1963-12-26

Cup and International
First Division
Second Division
Third Division
Fourth Division

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate	Notes
Blackpool	1	5	Chelsea	Bloomfield Road	17,563
Durie	Lineups		Venables, Murray, Bridges 2, Houseman
Burnley	6	1	Manchester United	Turf Moor	35,766	Largest home gate 1963-64
Lochhead 4, Morgan 2	Lineups		Herd
Fulham	10	1	Ipswich Town	Craven Cottage	19,374
Cook, Leggat 4, Howfield 3, Robson, Mullery	Lineups		Baker
Leicester City	2	0	Everton	Filbert Street	30,004
Keyworth 2	Lineups
Liverpool	6	1	Stoke City	Anfield Road	49,948
St John, Hunt 4, Arrowsmith	Lineups		Ritchie
Nottingham Forest	3	3	Sheffield United	City Ground	23,938
Wignall, Vowden, Storey-Moore	Lineups		Jones 2, Allchurch (p)
Sheffield Wednesday	3	0	Bolton Wanderers	Hillsborough	30,532
Dobson 2, Pearson	Lineups
West Bromwich Albion	4	4	Tottenham Hotspur	The Hawthorns	37,189	Largest home gate 1963-64
Kaye, Clark, Fudge, Howe	Lineups		Jones, Smith R, Greaves 2
West Ham United	2	8	Blackburn Rovers	Upton Park	20,500
Byrne 2	Lineups		Pickering 3, Douglas, McEvoy 3, Ferguson
Wolverhampton Wanderers	3	3	Aston Villa	Molineux	27,569
Wharton, Crawford 2	Lineups		Pountney, Crowe, Hateley

				Home					Away
Ptn		First Division	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	G Ave	Pts	Last 5 Games					Next Match
1	0	Blackburn Rovers	25	7	3	2	29	12	7	3	3	31	19	1.935	34	W	W	W	D	W	1963-12-28	West Ham United	H
2	0	Tottenham Hotspur	23	8	2	0	31	11	6	3	4	34	32	1.512	33	D	W	W	W	D	1963-12-28	West Bromwich Albion	H
3	0	Liverpool	23	8	0	5	31	14	7	2	1	15	9	2	32	W	W	L	D	W	1964-01-11	Chelsea	H
4	3	Sheffield Wednesday	24	10	1	1	31	9	2	4	6	17	25	1.412	29	W	W	L	W	D	1963-12-28	Bolton Wanderers	A
5	-1	Arsenal	25	9	3	2	46	24	3	2	6	19	28	1.25	29	L	D	W	D	L	1963-12-28	Birmingham City	A
6	-1	Manchester United	24	8	1	2	28	10	4	3	6	19	28	1.237	28	L	L	W	W	W	1963-12-28	Burnley	H
7	2	Burnley	25	9	2	2	27	11	2	4	6	16	24	1.229	28	W	L	W	D	L	1963-12-28	Manchester United	A
8	-2	Everton	24	8	1	2	27	13	3	5	5	15	25	1.105	28	L	W	D	L	D	1963-12-28	Leicester City	H
9	2	Chelsea	24	5	3	4	21	18	4	6	2	21	17	1.2	27	W	W	D	D	W	1963-12-28	Blackpool	H
10	-2	Sheffield United	24	5	4	3	22	13	5	3	4	20	22	1.2	27	D	L	W	L	L	1963-12-28	Nottingham Forest	H
11	-1	West Bromwich Albion	24	5	5	3	27	20	5	1	5	14	12	1.281	26	D	D	W	W	W	1963-12-28	Tottenham Hotspur	A
12	0	Leicester City	24	5	2	5	20	14	3	6	3	15	18	1.094	24	W	W	L	D	D	1963-12-28	Everton	A
13	3	Fulham	24	8	2	2	31	13	1	3	8	4	21	1.029	23	W	D	D	W	D	1963-12-28	Ipswich Town	A
14	-1	Nottingham Forest	24	5	4	4	22	17	3	3	5	13	20	0.946	23	D	L	L	D	L	1963-12-28	Sheffield United	A
15	-1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	24	4	5	3	20	22	4	2	6	15	28	0.7	23	D	W	D	L	D	1963-12-28	Aston Villa	A
16	-1	West Ham United	24	3	6	4	24	28	3	3	5	12	19	0.766	21	L	L	D	L	D	1963-12-28	Blackburn Rovers	A
17	0	Aston Villa	24	5	1	5	18	12	3	3	7	16	24	0.944	20	D	L	W	D	D	1963-12-28	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H
18	0	Stoke City	24	2	5	5	22	25	4	1	7	21	31	0.768	18	L	L	L	L	W	1964-01-11	Leicester City	A
19	0	Birmingham City	23	5	4	2	16	13	2	0	10	12	34	0.596	18	D	W	W	L	D	1963-12-28	Arsenal	H
20	0	Blackpool	24	4	4	5	14	21	2	1	8	12	26	0.553	17	L	L	L	L	D	1963-12-28	Chelsea	A
21	0	Bolton Wanderers	24	1	3	7	15	19	2	2	9	13	31	0.56	11	L	D	L	L	L	1963-12-28	Sheffield Wednesday	H
22	0	Ipswich Town	24	2	2	7	14	25	0	3	10	10	43	0.353	9	L	W	L	D	D	1963-12-28	Fulham	H

