Football League Second Division 1964/65

Football League Second Division 1964/65
master	Newcastle United
European Cup Winners' Cup	Cardiff City (as Welsh Cup Winner)
Climbers	Newcastle United, Northampton Town
Relegated	Swindon Town , Swansea Town
Teams	22nd
Games	462
Gates	1,470  (ø 3.18 per game)
Top scorer	George O'Brien ( Southampton FC )
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The Football League Second Division 1964/65 was the 62nd season of the Football League Second Division as the second highest English football league . It began on August 22, 1964 and ended on April 28, 1965.

Second division champion was Newcastle United and also rose to second-placed Northampton Town in the Football League First Division . For the two promoted teams in the following second division season 1965/66, the two first division clubs Wolverhampton Wanderers and Birmingham City ranked in the table below . Swindon Town and Swansea Town had to relegate from the Second Division to the Football League Third Division . Instead of the two clubs, the third division winner Carlisle United and the third division champions Bristol City took the vacant positions in the following season 1965/66 .

Closing table

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Quota	Points
1.	Newcastle United	42	24	9	9	081:450	1.80	57:27
2.	Northampton Town	42	20th	16	6th	066:500	1.32	56:28
3.	Bolton Wanderers (A)	42	20th	10	12	080:580	1.38	50:34
4th	Southampton FC	42	17th	14th	11	083:630	1.32	48:36
5.	Ipswich Town (A)	42	15th	17th	10	074:670	1.10	47:37
6th	Norwich City	42	20th	7th	15th	061:570	1.07	47:37
7th	Crystal Palace (N)	42	16	13	13	055:510	1.08	45:39
8th.	Huddersfield Town	42	17th	10	15th	053:510	1.04	44:40
9.	Derby County	42	16	11	15th	084:790	1.06	43:41
10.	Coventry City (N)	42	17th	9	16	072:700	1.03	43:41
11.	Manchester City	42	16	9	17th	063:620	1.02	41:43
12.	Preston North End	42	14th	13	15th	076:810	0.94	41:43
13.	Cardiff City	42	13	14th	15th	064:570	1.12	40:44
14th	Rotherham United	42	14th	12	16	070:690	1.01	40:44
15th	Plymouth Argyle	42	16	8th	18th	063:790	0.80	40:44
16.	Bury FC	42	14th	10	18th	060:660	0.91	38:46
17th	Middlesbrough FC	42	13	9	20th	070:760	0.92	35:49
18th	Charlton Athletic	42	13	9	20th	064:750	0.85	35:49
19th	Leyton Orient	42	12	11	19th	050:720	0.69	35:49
20th	Portsmouth FC	42	12	10	20th	056:770	0.73	34:50
21st	Swindon Town	42	14th	5	23	063:810	0.78	33:51
22nd	Swansea Town	42	11	10	21st	062:840	0.74	32:52

Second division champion and promoted to the Football League First Division 1965/66

Promoted to the Football League First Division 1965/66

Participation in the European Cup Winners' Cup 1965/66 as Welsh Cup winner

Relegation from the Football League Second Division

(A)	Relegated from the Football League First Division 1963/64
(N)	Newcomers from the Football League Third Division 1963/64

Results table

The home teams are listed in the left column.

