Football League Third Division 1963/64

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Football League Third Division 1963/64
Football League logo until 1988
master Coventry City
Climbers Coventry City
Crystal Palace
Relegated Millwall FC
Crewe Alexandra
AFC Wrexham
Notts County
Teams 24
Games 552
Gates 1,730  (ø 3.13 per game)
Top scorer Alfie Biggs ( Bristol Rovers )
← Football League Third Division 1962/63
^ Football League Second Division 1963/64

The Football League Third Division 1963/64 was the 37th season of the Football League Third Division as the third highest English football league . Third division champion was Coventry City and also the second-placed Crystal Palace rose to the Football League Second Division . For the two promoted teams in the following third division season 1964/65, the two second division clubs Grimsby Town and Scunthorpe United ranked in the table below . From the Third Division to the Football League Fourth Division had to relegate Millwall FC , Crewe Alexandra , AFC Wrexham and Notts County . Instead of these clubs, the fourth division champions FC Gillingham and behind them Carlisle United , AFC Workington and Exeter City took the vacant positions in the following season 1964/65 .

Closing table

Pl. society Sp. S. U N Gates Quota Points
 1. Coventry City  46  22nd  16  8th 098:610 1.61 60:32
 2. Crystal Palace  46  23  14th  9 073:510 1.43 60:32
 3. Watford FC  46  23  12  11 079:590 1.34 58:34
 4th Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic  46  24  8th  14th 079:580 1.36 56:36
 5. Bristol City  46  20th  15th  11 084:640 1.31 55:37
 6th Reading FC  46  21st  10  15th 079:620 1.27 52:40
 7th Mansfield Town  46  20th  11  15th 076:620 1.23 51:41
 8th. Hull City  46  16  17th  13 073:680 1.07 49:43
 9. Oldham Athletic (N)  46  20th  8th  18th 073:700 1.04 48:44
10. Peterborough United  46  18th  11  17th 075:700 1.07 47:45
11. Shrewsbury Town  46  18th  11  17th 073:800 0.91 47:45
12. Bristol Rovers  46  19th  8th  19th 091:790 1.15 46:46
13. Port Vale  46  16  14th  16 053:490 1.08 46:46
14th Southend United  46  15th  15th  16 077:780 0.99 45:47
15th Queens Park Rangers  46  18th  9  19th 076:780 0.97 45:47
16. Brentford FC (N)  46  15th  14th  17th 087:800 1.09 44:48
17th Colchester United  46  12  19th  15th 070:680 1.03 43:49
18th Luton Town (A)  46  16  10  20th 064:800 0.80 42:50
19th FC Walsall (A)  46  13  14th  19th 059:760 0.78 40:52
20th Barnsley FC  46  12  15th  19th 068:940 0.72 39:53
21st Millwall FC  46  14th  10  22nd 053:670 0.79 38:54
22nd Crewe Alexandra (N)  46  11  12  23 050:770 0.65 34:58
23. WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Wrexham AFC  46  13  6th  27 075: 107 0.70 32:60
24. Notts County  46  9  9  28 073:740 0.99 27:65
  • Third division champion and promoted to the Football League Second Division 1964/65
  • Promoted to the Football League Second Division 1964/65
  • Relegation to the Football League Fourth Division 1964/65
    • (A) Relegated from the Football League Second Division 1962/63
    (N) Newcomers from the Football League Fourth Division 1962/63

    Results table

    The home teams are listed in the left column.