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Cardiff City	0	4	Preston North End	Ninian Park	18,682
	Lineups		Wilson 3, Davidson
Grimsby Town	1	1	Leyton Orient	Blundell Park	8,834
McLean	Lineups		Deeley
Leeds United	1	1	Sunderland	Elland Road	41,167	Largest home gate 1963-64
Lawson	Lineups		Mulhall
Manchester City	8	1	Scunthorpe United	Maine Road	26,365
Gray 3, Murray 3, Kevan 2	Lineups		Lawther
Middlesbrough	3	0	Derby County	Ayresome Park	18,422
Orritt, Braithwaite, Ratcliffe	Lineups
Newcastle United	2	0	Huddersfield Town	St James' Park	37,898
Thomas, Hilley	Lineups
Northampton Town	1	3	Rotherham United	County Ground	15,089
Large	Lineups		Bennett, Butler, Tiler
Norwich City	3	2	Swindon Town	Carrow Road	21,769	Largest home gate 1963-64
Bryceland, Davies, Oliver	Lineups		Stevens, Atkins
Southampton	1	2	Plymouth Argyle	The Dell	21,778
McGuigan	Lineups		Lord 2
Swansea Town	1	2	Charlton Athletic	Vetch Field	15,497
Draper	Lineups		Edwards, Kenning

