Football League Second Division 1966/67

Football League Second Division 1966/67
master	Coventry City
European Cup Winners' Cup	Cardiff City (as Welsh Cup Winner)
Climbers	Coventry City, Wolverhampton Wanderers
Relegated	Northampton Town , Bury FC
Teams	22nd
Games	462
Gates	1,361  (ø 2.95 per game)
Top scorer	Bobby Gould ( Coventry City )
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The Football League Second Division 1966/67 was the 64th season of the Football League Second Division as the second highest English football league . It began on August 20, 1966 and ended on May 13, 1967.

Second division champions were Coventry City and the second-placed Wolverhampton Wanderers also rose to the Football League First Division . For the two promoted players in the following second division season 1967/68, the two first division clubs Aston Villa and FC Blackpool, ranked in the table below, took the places. Northampton Town and FC Bury had to relegate from the Second Division to the Football League Third Division . Instead of the two clubs, the third division winners Queens Park Rangers and third division champions FC Middlesbrough took the vacant positions in the following season 1967/68 .

Closing table

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Quota	Points
1.	Coventry City	42	23	13	6th	074:430	1.72	59:25
2.	Wolverhampton Wanderers	42	25th	8th	9	088:480	1.83	58:26
3.	Carlisle United	42	23	6th	13	071:540	1.31	52:32
4th	Blackburn Rovers (A)	42	19th	13	10	056:460	1.22	51:33
5.	Ipswich Town	42	17th	16	9	070:540	1.30	50:34
6th	Huddersfield Town	42	20th	9	13	058:460	1.26	49:35
7th	Crystal Palace	42	19th	10	13	061:550	1.11	48:36
8th.	Millwall FC (N)	42	18th	9	15th	049:580	0.84	45:39
9.	Bolton Wanderers	42	14th	14th	14th	064:580	1.10	42:42
10.	Birmingham City	42	16	8th	18th	070:660	1.06	40:44
11.	Norwich City	42	13	14th	15th	049:550	0.89	40:44
12.	Hull City (N)	42	16	7th	19th	077:720	1.07	39:45
13.	Preston North End	42	16	7th	19th	065:670	0.97	39:45
14th	Portsmouth FC	42	13	13	16	059:700	0.84	39:45
15th	Bristol City	42	12	14th	16	056:620	0.90	38:46
16.	Plymouth Argyle	42	14th	9	19th	059:580	1.02	37:47
17th	Derby County	42	12	12	18th	068:720	0.94	36:48
18th	Rotherham United	42	13	10	19th	061:700	0.87	36:48
19th	Charlton Athletic	42	13	9	20th	049:530	0.92	35:49
20th	Cardiff City	42	12	9	21st	061:870	0.70	33:51
21st	Northampton Town (A)	42	12	6th	24	047:840	0.56	30:54
22nd	Bury FC	42	11	6th	25th	049:830	0.59	28:56

Second division champion and promoted to the Football League First Division 1967/68

Promoted to the Football League First Division 1967/68

Participation in the European Cup Winners' Cup 1967/68 as a Welsh cup winner

Relegation from the Football League Second Division

(A)	Relegated from the Football League First Division 1965/66
(N)	Newcomers from the Football League Third Division 1965/66

Results table

The home teams are listed in the left column.

