1966–67 in English football

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Football in England
Season1966–67
Men's football
First DivisionManchester United
Second DivisionCoventry City
Third DivisionQueens Park Rangers
Fourth DivisionStockport County
FA CupTottenham Hotspur
League CupQueens Park Rangers
Charity ShieldLiverpool
← 1965–66 England 1967–68 →

The 1966–67 season was the 87th season of competitive football in England.

Events

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Queens Park Rangers won the Football League Cup on the first occasion it was played at Wembley, coming from 2-0 down at half-time to beat West Bromwich Albion 3-2.

Peter Osgood broke his leg playing for Chelsea at Blackpool in a Football League Cup Tie on 5 October. It kept him out of football for the rest of the season.

Northampton Town became the first team to be relegated in successive seasons from the top tier (in which they have spent only one season) to the third tier since Bradford Park Avenue in 1921 and 1922. This was however to happen eight further times in the next eighteen seasons, including two cases (Bristol City and Wolverhampton Wanderers) who were relegated in three successive seasons.

Deaths

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Debuts

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10 September 1966: Colin Todd, 17-year-old midfielder, makes his debut for Sunderland against Chelsea in the First Division.

Retirements

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Honours

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Competition Winner Runner-up
First Division Manchester United (7*) Nottingham Forest
Second Division Coventry City Wolverhampton Wanderers
Third Division Queens Park Rangers Middlesbrough
Fourth Division Stockport County Southport
FA Cup Tottenham Hotspur (5) Chelsea
League Cup Queens Park Rangers (1) West Bromwich Albion
Charity Shield Liverpool Everton
Home Championship  Scotland  England

Football League

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Main article: 1966–67 Football League

First Division

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Manchester United clinched their second league title in three seasons, finishing four points ahead of Nottingham Forest and FA Cup winners Tottenham. Leeds United and Liverpool completed the top five. A 6-1 signature victory at West Ham United on the penultimate weekend of the season, with the fabled triumvirate of Best, Law and Charlton all on the scoresheet, confirmed what was Matt Busby’s (the Manchester United Manager) fifth and final top flight league title. Manchester United were formally presented with the league title trophy a week later, after their final match of the season (a 0-0 draw at home to Stoke City). It was to be a further 26 years before Manchester United returned to the top of English football, winning the inaugural Premier League title in 1993.

Blackpool and Aston Villa dropped into the Second Division.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GR Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Manchester United 42 24 12 6 84 45 1.867 60 Qualified for the European Cup
2 Nottingham Forest 42 23 10 9 64 41 1.561 56 Qualified for the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup
3 Tottenham Hotspur 42 24 8 10 71 48 1.479 56 Qualified for the Cup Winners' Cup
4 Leeds United 42 22 11 9 62 42 1.476 55 Qualified for the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup
5 Liverpool 42 19 13 10 64 47 1.362 51
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 42 11 7 24 54 85 0.635 29 Relegated to the Second Division
22 Blackpool 42 6 9 27 41 76 0.539 21
Source: rsssf.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Second Division

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Coventry City, under the management of Jimmy Hill, reached the First Division for the first time in their history as Second Division champions. They would wait 51 years to be promoted from any league again until 2018. Wolves ended their two-year exile from the top flight by securing promotion as runners-up.

Carlisle United missed out on First Division football by six points - which would have given them a third promotion in four seasons, the quickest rise from the Fourth Division to the First.

Bury went down to the Third Division, as did Northampton Town in a second successive relegation.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GR Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Coventry City 42 23 13 6 74 43 1.721 59 Promoted to the First Division
2 Wolverhampton Wanderers 42 25 8 9 88 48 1.833 58
3 Carlisle United 42 23 6 13 71 54 1.315 52
4 Blackburn Rovers 42 19 13 10 56 46 1.217 51
5 Ipswich Town 42 17 16 9 70 54 1.296 50
6 Huddersfield Town 42 20 9 13 58 46 1.261 49
7 Crystal Palace 42 19 10 13 61 55 1.109 48
8 Millwall 42 18 9 15 49 58 0.845 45
9 Bolton Wanderers 42 14 14 14 64 58 1.103 42
10 Birmingham City 42 16 8 18 70 66 1.061 40
11 Norwich City 42 13 14 15 49 55 0.891 40
12 Hull City 42 16 7 19 77 72 1.069 39
13 Preston North End 42 16 7 19 65 67 0.970 39
14 Portsmouth 42 13 13 16 59 70 0.843 39
15 Bristol City 42 12 14 16 56 62 0.903 38
16 Plymouth Argyle 42 14 9 19 59 58 1.017 37
17 Derby County 42 12 12 18 68 72 0.944 36
18 Rotherham United 42 13 10 19 61 70 0.871 36
19 Charlton Athletic 42 13 9 20 49 53 0.925 35
20 Cardiff City 42 12 9 21 61 87 0.701 33
21 Northampton Town 42 12 6 24 47 84 0.560 30 Relegated to the Third Division
22 Bury 42 11 6 25 49 83 0.590 28
Source: rsssf.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Third Division

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Queens Park Rangers sealed promotion as runaway champions of the Third Division, and also won the League Cup to become the first team at this level to win a major trophy. They were joined in promotion by runners-up Middlesbrough, while Watford missed out on Second Division football by a single point.

