Football League Second Division 1963/64

Football League Second Division 1963/64
master	Leeds United
European Cup Winners' Cup	Cardiff City (as Welsh Cup Winner)
Climbers	Leeds United, Sunderland AFC
Relegated	Grimsby Town , Scunthorpe United
Teams	22nd
Games	462
Gates	1,467  (ø 3.18 per game)
Top scorer	Ron Saunders ( Portsmouth FC )
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The Football League Second Division 1963/64 was the 61st season of the Football League Second Division as the second highest English football league . It began on August 24, 1963 and ended on April 27, 1964.

Second division champions Leeds United and also the second-placed AFC Sunderland rose to the Football League First Division . For the two promoted teams in the following second division season 1964/65, the two first division teams Bolton Wanderers and Ipswich Town ranked in the table below . Grimsby Town and Scunthorpe United had to relegate from the Second Division to the Football League Third Division . Instead of the two clubs, the third division winners Coventry City and third division champions Crystal Palace took the vacant positions in the following season 1964/65 .

Closing table

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Quota	Points
1.	Leeds United	42	24	15th	3	071:340	2.09	63:21
2.	Sunderland AFC	42	25th	11	6th	081:370	2.19	61:23
3.	Preston North End	42	23	10	9	079:540	1.46	56:28
4th	Charlton Athletic	42	19th	10	13	076:700	1.09	48:36
5.	Southampton FC	42	19th	9	14th	100: 730	1.37	47:37
6th	Manchester City (A)	42	18th	10	14th	084:660	1.27	46:38
7th	Rotherham United	42	19th	7th	16	090:780	1.15	45:39
8th.	Newcastle United	42	20th	5	17th	074:690	1.07	45:39
9.	Portsmouth FC	42	16	11	15th	079:700	1.13	43:41
10.	Middlesbrough FC	42	15th	11	16	067:520	1.29	41:43
11.	Northampton Town (N)	42	16	9	17th	058:600	0.97	41:43
12.	Huddersfield Town	42	15th	10	17th	057:640	0.89	40:44
13.	Derby County	42	14th	11	17th	056:670	0.84	39:45
14th	Swindon Town (N)	42	14th	10	18th	057:690	0.83	38:46
15th	Cardiff City	42	14th	10	18th	056:810	0.69	38:46
16.	Leyton Orient (A)	42	13	10	19th	054:720	0.75	36:48
17th	Norwich City	42	11	13	18th	064:800	0.80	35:49
18th	Bury FC	42	13	9	20th	057:730	0.78	35:49
19th	Swansea Town	42	12	9	21st	063:740	0.85	33:51
20th	Plymouth Argyle	42	8th	16	18th	045:670	0.67	32:52
21st	Grimsby Town	42	9	14th	19th	047:750	0.63	32:52
22nd	Scunthorpe United	42	10	10	22nd	052:820	0.63	30:54

Second division champion and promoted to the Football League First Division 1964/65

Promoted to the Football League First Division 1964/65

Participation in the 1964/65 European Cup Winners' Cup as Welsh Cup winner

Relegation from the Football League Second Division

(A)	Relegated from the Football League First Division 1962/63
(N)	Newcomers from the Football League Third Division 1962/63

Results table

The home teams are listed in the left column.

