 55 | 51 | 1.078 |
| 13 | Peterborough Utd | 46 | 46 | 17 | 12 | 17 | 80 | 66 | 1.212 |
| 14 | Oxford Utd | 46 | 46 | 19 | 8 | 19 | 70 | 74 | 0.946 |
| 15 | Brighton | 43 | 46 | 16 | 11 | 19 | 67 | 65 | 1.031 |
| 16 | Bristol Rovers | 42 | 46 | 14 | 14 | 18 | 64 | 64 | 1.000 |
| 17 | Swansea Town | 41 | 46 | 15 | 11 | 20 | 81 | 96 | 0.844 |
| 18 | Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic | 38 | 46 | 13 | 12 | 21 | 38 | 56 | 0.679 |
| 19 | Mansfield Town | 38 | 46 | 15 | 8 | 23 | 59 | 89 | 0.663 |
| 20 | Oldham Athletic | 37 | 46 | 12 | 13 | 21 | 55 | 81 | 0.679 |
| 21 | Southend Utd | 36 | 46 | 16 | 4 | 26 | 54 | 83 | 0.651 |
| 22 | Exeter City | 35 | 46 | 12 | 11 | 23 | 53 | 79 | 0.671 |
| 23 | Brentford | 32 | 46 | 10 | 12 | 24 | 48 | 69 | 0.696 |
| 24 | York City | 27 | 46 | 9 | 9 | 28 | 53 | 106 | 0.500 |
Legenda:
    Promosso in Second Division 1966-1967.
    Retrocesso in Fourth Division 1966-1967.
Regolamento:
    Due punti a vittoria, uno a pareggio, zero a sconfitta.
    A parità di punti le squadre venivano classificate secondo il quoziente reti.

## Risultati
### Tabellone

| | BOU | BRE | BHA | BRR | EXE | GIL | GRI | HUC | MFT | MIL | OLD | OXF | PET | QPR | REA | SCU | SHR | SEU | SWA | SWI | WAL | WAT | WOR | YOR |
| Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic | | 0-1 | 0-1 | 1-0 | 0-1 | 1-1 | 1-0 | 1-1 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 1-0 | 1-1 | 2-3 | 1-1 | 3-2 | 1-2 | 2-0 | 0-0 | 2-1 | 1-0 | 0-1 | 2-0 | 1-1 | 1-0 |
| Brentford | 1-0 | | 2-0 | 0-5 | 1-2 | 0-2 | 3-2 | 2-4 | 0-3 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 5-1 | 1-0 | 6-1 | 1-1 | 0-1 | 4-0 | 2-0 | 2-0 | 0-1 | 2-2 | 1-1 | 0-1 | 0-1 |
| Brighton & Hove Albion | 1-2 | 2-0 | | 4-3 | 2-1 | 0-1 | 1-2 | 1-2 | 6-4 | 2-2 | 3-1 | 2-0 | 1-0 | 0-2 | 1-1 | 0-1 | 1-1 | 9-1 | 1-1 | 1-0 | 2-1 | 2-0 | 3-1 | 3-1 |
| Bristol Rovers | 0-0 | 1-1 | 0-0 | | 2-0 | 0-0 | 2-1 | 1-2 | 6-0 | 1-1 | 4-0 | 3-1 | 1-1 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 2-0 | 3-2 | 3-1 | 2-1 | 0-1 | 3-0 | 1-1 | 2-2 | 0-0 |
| Exeter City | 1-0 | 5-0 | 2-0 | 1-0 | | 3-1 | 2-0 | 1-4 | 2-2 | 1-2 | 4-0 | 1-2 | 2-5 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 4-0 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 0-2 | 1-2 | 2-1 | 0-2 |
| Gillingham | 2-0 | 1-0 | 3-1 | 2-0 | 1-1 | | 3-2 | 0-3 | 2-0 | 1-0 | 3-0 | 1-2 | 1-1 | 3-1 | 2-4 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 1-0 | 2-0 | 1-0 | 1-0 | 2-2 | 1-0 | 0-0 |
| Grimsby Town | 2-0 | 3-2 | 3-1 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 3-1 | | 1-0 | 0-1 | 2-0 | 3-1 | 1-1 | 3-0 | 4-2 | 3-3 | 1-3 | 2-1 | 1-0 | 2-2 | 2-2 | 3-1 | 2-1 | 1-0 | 3-1 |
| Hull City | 3-0 | 4-1 | 1-0 | 6-1 | 6-1 | 1-0 | 1-1 | | 4-0 | 1-0 | 5-1 | 2-1 | 2-1 | 1-3 | 3-3 | 3-2 | 2-1 | 1-0 | 4-1 | 1-0 | 3-2 | 3-1 | 6-0 | 1-4 |
| Mansfield Town | 1-0 | 2-0 | 3-1 | 2-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2-1 | 1-2 | | 1-1 | 1-0 | 1-4 | 1-7 | 2-1 | 0-2 | 2-2 | 0-3 | 2-0 | 3-0 | 1-5 | 0-3 | 2-2 | 0-1 | 4-1 |