1964/65	BOL	BUY	CAR	CHA	COV	CRY	OF THE	HUD	IPS	LEY	MNC	MID	NEW	NHT	NOR	PLY	POR	PNE	RED	SOT	SWA	SWI
Bolton Wanderers		0: 1	1-0	1: 1	1: 3	3-0	3: 1	1-0	0-0	0-0	4-0	4: 2	1: 1	0-0	5: 2	6: 1	3: 2	5: 1	2-0	3-0	2: 1	1: 1
Bury FC	2: 1		1: 2	2-0	5-0	3: 1	2: 1	0: 2	0: 1	2: 1	0: 2	3: 2	1: 2	1: 4	1-0	0: 2	1: 1	1: 1	0: 1	3: 3	2: 2	6: 1
Cardiff City	1: 3	4-0		2: 1	3: 1	0-0	2: 1	1: 1	0-0	0: 2	2: 2	6: 1	1: 1	0: 2	1: 3	4-0	1-0	3: 3	3: 2	2: 2	5-0	2-0
Charlton Athletic	1: 3	1: 2	2: 2		3-0	1: 2	1: 3	0-0	4-0	2-0	2: 1	0: 2	0: 1	1: 1	2: 1	3: 2	3: 3	2: 3	1: 1	2: 5	1-0	3: 2
Coventry City	0-0	2: 1	0: 2	2-0		0-0	0: 2	2: 3	5: 3	1: 1	2: 2	3-0	5: 4	0: 1	3-0	2-0	1: 2	3-0	3: 5	1: 1	3-0	3: 2
Crystal Palace	2-0	0: 2	0-0	3: 1	2: 2		2: 3	3-0	1: 1	1-0	1: 1	3: 1	1: 1	1: 2	2-0	2: 1	4: 2	1-0	2: 1	0: 2	3: 3	3: 1
Derby County	2: 3	3: 1	1-0	4: 4	2: 1	3: 3		2-0	2: 3	1-0	2-0	3: 3	0: 3	2: 2	0: 1	3: 2	4-0	3: 1	2: 2	2: 1	3: 4	4: 1
Huddersfield Town	1: 1	0: 2	3: 1	0: 1	2: 1	2-0	3: 1		0-0	0-0	1-0	1-0	0: 1	2-0	0-0	1: 2	2: 1	3-0	1-0	0: 3	4-0	2: 1
Ipswich Town	1: 4	1-0	1: 1	1: 1	1: 3	3: 2	2: 1	3: 2		1: 1	4: 1	5: 2	3: 1	0-0	3-0	2: 2	7-0	1: 5	4: 4	2-0	3-0	0-0
Leyton Orient	3: 1	1-0	1: 3	4: 2	1: 3	0: 1	1: 4	1-0	0-0		4: 3	1: 1	2: 1	2: 2	2: 3	2-0	5: 2	2: 1	2: 1	0-0	2: 3	0: 3
Manchester City	2: 4	0-0	2-0	2: 1	1: 1	0: 2	2-0	2: 3	4-0	6-0		1: 1	3-0	0: 2	0: 2	2: 1	2-0	4: 3	2: 1	3: 1	1-0	1: 2
Middlesbrough FC	5: 2	3: 3	0-0	1: 2	2: 3	0-0	1: 2	0-0	2: 4	2-0	0: 1		0: 2	1-0	2-0	1: 3	4: 1	1: 1	3: 5	4: 1	4-0	4: 1
Newcastle United	2-0	2: 3	2-0	1: 1	2-0	2-0	2: 2	2: 1	2: 2	5-0	0-0	2: 1		5-0	2-0	2: 1	3-0	5: 2	3: 1	2: 1	3: 1	1-0
Northampton Town	4-0	2-0	1-0	1-0	1: 1	1: 1	2: 2	3: 2	3: 2	2-0	2-0	1: 1	1-0		0-0	3: 1	1: 1	2: 1	1-0	2: 2	2: 1	2: 1
Norwich City	3: 2	1: 1	2: 1	2-0	1-0	1: 2	5: 2	0: 2	2: 1	2-0	4: 1	2-0	1: 1	1: 1		3-0	3: 1	4: 2	3-0	2: 2	2: 1	3: 1
Plymouth Argyle	1: 3	2: 2	3: 1	1: 5	2: 3	1: 1	1: 1	0-0	1: 1	1: 1	3: 2	1-0	2: 1	5: 2	1-0		2: 1	0: 1	1: 1	4-0	2: 1	2: 1
Portsmouth FC	3-0	2: 1	1-0	2: 3	0: 2	1: 1	3: 1	3-0	0: 2	1: 1	1: 1	2: 1	1: 2	3: 3	4-0	0: 1		1-0	2-0	0: 3	1-0	5-0
Preston North End	2: 2	2: 2	1: 1	2: 1	3: 2	1-0	2: 2	2-0	4: 1	3-0	2: 5	4: 3	2-0	2: 2	3: 1	1: 3	6: 1		0-0	0-0	2: 2	2: 1
Rotherham United	0-0	3-0	3: 1	3: 2	0: 2	1-0	1: 1	2: 3	2: 2	3-0	0-0	2: 3	1: 1	1: 1	4-0	4: 2	1-0	2: 2		1: 3	4: 2	1-0
Southampton FC	3: 2	3: 1	1: 1	4-0	4: 1	0: 1	3: 3	3: 3	1: 1	2: 2	1-0	0: 3	0: 1	2-0	1-0	5-0	2: 2	3: 1	6: 1		3: 1	2: 1
Swansea Town	2-0	2: 2	3: 2	1: 3	1: 1	2: 1	2: 1	2: 2	1: 1	2: 5	3-0	1: 2	3: 1	1: 2	0-0	3-0	0-0	4-0	0: 3	3: 3		4-0
Swindon Town	1: 3	2-0	3: 3	2-0	4: 1	2-0	4: 2	4: 1	3: 1	1-0	0: 1	0: 1	1: 6	4: 2	0: 1	2: 3	0-0	2: 2	3: 2	2: 1	3-0

List of goalscorers

	player	society	Gates
1	George O'Brien	Southampton FC	34

Web links

• England 1964-65 (RSSSF)

References and footnotes

1. ↑ English League Leading Goalscorers (RSSSF)
2. ↑ 1964/65 season. In: wildstat.com. Retrieved April 9, 2018 .