    BAR BOU BRE BRC BRR COL COV CRE CRY HUC LUT MFT Mil NOC OLD PET PVA QPR REA SHR SEU WHALE WAT WRE
    Barnsley FC 2: 1 1: 1 2: 4 1: 2 1: 1 1: 1 1-0 2-0 2: 2 3: 1 1: 1 1: 1 2: 1 2: 2 3: 2 0-0 3: 1 0: 3 2: 1 0: 1 1: 3 0-0 3-0
    Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic 4: 1 2-0 0: 1 1-0 2: 2 2: 1 3-0 4: 3 1-0 3: 1 0-0 4-0 1: 1 1-0 3-0 3-0 4: 2 1: 2 2-0 1-0 1: 1 2-0 2-0
    Brentford FC 1: 1 2-0 1: 2 2: 5 3: 1 2: 3 2: 2 2: 1 1: 3 2: 6 4-0 3: 1 4: 1 2-0 2-0 1: 2 2: 2 4: 2 0: 1 3-0 1: 1 1: 2 9-0
    Bristol City 5: 2 3: 1 3: 3 3-0 3: 1 0: 1 1: 1 1: 1 1-0 5: 1 2: 3 0-0 2-0 3: 1 3: 1 0-0 2: 1 0: 2 2: 2 2: 2 5: 1 2-0 4-0
    Bristol Rovers 1: 1 2: 3 3: 1 4-0 3: 1 0: 1 1: 2 1: 3 4-0 1: 2 3: 2 2: 2 4-0 0: 1 2: 2 4: 4 0-0 2: 5 7-0 3: 1 3-0 1: 2 1: 1
    Colchester United 4: 1 1: 2 1: 2 1: 1 2: 3 2: 1 4-0 1: 1 1: 1 1: 1 1: 1 2-0 4-0 2: 3 4: 1 1: 2 2-0 2: 1 1-0 3: 3 0-0 1: 1 4: 1
    Coventry City 3: 1 2: 2 2: 2 2: 1 4: 2 1-0 5: 1 5: 1 2: 2 3: 3 0: 3 3-0 2-0 4: 1 3: 2 1: 1 4: 2 0-0 8: 1 2: 5 1-0 2: 2 3-0
    Crewe Alexandra 1: 2 1-0 1: 1 2-0 4: 1 1: 1 2: 2 0: 2 1: 4 1-0 3: 2 1-0 0: 1 1-0 0-0 1-0 2-0 2: 2 3: 2 1: 2 0: 1 0: 1 1: 2
    Crystal Palace 1: 2 2: 1 1-0 1-0 1-0 0-0 1: 1 1-0 2: 2 1: 1 3: 1 2: 1 2-0 1: 3 1-0 2-0 1-0 4: 1 3-0 3-0 1-0 2-0 2: 1
    Hull City 2: 2 3: 4 0-0 4: 4 0: 2 0-0 2: 1 2: 1 1: 1 2-0 3: 1 0-0 4: 1 0: 1 0-0 4: 1 3-0 1: 1 4: 2 1-0 3: 1 2: 2 4: 2
    Luton Town 2: 3 1-0 0: 2 1: 4 4: 2 3: 1 1: 3 3: 3 0: 4 2: 1 0: 2 1: 3 2-0 1: 2 2: 3 1-0 4: 4 2: 1 2-0 4: 1 1-0 2: 1 3: 1
    Mansfield Town 2: 1 1: 1 2: 2 4-0 2-0 1: 1 3: 2 2: 1 1: 1 2-0 1: 1 4: 1 4-0 1: 1 4: 1 1: 1 1-0 2: 1 3: 1 4: 1 2: 1 1: 1 3: 1
    Millwall FC 4: 2 3-0 1: 3 0: 1 0: 1 0: 1 0-0 1-0 0: 1 0: 1 3-0 0: 1 6: 1 2: 1 0: 2 3: 1 2: 2 2-0 2: 2 1: 1 2: 1 0: 3 1: 4
    Notts County 1: 1 1: 3 2-0 1: 1 3: 4 3: 1 0: 3 0-0 1: 1 0: 1 1: 1 1-0 2-0 4: 2 0-0 2-0 2: 2 0: 1 0: 1 1: 1 0: 1 1: 2 3-0
    Oldham Athletic 2-0 2: 4 4: 1 1: 2 2: 2 2: 2 2-0 3: 2 3: 1 1: 1 0: 1 1-0 1: 2 2-0 4: 2 1-0 2: 1 3: 1 2: 4 0: 3 2: 4 1-0 3: 2
    Peterborough United 3: 2 2: 1 3-0 4: 2 2: 2 4-0 2-0 3: 2 1: 1 5: 1 0-0 1: 3 2: 3 5: 1 0-0 1: 1 2: 1 1-0 2: 2 3-0 1: 2 0: 1 5: 2
    Port Vale 1-0 0-0 3-0 4: 1 1-0 0: 2 1: 1 4-0 1: 2 1-0 1-0 1-0 1-0 0: 1 1-0 1: 2 2-0 0-0 1: 1 4: 1 2: 2 0-0 5-0
    Queens Park Rangers 2: 2 1-0 2: 2 0: 2 1-0 0-0 3: 6 2-0 3: 4 0: 2 1: 1 2-0 2-0 3: 2 3: 2 3-0 3-0 4: 2 3: 4 4: 5 3-0 1-0 1-0
    Reading FC 6: 1 2-0 4: 3 1: 1 3: 1 5: 3 2: 2 2: 2 0-0 2-0 1: 1 4: 3 1-0 3: 2 0: 1 1-0 1-0 1: 2 2-0 4: 2 0: 1 2-0 2: 1
    Shrewsbury Town 3: 1 5: 2 1: 1 2-0 0: 1 1: 1 0-0 3-0 1: 1 5: 1 1-0 2-0 0: 1 5: 2 2-0 0-0 1-0 1: 2 2: 1 2: 2 2: 1 3-0 1: 2
    Southend United 4: 1 1: 1 2: 1 1: 1 3: 4 0-0 1: 2 1: 1 2: 1 1: 1 0: 1 2: 1 1: 1 3: 1 2: 2 2-0 1: 1 1: 3 2-0 7: 1 1: 1 3-0 1: 1
    Walsall FC 4: 4 0: 2 2: 2 1: 1 2: 3 1: 1 0: 3 2: 1 2: 2 1: 1 4-0 3: 1 0: 2 2: 1 1: 1 2-0 2: 1 0: 2 1: 1 1: 1 2-0 1: 3 0: 2
    Watford FC 2: 1 3-0 2: 2 2: 2 3: 2 3: 1 1: 1 4: 1 3: 1 3: 3 2-0 3-0 2: 2 2-0 2: 1 1: 2 1: 1 3: 1 1-0 2: 1 3: 1 5: 3 4: 2
    Wrexham AFC 7: 2 3: 4 2: 4 1: 1 1: 2 5: 4 1: 1 1: 1 2: 2 3: 1 2-0 2-0 3-0 4-0 0: 4 2: 3 1: 2 0: 1 0: 3 2: 3 1: 3 4-0 3: 1

    List of goalscorers

    player society Gates
    1 EnglandEngland Alfie Biggs Bristol Rovers 30th
    2 EnglandEngland Ken Wagstaff Mansfield Town 29
    3 EnglandEngland Dennis Coughlin Colchester United 28
    4th EnglandEngland George Hudson Coventry City 25th

    Web links

    References and footnotes

    1. ↑ English League Leading Goalscorers (RSSSF)
    2. ↑ Rothmans Football Yearbook 1986-87, p. 424