				Home					Away
Ptn		Second Division	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	G Ave	Pts	Last 5 Games					Next Match
1	0	Leeds United	24	6	6	0	20	9	8	3	1	22	8	2.47	37	D	W	D	W	W	1963-12-28	Sunderland	A
2	0	Sunderland	25	8	1	2	23	11	6	5	3	20	17	1.54	34	D	L	W	D	L	1963-12-28	Leeds United	H
3	0	Preston North End	24	5	6	0	18	10	8	2	3	30	23	1.45	34	W	L	D	W	W	1963-12-28	Cardiff City	H
4	0	Charlton Athletic	24	7	2	2	27	15	6	3	4	22	28	1.14	31	W	W	D	D	W	1963-12-28	Swansea Town	H
5	0	Swindon Town	24	8	3	1	24	7	3	3	6	13	21	1.32	28	L	W	L	L	D	1963-12-28	Norwich City	H
6	2	Manchester City	23	7	2	3	34	15	3	4	4	16	20	1.43	26	W	W	D	W	W	1963-12-28	Scunthorpe United	A
7	-1	Southampton	22	7	1	3	35	18	3	4	4	14	19	1.32	25	L	W	D	W	W	1963-12-28	Plymouth Argyle	A
8	-1	Portsmouth	24	4	5	3	22	19	5	2	5	21	18	1.16	25	L	D	D	L	W	1963-12-28	Bury	H
9	1	Newcastle United	24	8	2	3	30	18	3	1	7	13	23	1.05	25	W	D	W	W	W	1963-12-28	Huddersfield Town	A
10	1	Middlesbrough	23	9	2	2	32	8	1	2	7	11	19	1.59	24	W	L	L	L	L	1963-12-28	Derby County	A
11	-2	Northampton Town	24	6	0	7	23	22	4	3	4	15	17	0.97	23	L	W	D	L	W	1963-12-28	Rotherham United	A
12	1	Rotherham United	23	7	1	3	25	17	2	3	7	23	32	0.98	22	W	L	W	W	L	1963-12-28	Northampton Town	H
13	1	Norwich City	24	6	3	4	28	21	2	3	6	15	24	0.96	22	W	D	W	W	L	1963-12-28	Swindon Town	A
14	-2	Swansea Town	24	7	1	4	24	15	1	5	6	12	24	0.92	22	L	W	D	W	L	1963-12-28	Charlton Athletic	A
15	2	Leyton Orient	23	4	3	3	12	13	3	4	6	13	22	0.71	21	D	D	D	L	W	1963-12-28	Grimsby Town	H
16	-1	Cardiff City	22	5	5	2	16	14	2	1	7	16	28	0.76	20	L	L	L	W	L	1963-12-28	Preston North End	A
17	-1	Derby County	23	4	1	5	13	16	3	5	5	11	19	0.69	20	L	D	L	L	D	1963-12-28	Middlesbrough	H
18	0	Huddersfield Town	24	6	3	3	18	13	1	1	10	12	28	0.73	18	L	D	L	D	L	1963-12-28	Newcastle United	H
19	2	Grimsby Town	24	3	4	5	16	20	1	4	7	10	28	0.54	16	D	L	D	W	D	1963-12-28	Leyton Orient	A
20	0	Bury	22	3	3	5	20	18	3	0	8	10	24	0.71	15	L	L	L	L	L	1963-12-28	Portsmouth	A
21	-2	Scunthorpe United	21	4	5	3	14	11	1	0	8	5	22	0.58	15	L	W	L	D	W	1963-12-28	Manchester City	H
22	0	Plymouth Argyle	25	2	3	7	14	25	1	4	8	11	24	0.51	13	W	D	W	L	L	1963-12-28	Southampton	H

Third Division

Third Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Barnsley	1	1	Coventry City	Oakwell	12,502
Byrne	Lineups		Whitehouse
Colchester United	2	1	Reading	Layer Road	5,607
Hunt B, King	Lineups		Neate
Crewe Alexandra	0	0	Peterborough United	Gresty Road	6,117
	Lineups
Hull City	3	1	Mansfield Town	Boothferry Park	14,132
Chilton, Henderson, Wilkinson	Lineups		Hall I
Millwall	3	0	Luton Town	The Den, New Cross	7,625
Terry, Jones DW, Haverty	Lineups
Oldham Athletic	2	0	Notts County	Boundary Park	15,869
Colquhoun, Whitaker	Lineups
Port Vale	1	0	Bristol Rovers	Vale Park	11,442
Mudie	Lineups
Southend United	2	1	Crystal Palace	Roots Hall	8,392
Conway, Friel	Lineups		Burridge
Watford	5	3	Walsall	Vicarage Road	11,048
McAnearney, Oliver 2, Livesey 2	Lineups		Palin, Foster, Wiggin
Wrexham	2	3	Shrewsbury Town	Racecourse Ground	11,954	Largest home gate 1963-64
Colbridge 2	Lineups		Gregson, Middleton, Clarke

