1966-02-26

Cup and International
First Division
Second Division
Third Division
Fourth Division

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate	Notes
Blackburn Rovers	2	0	Sunderland	Ewood Park	14,025
Harrison, Sharples	Lineups
Blackpool	0	1	Aston Villa	Bloomfield Road	11,075
	Lineups		Hamilton
Everton	2	1	Chelsea	Goodison Park	52,752
Harris, Temple	Lineups		Bridges
Fulham	2	0	Liverpool	Craven Cottage	31,626
Earle 2	Lineups
Manchester United	4	2	Burnley	Old Trafford	50,188
Herd 3, Charlton	Lineups		Lochhead, Irvine
Newcastle United	3	1	Stoke City	St James' Park	26,192
Suddick 2, Hilley	Lineups		Burrows
Sheffield United	1	1	Leeds United	Bramall Lane	35,682	Largest home gate 1965-66
Jones	Lineups		Bell
West Bromwich Albion	1	1	Northampton Town	The Hawthorns	18,923
Clark	Lineups		Martin

				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	Liverpool	32	13	2	2	46	14	8	3	4	21	14	2.393	47	L	W	W	W	W	1966-03-12	Tottenham Hotspur	H
2	2	Manchester United	30	9	7	0	38	14	5	4	5	23	26	1.525	39	W	D	W	D	W	1966-03-12	Chelsea	A
3	0	Leeds United	28	10	4	1	36	9	5	4	4	18	14	2.348	38	D	W	W	L	D	1966-03-05	Northampton Town	A
4	-2	Burnley	30	10	3	2	35	17	6	3	6	27	22	1.59	38	L	D	D	L	L	1966-03-08	Nottingham Forest	A
5	0	Tottenham Hotspur	29	11	4	1	46	23	3	4	6	15	20	1.419	36	W	D	W	D	L	1966-03-08	Arsenal	A
6	0	Chelsea	28	6	4	4	16	14	9	1	4	29	23	1.216	35	L	W	D	W	W	1966-03-12	Manchester United	H
7	0	West Bromwich Albion	30	8	4	3	41	22	5	4	6	24	29	1.275	34	D	W	D	W	L	1966-03-12	Stoke City	A
8	0	Stoke City	30	8	5	2	33	19	3	5	7	18	28	1.085	32	L	D	W	L	L	1966-03-12	West Bromwich Albion	H
9	2	Everton	32	10	4	2	34	16	2	4	10	15	34	0.98	32	W	D	W	W	L	1966-03-12	Arsenal	A
10	0	Sheffield United	30	8	6	2	29	21	3	4	7	11	24	0.889	32	D	L	D	W	W	1966-03-12	Sheffield Wednesday	A
11	-2	Leicester City	28	7	3	4	28	23	6	2	6	27	25	1.146	31	W	W	L	W	W	1966-03-12	Leeds United	A
12	1	Aston Villa	30	8	2	5	30	22	4	2	9	20	27	1.02	28	W	W	D	L	L	1966-03-05	West Ham United	A
13	-1	Arsenal	28	7	4	2	31	21	3	4	8	18	30	0.961	28	D	D	W	L	L	1966-03-05	Blackpool	H
14	0	West Ham United	30	7	4	3	29	23	2	4	10	16	38	0.738	26	W	W	L	W	D	1966-03-05	Aston Villa	H
15	0	Nottingham Forest	28	8	2	4	22	15	1	4	9	14	31	0.783	24	L	L	L	L	W	1966-03-08	Burnley	H
16	2	Newcastle United	29	7	3	4	19	15	2	3	10	18	35	0.74	24	W	L	W	W	D	1966-03-05	Sunderland	H
17	-1	Sunderland	30	8	1	5	24	23	1	5	10	13	35	0.638	24	L	L	L	L	D	1966-03-05	Newcastle United	A
18	-1	Sheffield Wednesday	28	7	3	3	19	10	2	2	11	15	36	0.739	23	L	L	D	W	L	1966-03-12	Sheffield United	H
19	0	Blackpool	28	5	4	6	27	23	2	3	8	10	25	0.771	21	L	L	D	D	W	1966-03-05	Arsenal	A
20	0	Northampton Town	31	5	3	6	19	21	1	6	10	20	52	0.534	21	D	W	L	L	L	1966-03-05	Leeds United	H
21	0	Blackburn Rovers	29	6	1	7	25	20	1	3	11	22	41	0.77	18	W	L	L	L	W	1966-03-12	West Ham United	A
22	0	Fulham	30	6	3	6	23	26	0	2	13	17	41	0.597	17	W	L	L	D	L	1966-03-12	Aston Villa	A

