Football : Season Details : 1966

Final English Top Division Football (soccer) Table and Cup Final(s).

Legend
Clubs in RED qualified for European football.
Clubs in BLUE were relegated.
Points: 2 for a win; 1 for a draw.
History is in the form A-B:
A is the number of occasions that the club has been in the Top Division;
B is the number of consecutive seasons in the Top Division.
Abbreviations:
LC League Cup; FAC FA Cup; CWC Cup Winners' Cup
W Winner(s); F Finalist(s).

Position Club Points History Notes
1
 Liverpool
61
4-4
 CWC-F
2
 Leeds United
55
5-2
  
3
 Burnley
55
4-19
  
4
 Manchester United
51
5-21
  
5
 Chelsea
51
4-3
  
6
 West Bromwich Albion
50
5-17
 LC-W
7
 Leicester City
49
5-9
  
8
 Tottenham Hotspur
44
4-16
  
9
 Sheffield United
43
4-5
  
10
 Stoke City
42
5-3
  
11
 Everton
41
3-12
 FAC-W
12
 West Ham United
39
2-8
 LC-F
13
 Blackpool
37
2-22
  
14
 Arsenal
37
2-40
  
15
 Newcastle United
37
3-1
  
16
 Aston Villa
36
3-6
  
17
 Sheffield Wednesday
36
7-7
 FAC-F
18
 Nottingham Forest
36
4-9
  
19
 Sunderland
36
2-2
  
20
 Fulham
35
2-7
  
21
 Northampton Town
33
1-1
  
22
 Blackburn Rovers
20
3-8
  

League Cup Final First Leg West Ham United 2 West Bromwich Albion 1
League Cup Final Second Leg West Bromwich Albion 4 West Ham United 1
FA Cup Final Everton 3 Sheffield Wednesday 2

History

Liverpool equal Arsenal's 7 Championships.

Northampton Town are relegated after a succession of promotions from the Fourth Division beginning in 1960. They would return back to that level in 1969.

Everton win the FA Cup 3-2 after going 0-2 down.

Substitutes were allowed for an injured player for the first time.

This is the last two-legged League Cup final.

KryssTal Banner

[Home Page] [Football Page]
[1965] [League Championship] [FA Cup] [League Cup] [1967]

Comments, suggestions, or corrections to Kryss at webmaster@krysstal.com

1