				Home					Away
Ptn		Third Division	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	G Ave	Pts	Last 5 Games					Next Match
1	0	Coventry City	25	9	2	1	35	13	7	4	2	27	15	2.214	38	D	W	D	W	W	1963-12-28	Barnsley	H
2	0	Oldham Athletic	25	10	1	2	30	16	4	4	4	19	17	1.485	33	W	D	L	W	D	1963-12-28	Notts County	A
3	0	Crystal Palace	25	9	3	0	24	8	3	4	6	18	23	1.355	31	L	D	D	L	D	1963-12-28	Southend United	H
4	1	Shrewsbury Town	25	9	3	1	25	9	3	4	5	19	32	1.073	31	W	W	D	D	D	1963-12-28	Wrexham	H
5	2	Watford	25	9	3	1	35	18	3	3	6	11	17	1.314	30	W	W	D	D	L	1963-12-28	Walsall	A
6	-2	Reading	25	9	2	1	20	9	3	3	7	12	21	1.067	29	L	L	W	W	W	1963-12-28	Colchester United	H
7	-1	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	24	8	2	2	20	6	4	2	6	15	17	1.522	28	L	W	L	W	L	1963-12-28	Brentford	H
8	2	Colchester United	25	7	3	3	28	15	2	7	3	13	17	1.281	28	W	D	D	W	W	1963-12-28	Reading	A
9	2	Hull City	23	8	4	0	28	12	2	4	5	11	20	1.219	28	W	D	D	W	D	1963-12-28	Mansfield Town	A
10	3	Port Vale	25	8	4	1	22	7	2	3	7	7	16	1.261	27	W	D	D	D	L	1963-12-28	Bristol Rovers	A
11	-3	Bristol City	24	6	5	2	22	11	4	2	5	15	20	1.194	27	D	L	D	W	D	1963-12-28	Queens Park Rangers	A
12	-3	Brentford	24	7	1	5	37	21	3	5	3	18	21	1.31	26	D	L	L	W	L	1963-12-28	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	A
13	-1	Bristol Rovers	24	6	3	2	23	9	4	2	7	19	24	1.273	25	L	D	W	W	L	1963-12-28	Port Vale	H
14	0	Peterborough United	25	7	3	2	33	15	3	2	8	13	26	1.122	25	D	W	W	D	L	1963-12-28	Crewe Alexandra	H
15	0	Walsall	26	4	6	3	20	19	4	2	7	13	20	0.846	24	L	L	W	W	L	1963-12-28	Watford	H
16	0	Mansfield Town	25	6	6	0	23	11	2	1	10	13	27	0.947	23	L	D	L	L	D	1963-12-28	Hull City	H
17	0	Queens Park Rangers	24	7	0	4	23	20	3	2	8	16	25	0.867	22	L	W	L	D	W	1963-12-28	Bristol City	H
18	0	Southend United	26	4	7	2	20	14	2	2	9	14	31	0.756	21	W	D	L	L	D	1963-12-28	Crystal Palace	A
19	0	Crewe Alexandra	25	5	4	4	14	12	1	4	7	12	26	0.684	20	D	D	W	L	L	1963-12-28	Peterborough United	A
20	0	Barnsley	24	4	6	3	19	16	1	3	7	15	31	0.723	19	D	D	W	W	L	1963-12-28	Coventry City	A
21	2	Millwall	24	4	1	7	11	16	2	3	7	10	22	0.553	16	W	L	W	L	D	1963-12-28	Luton Town	A
22	-1	Luton Town	25	5	2	5	19	24	0	4	9	5	25	0.49	16	L	W	L	L	D	1963-12-28	Millwall	H
23	-1	Notts County	24	5	1	5	12	9	1	1	11	11	37	0.5	14	L	L	W	L	W	1963-12-28	Oldham Athletic	H
24	0	Wrexham	25	3	1	8	27	32	1	2	10	16	40	0.597	11	L	D	L	W	L	1963-12-28	Shrewsbury Town	A

Fourth Division

Fourth Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Aldershot	2	0	Newport County	Recreation Ground	5,763
Priscott 2	Lineups
Brighton & Hove Albion	1	2	Exeter City	Goldstone Ground	10,250
Healer	Lineups		Thorne, Banks
Chesterfield	0	3	Gillingham	Saltergate Recreation Ground	6,590
	Lineups		Pulley 2 (2p), Newman
Hartlepools United	2	0	Chester	Victoria Park	5,531
Thompson, Hinchliffe (p)	Lineups
Lincoln City	3	0	Bradford	Sincil Bank	6,606
Morton 3	Lineups
Oxford United	1	0	Torquay United	Manor Ground	9,285
Willey	Lineups
Southport	3	0	Doncaster Rovers	Haig Avenue	3,276
Brookes, Beanland, Russell	Lineups
Tranmere Rovers	1	1	Barrow	Prenton Park	6,008
Dyson	Lineups		Brown
Workington	2	2	Carlisle United	Borough Park	18,633	Largest home & D 4 gate 1963-64
Martin, Carr	Lineups		Livingstone 2

