The Football League Second Division 1965/66 was the 63rd season of the Football League Second Division as the second highest English football league . It began on August 21, 1965 and ended on May 18, 1966.
Second division champions were Manchester City and also the second-placed FC Southampton rose to the Football League First Division . For the two promoted teams in the following second division season 1966/67, the two first division clubs Northampton Town and Blackburn Rovers, ranked in the table below, took the places. From the Second Division in the Football League Third Division dismount the needed Middlesbrough FC and Leyton Orient . Instead of the two clubs, the third division winner Hull City and the third division champions FC Millwall took the vacant positions in the following season 1966/67 .
Closing table
Second division champion and promoted to the Football League First Division 1966/67
Promoted to the Football League First Division 1966/67
Relegation from the Football League Second Division
Results table
The home teams are listed in the left column.
1965/66
BIR
BOL
BRC
BUY
CAR
CAU
CHA
COV
CRY
OF THE
HUD
IPS
LEY
MNC
MID
NOR
PLY
POR
PNE
RED
SOT
WOL
Birmingham City
0: 1
1: 3
4-0
4: 2
2: 1
2: 2
0: 1
2: 1
5: 5
2: 1
4: 1
2: 2
3: 1
1: 1
1-0
1-0
1: 3
1: 1
3-0
0: 1
2: 2
Bolton Wanderers
1: 2
1: 2
2: 1
2: 1
4-0
4: 2
4: 2
3-0
0: 1
1: 1
3: 1
2-0
1-0
6-0
1: 1
0: 1
2-0
1: 3
1: 3
2: 3
2: 1
Bristol City
2-0
2: 2
2: 1
1: 1
2-0
0-0
1: 1
1: 1
1: 1
2: 1
4: 1
2-0
1: 1
2: 2
0-0
0-0
1-0
1-0
2: 1
0: 1
0: 1
Bury FC
5: 1
1: 1
1: 2
1: 1
2: 1
3-0
1: 1
2: 2
4: 1
0: 4
1: 1
3-0
2: 1
2-0
2: 5
1-0
1-0
5-0
6: 1
1: 3
1-0
Cardiff City
1: 3
1: 1
2: 1
1-0
1: 1
3: 1
1: 2
1-0
2: 1
0: 1
1-0
3: 1
4: 3
5: 3
0: 2
5: 1
1: 2
1: 3
0-0
3: 5
1: 4
Carlisle United
1-0
1: 1
5-0
4: 1
2-0
3: 1
2: 2
3: 1
2: 1
2-0
3: 1
1-0
1: 2
2: 1
4: 1
1: 3
2: 1
0: 2
1-0
1-0
2: 1
Charlton Athletic
2: 1
0: 1
1: 4
0: 1
5: 2
3: 2
2-0
1-0
2: 2
0: 2
2-0
3-0
2: 3
1-0
2: 1
1: 1
2: 2
5: 2
2: 2
2: 2
1: 1
Coventry City
4: 3
2: 2
2: 2
1-0
3: 1
3: 2
3: 1
0: 1
3: 2
0: 3
3: 1
1: 1
3: 3
2: 1
2-0
5: 1
3: 2
5: 1
2: 2
5: 1
2: 1
Crystal Palace
1-0
1: 1
2: 1
1-0
0-0
2-0
2-0
0: 1
1: 1
2: 1
3: 1
2: 1
0: 2
1: 1
0-0
3: 1
4: 1
1: 1
2: 2
1-0
0: 1
Derby County
5: 3
2-0
2: 1
4: 1
1: 5
3: 1
2-0
1-0
4-0
4: 1
2: 2
1: 3
1: 2
5-0
3: 1
1: 2
3: 1
1-0
1: 3
0: 3
2: 2
Huddersfield Town
2-0
1-0
3-0
2-0
1: 1
2-0
1: 1
0: 2
1: 1
1: 3
1-0
1: 1
0-0
6-0
0-0
2: 1
2-0
2: 1
4-0
2-0
1: 1
Ipswich Town
0: 1
2-0
0-0
3: 4
2: 1
1-0
1: 4
1-0
2: 2
2: 2
2: 2
3: 2
1: 1
2: 1
2-0
4: 1
1-0
1-0
0-0
3-0
5: 2
Leyton Orient
2: 1
1-0
0: 4
2: 2
1: 1
2: 1
1: 2
1: 1
0: 2
0-0
0: 2
1: 4
2: 2
2: 3
0-0
0: 1
0-0
2: 2
1: 4
1: 1
0: 3
Manchester City
3: 1
4: 1
2: 2
1-0
2: 2
2: 1
0-0
1-0
3: 1
1-0
2-0
2: 1
5-0
3: 1
0-0
1: 1
3-0
0-0
3: 1
0-0
2: 1
Middlesbrough FC
1: 1
1: 1
4: 2
1-0
3: 4
0: 2
2: 2
1: 1
2: 2
0-0
1: 3
3: 2
2: 1
1: 1
0: 1
0: 1
5: 2
2: 1
4-0
0-0
3: 1
Norwich City
2: 2
3-0
0-0
4-0
3: 2
2-0
2-0
1: 1
2: 1
0: 1
1: 1
1-0
2: 1
3: 3
1: 2
0-0
1: 3
1: 1
1: 2
3: 4
0: 3
Plymouth Argyle
6: 1
1: 3
0: 2
2: 2
2: 2
0-0
3-0
1: 2
1: 2
0-0
0-0
3-0
1: 1
1-0
2: 2
2-0
3: 1
0: 1
5: 2
2: 3
2: 2
Portsmouth FC
0: 1
1-0
2: 4
4-0
3: 1
4: 1
3: 1
2-0
1: 1
1: 1
2: 1
1-0
4: 1
2: 2
4: 1
0: 3
4: 1
4: 1
1: 1
2: 5
2-0
Preston North End
3: 3
0: 1
1: 1
2: 1
9-0
2: 1
3: 3
0-0
2-0
2-0
1: 1
0: 1
1: 2
0: 3
1: 1
0-0
2-0
4: 1
1: 1
1: 1
2: 2
Rotherham United
3: 4
2: 1
1: 2
2: 1
6: 4
3: 3
0-0
1: 1
3-0
3-0
0-0
0-0
2: 1
0: 1
4: 1
2: 1
2-0
3: 3
6: 3
1-0
4: 3
Southampton FC
0: 1
5: 1
2: 2
6: 2
3: 2
1-0
1-0
1-0
1-0
3: 1
0: 1
1: 2
1-0
0: 1
3: 1
2: 2
4: 1
2: 2
5: 2
1: 1
9: 3
Wolverhampton Wanderers
2-0
3: 1
1: 1
3-0
2: 1
3-0
2: 2
0: 1
1-0
4-0
2: 1
4: 1
2: 1
2: 4
3-0
2: 1
0-0
8: 2
3-0
4: 1
1: 1
List of goalscorers
Web links
References and footnotes
↑ English League Leading Goalscorers (RSSSF)
^ Season 1965/66. In: wildstat.com. Retrieved April 9, 2018 .
Playing times of the second highest English football league
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