Workington, Doncaster Rovers, Darlington and Swansea Town were relegated to the Fourth Division.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GR Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Queens Park Rangers 46 26 15 5 103 38 2.711 67 Promoted to the Second Division
2 Middlesbrough 46 23 9 14 87 64 1.359 55
3 Watford 46 20 14 12 61 46 1.326 54
4 Reading 46 22 9 15 76 57 1.333 53
5 Bristol Rovers 46 20 13 13 76 67 1.134 53
6 Shrewsbury Town 46 20 12 14 77 62 1.242 52
7 Torquay United 46 21 9 16 73 54 1.352 51
8 Swindon Town 46 20 10 16 81 59 1.373 50
9 Mansfield Town 46 20 9 17 84 79 1.063 49
10 Oldham Athletic 46 19 10 17 80 63 1.270 48
11 Gillingham 46 15 16 15 58 62 0.935 46
12 Walsall 46 18 10 18 65 72 0.903 46
13 Colchester United 46 17 10 19 76 73 1.041 44
14 Orient 46 13 18 15 58 68 0.853 44
15 Peterborough United 46 14 15 17 66 71 0.930 43
16 Oxford United 46 15 13 18 61 66 0.924 43
17 Grimsby Town 46 17 9 20 61 68 0.897 43
18 Scunthorpe United 46 17 8 21 58 73 0.795 42
19 Brighton & Hove Albion 46 13 15 18 61 71 0.859 41
20 Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic 46 12 17 17 39 57 0.684 41
21 Swansea Town 46 12 15 19 85 89 0.955 39 Relegated to the Fourth Division
22 Darlington 46 13 11 22 47 81 0.580 37
23 Doncaster Rovers 46 12 8 26 58 117 0.496 32
24 Workington 46 12 7 27 55 89 0.618 31
Source: rsssf.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Fourth Division

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Stockport County clinched promotion to the Third Division as Fourth Division champions, and went upwards along with Southport, Barrow and Tranmere Rovers.

Luton Town recorded the lowest finish to date by finishing 17th, less than a decade after being First Division members and FA Cup finalists.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GR Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Stockport County 46 26 12 8 69 42 1.643 64 Promoted to the Third Division
2 Southport 46 23 13 10 69 42 1.643 59
3 Barrow 46 24 11 11 76 54 1.407 59
4 Tranmere Rovers 46 22 14 10 66 43 1.535 58
5 Crewe Alexandra 46 21 12 13 70 55 1.273 54
6 Southend United 46 22 9 15 70 49 1.429 53
7 Wrexham 46 16 20 10 76 62 1.226 52
8 Hartlepools United 46 22 7 17 66 64 1.031 51
9 Brentford 46 18 13 15 58 56 1.036 49
10 Aldershot 46 18 12 16 72 57 1.263 48
11 Bradford City 46 19 10 17 74 62 1.194 48
12 Halifax Town 46 15 14 17 59 68 0.868 44
13 Port Vale 46 14 15 17 55 58 0.948 43
14 Exeter City 46 14 15 17 50 60 0.833 43
15 Chesterfield 46 17 8 21 60 63 0.952 42
16 Barnsley 46 13 15 18 60 64 0.938 41
17 Luton Town 46 16 9 21 59 73 0.808 41
18 Newport County 46 12 16 18 56 63 0.889 40
19 Chester 46 15 10 21 54 78 0.692 40
20 Notts County 46 13 11 22 53 72 0.736 37
21 Rochdale 46 13 11 22 53 75 0.707 37 Re-elected
22 York City 46 12 11 23 65 79 0.823 35
23 Bradford Park Avenue 46 11 13 22 52 79 0.658 35
24 Lincoln City 46 9 13 24 58 82 0.707 31
Source: rsssf.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Top goalscorers

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First Division

Second Division

Third Division

Fourth Division

References

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  1. ^ "Kenny Morgans".
  2. ^ "Obituary: Dennis Viollet". Independent.co.uk. 22 October 2011. Archived from the original on 1 May 2022.
  3. ^ "Noel Cantwell".
  4. ^ a b "English League Leading Goalscorers". RSSSF. Retrieved 4 June 2017.
  5. ^ a b "English League Leading Goalscorers". RSSSF. Retrieved 4 June 2017.
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