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Birmingham City	1	0	Plymouth Argyle	St Andrew's	13,117
Thomson	Lineups
Bolton Wanderers	2	1	Bury	Burnden Park	12,528
Lee, Hill	Lineups		Maltby
Cardiff City	0	0	Rotherham United	Ninian Park	9,184
	Lineups
Carlisle United	1	2	Manchester City	Brunton Park	13,510
Wilson	Lineups		Summerbee, Pardoe
Coventry City	2	2	Bristol City	Highfield Road	30,062
Pointer, Hudson	Lineups		Atyeo 2
Derby County	2	2	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Baseball Ground	27,265	Largest home gate 1965-66
Thomas 2	Lineups		Hunt, McIlmoyle
Huddersfield Town	1	1	Crystal Palace	Leeds Road	17,350
Sewell OG	Lineups		Whitehouse
Ipswich Town	1	0	Portsmouth	Portman Road	9,109
Baker	Lineups
Leyton Orient	1	2	Charlton Athletic	Brisbane Road	13,451
Nicholas	Lineups		Peacock, Saunders
Middlesbrough	2	1	Preston North End	Ayresome Park	13,229
Singleton OG, Irvine	Lineups		Godfrey (p)
Southampton	2	2	Norwich City	The Dell	15,984
Chivers 2	Lineups		Bryceland, Punton

