footballsite - Football League Division 1 table 1965/66

		DIVISION 1 1965/66
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Leading goalscorer: Roger Hunt (Liverpool) 30 goals On July 30th 1966 England win the World Cup, Geoff Hurst scoring a hat-trick in the 4-2 victory over West Germany at Wembley. Northampton Town became the first club to rise from the Fourth Division to the First. They lasted just one season in the top flight and their decline was just as rapid. Six seasons later they were applying for re-election to the Football League. On December 4th 1965 Frank Saul became the first Spurs player to be sent off in a League match since 1928.			P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
	1	Liverpool	42	26	9	7	79	34	61
	2	Leeds United	42	23	9	10	79	38	55
	3	Burnley	42	24	7	11	79	47	55
	4	Manchester United	42	18	15	9	84	59	51
	5	Chelsea	42	22	7	13	65	53	51
	6	West Bromwich Albion	42	19	12	11	91	69	50
	7	Leicester City	42	21	7	14	80	65	49
	8	Tottenham Hotspur	42	16	12	14	75	66	44
	9	Sheffield United	42	16	11	15	56	59	43
	10	Stoke City	42	15	12	15	65	64	42
	11	Everton	42	15	11	16	56	62	41
	12	West Ham United	42	15	9	18	70	83	39
	13	Blackpool	42	14	9	19	55	65	37
	14	Arsenal	42	12	13	17	62	75	37
	15	Newcastle United	42	14	9	19	50	63	37
	16	Aston Villa	42	15	6	21	69	80	36
	17	Sheffield Wednesday	42	14	8	20	56	66	36
	18	Nottingham Forest	42	14	8	20	56	72	36
	19	Sunderland	42	14	8	20	51	72	36
	20	Fulham	42	14	7	21	67	85	35
	21	Northampton Town	42	10	13	19	55	92	33
	22	Blackburn Rovers	42	8	4	30	57	88	20