				Home					Away
Ptn		Fourth Division	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	G Ave	Pts	Last 5 Games					Next Match
1	0	Gillingham	25	10	2	0	21	4	5	3	5	16	11	2.467	35	W	W	L	W	L	1963-12-28	Chesterfield	H
2	0	Carlisle United	25	10	2	0	40	8	4	4	5	28	24	2.125	34	D	W	W	W	L	1963-12-28	Workington	H
3	1	Exeter City	25	6	5	1	18	5	5	4	4	12	14	1.579	31	W	D	W	W	W	1963-12-28	Brighton & Hove Albion	H
4	-1	Workington	24	8	3	1	27	13	4	4	4	14	21	1.206	31	D	L	W	L	W	1963-12-28	Carlisle United	A
5	2	Aldershot	25	9	0	4	36	19	3	4	5	17	28	1.128	28	W	L	W	W	W	1963-12-28	Newport County	A
6	-1	Torquay United	25	11	1	0	42	13	1	2	10	10	25	1.368	27	L	W	L	W	L	1963-12-28	Oxford United	H
7	-1	Brighton & Hove Albion	26	8	2	4	27	13	2	5	5	14	18	1.323	27	L	L	L	W	D	1963-12-28	Exeter City	A
8	1	Oxford United	25	7	3	3	24	17	4	2	6	17	19	1.139	27	W	W	W	L	W	1963-12-28	Torquay United	A
9	2	Lincoln City	25	8	2	3	26	19	2	4	6	9	22	0.854	26	W	D	L	W	D	1963-12-28	Bradford	A
10	-2	Chester	24	9	2	2	21	7	1	3	7	8	18	1.16	25	L	W	L	L	W	1963-12-28	Hartlepools United	H
11	-1	Bradford City	23	7	2	3	22	12	3	2	6	13	23	1	24	W	L	W	L	W	1963-12-28	Stockport County	A
12	0	Darlington	24	4	5	2	14	15	4	3	6	17	28	0.721	24	W	L	L	W	L	1963-12-28	York City	H
13	0	Rochdale	22	5	4	2	19	8	3	3	5	13	16	1.333	23	W	W	L	D	W	1963-12-28	Halifax Town	H
14	0	Stockport County	24	6	5	1	19	8	1	4	7	9	20	1	23	L	W	L	W	D	1963-12-28	Bradford City	H
15	0	Newport County	24	5	3	4	17	12	4	2	6	20	28	0.925	23	L	W	W	L	L	1963-12-28	Aldershot	H
16	0	Halifax Town	24	6	3	2	26	16	0	7	6	15	26	0.976	22	L	W	D	L	D	1963-12-28	Rochdale	A
17	0	Doncaster Rovers	25	5	4	3	21	15	3	2	8	16	29	0.841	22	L	W	L	L	W	1963-12-28	Southport	H
18	1	Tranmere Rovers	24	5	3	4	23	16	2	4	6	15	28	0.864	21	D	L	W	W	D	1963-12-28	Barrow	A
19	1	Southport	25	8	3	2	27	15	0	2	10	9	33	0.75	21	W	L	W	W	L	1963-12-28	Doncaster Rovers	A
20	-2	Chesterfield	22	2	5	4	15	17	5	1	5	12	14	0.871	20	L	L	L	L	D	1963-12-28	Gillingham	A
21	0	Bradford	25	4	4	4	25	25	2	2	9	15	30	0.727	18	L	W	W	L	W	1963-12-28	Lincoln City	H
22	1	Hartlepools United	23	4	4	3	14	20	2	1	9	11	30	0.5	17	W	L	L	W	L	1963-12-28	Chester	A
23	-1	York City	24	4	1	8	16	18	2	3	6	9	18	0.694	16	L	L	L	L	D	1963-12-28	Darlington	A
24	0	Barrow	22	1	6	4	12	17	2	3	6	13	29	0.543	15	D	L	L	L	L	1963-12-28	Tranmere Rovers	H