				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	Manchester City	30	11	4	0	29	9	5	6	4	26	22	1.774	42	W	W	D	W	D	1966-03-12	Cardiff City	H
2	0	Huddersfield Town	30	10	4	1	29	8	6	4	5	20	15	2.13	40	D	W	W	D	L	1966-03-12	Preston North End	A
3	0	Coventry City	30	10	4	2	40	22	4	6	4	13	14	1.472	38	D	L	D	W	W	1966-03-12	Crystal Palace	A
4	0	Wolverhampton Wanderers	31	11	2	2	41	15	4	5	7	30	33	1.479	37	D	W	L	L	W	1966-03-12	Southampton	H
5	0	Southampton	29	9	2	3	40	18	7	2	6	27	26	1.523	36	D	W	W	W	L	1966-03-05	Birmingham City	H
6	0	Bristol City	30	5	8	1	17	12	6	6	4	26	24	1.194	36	D	L	W	D	W	1966-03-05	Middlesbrough	A
7	0	Derby County	30	10	2	3	39	23	3	5	7	12	22	1.133	33	D	W	W	L	D	1966-03-05	Plymouth Argyle	H
8	0	Crystal Palace	31	9	5	1	22	11	2	6	8	15	30	0.902	33	D	D	D	W	W	1966-03-12	Coventry City	H
9	0	Rotherham United	29	9	2	2	35	20	2	6	8	20	38	0.948	30	D	D	L	W	L	1966-03-12	Derby County	H
10	0	Norwich City	27	5	7	3	22	19	3	5	4	13	14	1.061	28	D	L	W	D	D	1966-03-12	Bury	H
11	3	Birmingham City	28	8	4	3	26	17	2	3	8	19	34	0.882	27	W	L	D	L	W	1966-03-05	Southampton	A
12	3	Ipswich Town	30	8	5	2	25	16	2	2	11	12	28	0.841	27	W	L	D	L	W	1966-03-12	Bolton Wanderers	A
13	-2	Plymouth Argyle	29	6	5	3	31	18	3	3	9	12	31	0.878	26	L	W	W	W	L	1966-03-05	Derby County	A
14	-2	Preston North End	29	5	6	3	20	15	3	4	8	19	31	0.848	26	L	L	D	L	D	1966-03-12	Huddersfield Town	H
15	-2	Portsmouth	31	8	4	3	33	23	2	2	12	21	45	0.794	26	L	W	L	L	L	1966-03-12	Birmingham City	H
16	2	Bolton Wanderers	28	8	1	5	25	17	2	4	8	11	23	0.9	25	W	L	L	W	L	1966-03-05	Cardiff City	A
17	0	Cardiff City	28	7	1	6	26	24	2	5	7	27	34	0.914	24	D	L	D	D	W	1966-03-05	Bolton Wanderers	H
18	1	Middlesbrough	28	6	7	3	30	22	0	5	7	10	32	0.741	24	W	D	L	L	D	1966-03-05	Bristol City	H
19	-3	Carlisle United	27	11	1	3	31	15	0	0	12	9	28	0.93	23	L	W	L	W	L	1966-03-08	Middlesbrough	H
20	1	Charlton Athletic	27	5	5	3	24	20	2	4	8	18	31	0.824	23	W	W	W	L	D	1966-03-05	Bury	A
21	-1	Bury	29	6	5	3	31	19	1	2	12	15	39	0.793	21	L	L	L	L	D	1966-03-05	Charlton Athletic	H
22	0	Leyton Orient	29	3	4	7	12	25	1	3	11	13	34	0.424	15	L	W	L	D	L	1966-03-12	Plymouth Argyle	A

Third Division

Third Division				Venue	Gate
Brentford	5	1	Oxford United	Griffin Park	7,121
Lawther 2, Docherty, Cobb, Etheridge	Lineups		Harrington
Bristol Rovers	0	0	York City	Eastville	8,946
	Lineups
Grimsby Town	2	2	Swansea Town	Blundell Park	6,867
Tees 2	Lineups		Allchurch, McLaughlin
Hull City	4	0	Mansfield Town	Boothferry Park	28,214
Wagstaff 2, Henderson, Houghton	Lineups
Millwall	0	0	Watford	The Den, New Cross	16,464
	Lineups
Peterborough United	3	1	Scunthorpe United	London Road	6,696
Fairbrother, Watson, Conmy	Lineups		Sloan
Southend United	1	2	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	Roots Hall	6,335
Smillie	Lineups		Coughlin, Crickmore