| Millwall | 1-0 | 1-0 | 3-2 | 3-3 | 3-0 | 2-0 | 2-1 | 3-0 | 2-0 | | 1-0 | 2-0 | 4-1 | 2-1 | 3-0 | 2-2 | 4-2 | 2-0 | 1-0 | 1-0 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 2-0 | 2-0 |
| Oldham Athletic | 2-2 | 1-1 | 1-0 | 2-0 | 3-1 | 5-3 | 1-4 | 2-2 | 1-1 | 0-2 | | 3-0 | 2-4 | 0-2 | 2-2 | 1-3 | 0-1 | 1-0 | 1-0 | 1-1 | 1-2 | 0-1 | 1-1 | 3-0 |
| Oxford United | 2-1 | 2-0 | 0-0 | 1-0 | 0-1 | 0-4 | 2-0 | 0-2 | 4-1 | 3-1 | 3-3 | | 1-0 | 1-3 | 2-0 | 0-3 | 0-1 | 3-2 | 2-2 | 0-3 | 7-1 | 1-2 | 0-2 | 4-1 |
| Peterborough United | 1-0 | 3-0 | 2-2 | 5-2 | 2-0 | 1-0 | 1-1 | 4-1 | 3-2 | 0-2 | 0-1 | 2-3 | | 1-1 | 0-0 | 3-1 | 4-1 | 4-0 | 5-2 | 2-3 | 3-1 | 2-2 | 1-1 | 1-0 |
| Queens Park Rangers | 5-0 | 1-0 | 4-1 | 4-1 | 1-0 | 1-3 | 3-0 | 3-3 | 1-2 | 6-1 | 1-1 | 2-3 | 2-1 | | 0-2 | 1-0 | 2-1 | 2-1 | 6-2 | 3-2 | 2-1 | 1-1 | 4-1 | 7-2 |
| Reading | 1-0 | 2-0 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 4-1 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 2-1 | 1-1 | 3-2 | 0-1 | 2-1 | 2-1 | | 2-0 | 4-1 | 1-0 | 2-1 | 0-2 | 3-0 | 1-2 | 1-1 | 3-0 |
| Scunthorpe United | 3-0 | 3-2 | 2-2 | 3-0 | 2-1 | 0-1 | 2-2 | 2-4 | 0-1 | 4-4 | 1-1 | 1-2 | 1-1 | 1-2 | 2-0 | | 1-4 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 2-1 | 4-2 | 1-1 | 4-1 | 4-1 |
| Shrewsbury Town | 0-2 | 0-0 | 3-1 | 1-0 | 4-0 | 2-1 | 3-1 | 2-2 | 2-1 | 2-0 | 3-1 | 4-0 | 3-1 | 0-0 | 3-3 | 1-4 | | 3-0 | 5-0 | 1-1 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 4-1 |
| Southend United | 1-2 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 2-0 | 4-2 | 5-2 | 3-1 | 0-2 | 1-0 | 0-2 | 0-2 | 2-1 | 2-0 | 1-3 | 2-1 | 0-1 | 2-0 | | 2-0 | 4-2 | 5-3 | 1-0 | 3-1 | 2-3 |
| Swansea Town | 5-0 | 1-1 | 2-2 | 3-0 | 1-0 | 0-3 | 1-0 | 4-2 | 1-2 | 0-2 | 4-1 | 3-2 | 1-1 | 4-2 | 5-4 | 3-4 | 4-0 | 5-0 | | 1-1 | 1-0 | 4-2 | 1-6 | 7-2 |
| Swindon Town | 0-0 | 2-1 | 3-2 | 4-3 | 2-2 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 3-1 | 6-2 | 1-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 3-0 | 2-1 | 5-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 4-0 | 2-2 | | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 6-0 |
| Walsall | 2-1 | 1-1 | 2-1 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 6-1 | 1-0 | 2-4 | 2-1 | 1-4 | 2-2 | 1-1 | 2-0 | 0-1 | 3-0 | 3-0 | 3-0 | 3-0 | 1-1 | 5-0 | | 3-0 | 1-1 | 2-0 |
| Watford | 1-0 | 1-1 | 0-1 | 2-0 | 3-0 | 1-0 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 2-1 | 0-1 | 4-0 | 1-1 | 1-0 | 1-2 | 1-2 | 2-1 | 1-0 | 4-1 | 0-1 | 2-0 | 0-1 | | 1-2 | 3-2 |
| Workington | 2-2 | 1-1 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 6-1 | 1-0 | 1-0 | 3-0 | 2-0 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 2-1 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 1-0 | 1-2 | 1-3 | 3-1 | 7-0 | 0-3 | 1-0 | 1-0 | | 2-1 |
| York City | 0-2 | 1-1 | 0-1 | 1-5 | 2-0 | 1-2 | 1-1 | 1-2 | 2-1 | 2-1 | 2-2 | 1-4 | 1-1 | 2-2 | 1-2 | 1-3 | 2-2 | 0-3 | 5-1 | 0-2 | 0-3 | 1-0 | 3-3 | |