1966/67	BIR	BLA	BOL	BRC	BUY	CAR	CAU	CHA	COV	CRY	OF THE	HUD	HUL	IPS	Mil	NHT	NOR	PLY	POR	PNE	RED	WOL
Birmingham City		1: 1	2: 2	4-0	1: 3	1: 2	1: 2	4-0	1: 1	3: 1	2-0	0: 1	2: 1	2: 2	2-0	3-0	2: 1	0-0	3-0	3: 1	2: 3	3: 2
Blackburn Rovers	1-0		0-0	1-0	2: 1	4: 1	2-0	2: 1	0: 1	2: 1	0-0	2-0	4: 1	1: 2	1-0	3-0	0-0	3-0	2: 2	2-0	1: 1	0-0
Bolton Wanderers	3: 1	0: 1		0-0	3: 1	3: 1	3-0	2: 1	1: 1	0-0	3: 1	1-0	2: 1	1: 1	5-0	1: 2	1: 1	1: 2	0: 1	4: 2	2: 2	0-0
Bristol City	3: 1	2: 2	1: 1		3: 3	1: 2	3-0	4-0	2: 2	0: 1	4: 1	1: 1	2: 1	1: 1	1: 1	1-0	1-0	1-0	3: 3	2-0	1: 2	1-0
Bury FC	0: 2	1: 2	2: 1	2: 1		2-0	0: 2	2: 1	0: 1	1: 1	2: 2	0-0	3: 2	1: 2	0: 1	1: 2	2-0	1-0	1: 3	3: 4	5: 2	2: 1
Cardiff City	3-0	1: 1	2: 5	5: 1	3-0		4: 2	4: 1	1: 1	1: 2	1: 1	1: 1	2: 4	0: 2	1: 1	4: 2	2-0	4: 1	0-0	4-0	0-0	0: 3
Carlisle United	2-0	1: 2	6: 1	2: 1	2-0	3-0		1-0	2: 1	3-0	0-0	2: 1	2-0	2: 1	2: 1	2-0	1-0	0-0	5: 1	1: 1	2: 3	1: 3
Charlton Athletic	1-0	0-0	0: 1	5-0	4-0	5-0	1-0		1: 2	1: 1	3: 1	1: 2	1: 3	2: 1	0-0	3-0	0-0	1-0	0: 2	2-0	2-0	1: 3
Coventry City	1: 1	2-0	1: 1	1-0	3-0	3: 2	2: 1	1-0		1: 2	2: 2	1-0	1-0	5-0	3: 1	2-0	2: 1	1-0	5: 1	2: 1	4: 2	3: 1
Crystal Palace	2: 1	2: 1	3: 2	2: 1	3: 1	3: 1	4: 2	1-0	1: 1		2: 1	1: 1	4: 1	0: 2	1: 2	5: 1	0-0	2: 1	0: 2	1-0	1: 1	4: 1
Derby County	1: 2	2: 3	2: 2	2-0	3: 1	1: 1	0: 1	0: 2	1: 2	2-0		4: 3	2: 3	2: 2	5: 1	4: 3	1: 1	1: 1	0-0	5: 1	2-0	0: 3
Huddersfield Town	3: 1	3: 1	2: 1	2-0	4: 2	3: 1	1: 1	4: 1	3: 1	0: 2	1-0		1-0	1-0	2-0	0: 2	0: 1	1: 1	1: 1	1-0	3-0	0: 1
Hull City	0: 2	2: 3	1: 1	0: 2	2-0	1-0	1: 2	2: 2	2: 2	6: 1	1: 3	2-0		1: 1	2-0	6: 1	5-0	4: 2	2-0	2: 2	1-0	3: 1
Ipswich Town	3: 2	1: 1	2: 2	0-0	2-0	0-0	1: 2	0-0	1: 1	2-0	4: 3	3-0	5: 4		4: 1	6: 1	0: 2	1: 1	4: 2	0-0	3: 2	3: 1
Millwall FC	3: 1	1: 1	2-0	3: 2	2-0	1-0	2: 1	0-0	1-0	1: 1	3: 2	1: 3	2: 1	1-0		1-0	2: 1	1: 2	1: 1	2-0	2-0	1: 1
Northampton Town	2: 1	2: 1	2: 1	2: 1	0-0	2-0	3: 3	1: 1	0-0	1-0	0: 2	0: 1	2: 2	1: 1	1: 2		1: 2	2: 1	2: 4	1: 5	3: 1	0: 4
Norwich City	3: 3	0: 1	1-0	1-0	2-0	3: 2	2-0	1: 1	1: 1	4: 3	4: 1	0-0	0: 2	1: 2	1: 1	1-0		3: 1	0-0	1: 1	1-0	1: 2
Plymouth Argyle	1: 1	4-0	2-0	1: 2	4: 1	7: 1	1: 2	2: 1	4: 2	1-0	1: 2	2: 3	3: 1	1: 1	3: 1	1-0	2: 2		0-0	1-0	1-0	0: 1
Portsmouth FC	4: 5	1: 1	2: 1	1: 1	1: 2	1: 2	2: 1	1: 2	0: 2	1: 1	0: 3	1: 1	0: 1	4: 2	0: 1	3: 2	3: 3	2: 1		2-0	3: 2	2: 3
Preston North End	3-0	3-0	1: 3	2: 2	2: 2	4-0	2: 3	2: 1	3: 2	1-0	2-0	1: 2	4: 2	2-0	2: 1	2: 1	3: 1	2-0	1-0		1: 1	1: 2
Rotherham United	3: 2	2: 1	0: 1	3: 3	3-0	4: 1	2: 3	2-0	1: 1	0: 1	0-0	4: 2	1: 1	0: 2	3: 1	1: 2	2: 1	4: 2	0: 1	2: 1		2: 2
Wolverhampton Wanderers	1: 2	4-0	5: 2	1: 1	4: 1	7: 1	1: 1	1-0	1: 3	1: 1	5: 3	1-0	4-0	0-0	2-0	1-0	4: 1	2: 1	3: 1	3: 2	2-0

List of goalscorers

	player	society	Gates
1	Bobby Gould	Coventry City	24

Web links

• England 1966-67 (RSSSF)

References and footnotes

1. ↑ English League Leading Goalscorers (RSSSF)
2. ↑ 1966/67 season. In: wildstat.com. Retrieved April 9, 2018 .