				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	Hull City	31	12	2	2	46	19	7	4	4	32	28	1.66	44	W	W	D	W	W	1966-03-09	Gillingham	H
2	0	Millwall	29	12	4	0	34	11	5	4	4	14	12	2.087	42	D	D	W	D	W	1966-03-01	Oldham Athletic	A
3	0	Queens Park Rangers	27	9	2	3	36	20	5	4	4	22	22	1.381	34	D	D	L	W	W	1966-03-05	Watford	A
4	0	Swindon Town	28	7	4	1	31	10	5	3	8	21	25	1.486	31	L	W	D	W	W	1966-03-05	Brentford	A
5	0	Workington	27	7	3	2	27	11	4	6	5	21	25	1.333	31	W	W	D	D	L	1966-03-05	Oxford United	A
6	0	Grimsby Town	27	9	6	0	35	18	2	3	7	13	19	1.297	31	D	L	W	L	D	1966-03-05	Gillingham	A
7	1	Watford	29	8	3	3	26	12	3	6	6	18	26	1.158	31	D	W	D	W	L	1966-03-05	Queens Park Rangers	H
8	-1	Shrewsbury Town	26	8	4	1	33	12	4	2	7	15	28	1.2	30	L	W	D	L	D	1966-03-11	Workington	A
9	0	Scunthorpe United	28	7	1	6	25	20	7	1	6	23	25	1.067	30	L	W	W	L	L	1966-03-05	Brighton & Hove Albion	H
10	0	Oxford United	28	7	2	5	29	22	5	3	6	18	25	1	29	L	W	L	L	L	1966-03-05	Workington	H
11	0	Walsall	25	10	2	1	32	9	2	2	8	14	30	1.179	28	W	L	W	W	W	1966-03-05	Swansea Town	H
12	0	Gillingham	24	7	3	2	15	9	4	3	5	16	18	1.148	28	L	D	L	D	W	1966-03-05	Grimsby Town	H
13	0	Reading	24	7	4	2	20	9	2	5	4	18	26	1.086	27	D	D	W	W	D	1966-03-05	Millwall	A
14	0	Bristol Rovers	32	6	9	1	27	11	2	2	12	21	36	1.021	27	D	W	L	W	W	1966-03-05	Southend United	H
15	0	Peterborough United	28	9	2	3	31	17	2	3	9	13	27	1	27	W	L	L	D	L	1966-03-05	Exeter City	A
16	1	Swansea Town	28	10	1	2	40	18	0	4	11	13	49	0.791	25	D	W	D	W	W	1966-03-01	Mansfield Town	H
17	-1	Brighton & Hove Albion	27	6	4	4	33	22	2	4	7	9	19	1.024	24	D	L	L	W	L	1966-03-05	Scunthorpe United	A
18	0	Exeter City	28	6	4	4	22	15	2	3	9	11	31	0.717	23	L	L	L	L	D	1966-03-05	Peterborough United	H
19	1	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	29	4	6	4	16	15	2	4	9	10	26	0.634	22	W	D	W	D	L	1966-03-05	York City	H
20	-1	Southend United	28	9	0	5	29	21	1	2	11	9	39	0.633	22	L	L	W	W	L	1966-03-01	Brentford	A
21	0	Mansfield Town	25	6	2	4	17	14	2	1	10	17	39	0.642	19	L	W	L	W	L	1966-03-01	Swansea Town	A
22	2	Brentford	26	6	1	6	23	16	0	5	8	9	20	0.889	18	W	L	L	L	D	1966-03-01	Southend United	H
23	0	York City	29	3	5	7	21	30	3	1	10	17	41	0.535	18	D	L	L	D	W	1966-03-05	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	A
24	-2	Oldham Athletic	25	4	4	4	22	23	1	3	9	10	34	0.561	17	L	W	W	D	D	1966-03-01	Millwall	H

Fourth Division

Fourth Division				Venue	Gate
Barnsley	1	1	Colchester United	Oakwell	3,166
Kerr	Lineups		Hall
Barrow	2	2	Newport County	Holker Street	3,532
Mulholland 2	Lineups		Morgans, Smith
Bradford City	2	4	Tranmere Rovers	Valley Parade	6,773
Hall, Leek	Lineups		Manning, A'Court 3
Chester	1	1	Notts County	Sealand Road	8,704
Ryden	Lineups		Benskin
Halifax Town	2	2	Lincoln City	The Shay	2,984
Atkins 2	Lineups		Smith, Allison
Hartlepools United	3	0	Aldershot	Victoria Park	4,410
Phythian, Fogarty (p), Thompson	Lineups
Luton Town	3	2	Torquay United	Kenilworth Road	9,271
O'Rourke 2, Rioch	Lineups		Stubbs, Barnes
Port Vale	3	1	Darlington	Vale Park	4,594
Machin, Ritchie, Rowland	Lineups		Sproates
Rochdale	1	1	Chesterfield	Spotland	2,292
Jenkins	Lineups		Hollett
Southport	2	2	Wrexham	Haig Avenue	5,914
Alty 2	Lineups		Molyneux OG, Jones H