1963/64	BUY	CAR	CHA	OF THE	GRI	HUD	LEE	LEY	MNC	MID	NEW	NHT	NOR	PLY	POR	PNE	RED	SCU	SOT	SUN	SWA	SWI
Bury FC		4: 1	0: 2	1: 2	1: 1	0: 2	1: 2	1: 2	1: 1	1: 1	1: 2	1: 1	4: 2	2: 2	3: 2	2: 1	4: 2	3: 2	1: 5	0: 1	3: 2	1-0
Cardiff City	2: 1		1: 1	2: 1	0-0	2: 1	0-0	2: 1	2: 2	1: 1	2: 2	1-0	3: 1	3: 1	1: 2	0: 4	2: 1	3: 1	2: 4	0: 2	1: 1	1-0
Charlton Athletic	3-0	5: 2		2-0	2: 1	5: 2	0: 2	1: 2	4: 3	2: 4	1: 2	1: 1	3: 1	1-0	0: 1	3-0	4: 3	0: 1	2: 2	0-0	3: 1	2: 2
Derby County	2: 1	2: 1	1: 1		0-0	2-0	1: 1	1-0	1: 3	2: 2	1: 2	0-0	2: 1	3: 1	3: 1	1: 2	1: 4	2: 2	3: 2	0: 3	3-0	3-0
Grimsby Town	1-0	0: 2	0: 2	1: 3		2: 2	0: 2	1: 1	1: 1	3: 1	2: 1	4: 1	3: 1	1: 1	0: 3	0: 3	1: 3	2-0	2: 2	2: 2	1: 1	1: 2
Huddersfield Town	2: 1	2: 1	2: 1	0-0	1: 2		0: 2	2: 1	0: 2	1-0	3-0	0: 1	1: 1	4: 3	1: 1	2: 2	0: 3	3: 2	4-0	0: 2	1-0	2-0
Leeds United	3-0	1: 1	1: 1	2: 2	3: 1	1: 1		2: 1	1-0	2-0	2: 1	0-0	4: 2	1: 1	3: 1	1: 1	1-0	1-0	3: 1	1: 1	2: 1	0-0
Leyton Orient	1: 1	4-0	0: 3	3-0	0-0	2: 3	0: 2		0: 2	3: 2	1-0	0-0	1: 1	1-0	3: 6	2: 2	0: 2	2: 2	1-0	2: 5	4-0	2: 1
Manchester City	1: 1	4-0	1: 3	3: 2	0: 4	5: 2	3: 2	2-0		1-0	3: 1	3-0	5-0	1: 1	0: 2	2: 3	6: 1	8: 1	1: 1	0: 3	1-0	0-0
Middlesbrough FC	2-0	3: 1	2: 3	3-0	6-0	1: 1	1: 3	2-0	2: 2		3-0	1-0	0: 1	5-0	3: 1	3-0	2: 2	2-0	1-0	2-0	2: 1	1: 1
Newcastle United	0: 4	0: 4	5-0	3: 1	4-0	2-0	0: 1	3-0	3: 1	2-0		2: 3	2-0	1: 1	1-0	2: 4	5: 2	3: 1	2: 2	1-0	4: 1	4: 1
Northampton Town	1: 2	2: 1	1: 2	0: 1	1: 2	1-0	0: 3	1: 2	2: 1	3: 2	2: 2		3: 2	0-0	2: 1	0: 3	1: 3	2-0	2-0	5: 1	2: 3	4-0
Norwich City	0: 1	5: 1	1: 3	3-0	2-0	2: 2	2: 2	1: 2	1: 2	1: 1	3: 1	3: 3		1: 1	3: 1	2: 1	2: 2	2: 1	1: 1	2: 3	3-0	3: 2
Plymouth Argyle	1-0	1: 1	1-0	0-0	3: 2	0-0	0: 1	2: 2	2: 1	2-0	3: 4	0: 3	1: 2		0: 4	0: 2	0-0	3: 1	1: 1	1: 1	3: 2	2: 4
Portsmouth FC	3: 3	5-0	4: 1	1: 1	2: 2	2: 1	1: 1	4: 3	2: 2	1-0	5: 2	3-0	1: 1	1: 2		1: 2	2: 1	3: 4	2-0	2: 4	0-0	1: 4
Preston North End	3-0	4-0	3: 1	0: 2	1-0	2: 1	2-0	0-0	2-0	2: 2	3-0	2: 1	3-0	0-0	0-0		2: 2	1-0	2: 1	1: 1	3: 3	1-0
Rotherham United	6: 2	1-0	5-0	2-0	1-0	3: 1	2: 2	2: 4	1: 2	2: 1	2: 3	1-0	4-0	3: 1	4: 2	4: 2		2: 1	2: 3	2: 2	3-0	0-0
Scunthorpe United	0-0	1: 2	1: 1	3: 2	2: 2	1-0	0: 1	0-0	2: 4	1-0	2-0	1: 2	2: 2	1-0	1: 1	1-0	4: 3		1: 2	1: 1	2: 2	3-0
Southampton FC	0: 1	3: 2	6: 1	6: 4	6-0	1: 1	1: 4	3-0	4: 2	2: 2	2-0	3-0	3-0	1: 2	2: 3	4: 5	6: 1	7: 2		0-0	4-0	5: 1
Sunderland AFC	4: 1	3: 3	2: 1	3-0	3-0	3: 2	2-0	4: 1	2-0	0-0	2: 1	0: 2	0-0	1-0	3-0	4-0	2-0	1-0	1: 2		1-0	6-0
Swansea Town	0: 2	3-0	1: 2	2: 1	1: 1	1: 2	0: 3	1-0	3: 3	2: 1	0: 1	1: 1	3: 1	2: 1	1: 1	5: 1	4: 2	4: 1	6-0	1: 2		3-0
Swindon Town	2: 1	1: 2	2: 2	0-0	2: 1	1: 2	2: 2	5-0	3-0	2-0	0-0	2: 3	2: 2	2: 1	2-0	1: 2	3: 1	3-0	1: 2	1-0	2: 1

List of goalscorers

	player	society	Gates
1	Ron Saunders	Portsmouth FC	33

Web links

• England 1963-64 (RSSSF)

References and footnotes

1. ↑ English League Leading Goalscorers (RSSSF)
2. ^ Season 1963/64. In: wildstat.com. Retrieved April 9, 2018 .