Football League Second Division 1965/66

Football League Second Division 1965/66
master	Manchester City
Climbers	Manchester City, Southampton FC
Relegated	Middlesbrough FC , Leyton Orient
Teams	22nd
Games	462
Gates	1,421  (ø 3.08 per game)
Top scorer	Martin Chivers ( Southampton FC )
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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

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Quota	Points
1.	Manchester City	42	22nd	15th	5	076:440	1.73	59:25
2.	Southampton FC	42	22nd	10	10	085:560	1.52	54:30
3.	Coventry City	42	20th	13	9	073:530	1.38	53:31
4th	Huddersfield Town	42	19th	13	10	062:360	1.72	51:33
5.	Bristol City (N)	42	17th	17th	8th	063:480	1.31	51:33
6th	Wolverhampton Wanderers (A)	42	20th	10	12	087:610	1.43	50:34
7th	Rotherham United	42	16	14th	12	075:740	1.01	46:38
8th.	Derby County	42	16	11	15th	071:680	1.04	43:41
9.	Bolton Wanderers	42	16	9	17th	062:590	1.05	41:43
10.	Birmingham City (A)	42	16	9	17th	070:750	0.93	41:43
11.	Crystal Palace	42	14th	13	15th	047:520	0.90	41:43
12.	Portsmouth FC	42	16	8th	18th	074:780	0.95	40:44
13.	Norwich City	42	12	15th	15th	052:520	1.00	39:45
14th	Carlisle United (N)	42	17th	5	20th	060:630	0.95	39:45
15th	Ipswich Town	42	15th	9	18th	058:660	0.88	39:45
16.	Charlton Athletic	42	12	14th	16	061:700	0.87	38:46
17th	Preston North End	42	11	15th	16	062:700	0.89	37:47
18th	Plymouth Argyle	42	12	13	17th	054:630	0.86	37:47
19th	Bury FC	42	14th	7th	21st	062:760	0.82	35:49
20th	Cardiff City	42	12	10	20th	071:910	0.78	34:50
21st	Middlesbrough FC	42	10	13	19th	058:860	0.67	33:51
22nd	Leyton Orient	42	5	13	24	038:800	0.48	23:61

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

(A)	Relegated from the Football League First Division 1964/65
(N)	Newcomers from the Football League Third Division 1964/65

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

	player	society	Gates
1	Martin Chivers	Southampton FC	30th

Web links

• England 1965-66 (RSSSF)

References and footnotes

1. ↑ English League Leading Goalscorers (RSSSF)
2. ^ Season 1965/66. In: wildstat.com. Retrieved April 9, 2018 .