				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	Tranmere Rovers	31	12	1	3	43	21	6	5	4	25	23	1.545	42	W	W	W	W	L	1966-03-04	Darlington	H
2	1	Chester	30	14	3	0	45	16	3	4	6	17	27	1.442	41	D	D	W	W	W	1966-03-05	Bradford City	A
3	-1	Torquay United	31	13	1	2	36	16	4	5	6	18	22	1.421	40	L	W	L	W	D	1966-03-05	Wrexham	A
4	0	Colchester United	30	10	4	1	31	11	6	2	7	16	18	1.621	38	D	L	W	W	W	1966-02-28	Bradford	H
5	0	Doncaster Rovers	30	11	4	1	35	11	5	1	8	22	24	1.629	37	W	L	W	W	D	1966-03-04	Rochdale	H
6	0	Luton Town	29	13	0	2	46	22	3	3	8	16	29	1.216	35	W	W	W	W	L	1966-03-05	Hartlepool United	A
7	0	Darlington	26	8	1	2	19	8	5	5	5	21	23	1.29	32	L	L	W	W	W	1966-02-28	Rochdale	H
8	0	Southport	29	9	5	0	30	11	2	5	8	14	29	1.1	32	D	W	D	W	W	1966-03-12	Bradford	A
9	0	Barrow	30	9	4	2	37	22	2	5	8	19	30	1.077	31	D	L	L	W	L	1966-03-05	Stockport County	H
10	0	Notts County	28	5	5	3	18	14	6	3	6	17	21	1	30	D	L	D	W	L	1966-03-05	Barnsley	H
11	0	Stockport County	29	8	3	5	32	22	4	1	8	19	18	1.275	28	W	W	W	W	L	1966-03-05	Barrow	A
12	0	Bradford	29	8	2	5	40	22	4	2	8	23	34	1.125	28	L	L	W	L	L	1966-02-28	Colchester United	A
13	0	Chesterfield	30	6	5	3	24	18	4	3	9	17	29	0.872	28	D	W	L	L	D	1966-03-09	Lincoln City	A
14	0	Barnsley	29	7	4	4	25	17	3	3	8	24	38	0.891	27	D	L	D	L	L	1966-03-05	Notts County	A
15	0	Rochdale	28	8	1	6	29	16	3	1	9	15	35	0.863	24	D	L	L	W	W	1966-02-28	Darlington	A
16	1	Wrexham	30	7	2	5	31	26	3	2	11	22	45	0.746	24	D	W	L	L	W	1966-03-05	Torquay United	H
17	2	Halifax Town	27	6	6	3	31	22	2	1	9	13	31	0.83	23	D	L	W	L	L	1966-03-05	Crewe Alexandra	H
18	-2	Crewe Alexandra	27	8	0	5	22	10	2	3	9	10	30	0.8	23	W	L	L	W	W	1966-03-02	Newport County	H
19	-1	Bradford City	28	7	2	5	24	23	2	3	9	17	42	0.631	23	L	W	W	L	W	1966-03-05	Chester	H
20	0	Newport County	26	7	2	2	25	13	1	4	10	21	41	0.852	22	D	L	L	L	D	1966-03-02	Crewe Alexandra	A
21	2	Port Vale	28	8	4	2	30	15	0	1	13	5	28	0.814	21	W	L	L	L	L	1966-03-05	Aldershot	H
22	2	Hartlepool United	28	7	2	5	29	17	1	3	10	11	36	0.755	21	W	L	W	L	D	1966-03-05	Luton Town	H
23	-2	Aldershot	30	9	1	4	32	19	0	2	14	17	48	0.731	21	L	W	W	W	L	1966-03-05	Port Vale	A
24	-2	Lincoln City	29	4	6	4	20	22	3	1	11	15	33	0.636	21	D	L	D	L	L	1966-03-05	Colchester United	A