Football League Third Division 1965/66

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Football League Third Division 1965/66
Football League logo until 1988
master Hull City
European
Cup Winners' Cup		 Swansea City (as Welsh Cup Winner)
Climbers Hull City
Millwall FC
Relegated Southend United
Exeter City
Brentford FC
York City
Teams 24
Games 552
Gates 1,628  (ø 2.95 per game)
Top scorer Les Allen ( Queens Park Rangers )
← Football League Third Division 1964/65
^ Football League Second Division 1965/66

The Football League Third Division 1965/66 was the 39th season of the Football League Third Division as the third highest English football league . Third division champion was Hull City and also the second-placed Millwall FC rose to the Football League Second Division . For the two promoted teams in the following third division season 1966/67, the two second division clubs FC Middlesbrough and Leyton Orient (from 1966 "FC Orient"), ranked in the table below, took their places. Southend United , Exeter City , Brentford FC and York City had to relegate from the Third Division to the Football League Fourth Division . Instead of these clubs, the fourth division champions Doncaster Rovers and behind them FC Darlington , Torquay United and Colchester United took the vacant positions in the following season 1966/67 .

Closing table

Pl. society Sp. S. U N Gates Quota Points
 1. Hull City  46  31  7th  8th 109: 620 1.76 69:23
 2. Millwall FC (N)  46  27  11  8th 076:430 1.77 65:27
 3. Queens Park Rangers  46  24  9  13 095:650 1.46 57:35
 4th Scunthorpe United  46  21st  11  14th 080:670 1.19 53:39
 5. AFC Workington  46  19th  14th  13 067:570 1.18 52:40
 6th Gillingham FC  46  22nd  8th  16 062:540 1.15 52:40
 7th Swindon Town (A)  46  19th  13  14th 074:480 1.54 51:41
 8th. Reading FC  46  19th  13  14th 070:630 1.11 51:41
 9. Walsall FC  46  20th  10  16 077:640 1.20 50:42
10. Shrewsbury Town  46  19th  11  16 073:640 1.14 49:43
11. Grimsby Town  46  17th  13  16 068:620 1.10 47:45
12. Watford FC  46  17th  13  16 055:510 1.08 47:45
13. Peterborough United  46  17th  12  17th 080:660 1.21 46:46
14th Oxford United (N)  46  19th  8th  19th 070:740 0.95 46:46
15th Brighton & Hove Albion (N)  46  16  11  19th 067:650 1.03 43:49
16. Bristol Rovers  46  14th  14th  18th 064:640 1.00 42:50
17th WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Swansea Town (A)  46  15th  11  20th 081:960 0.84 41:51
18th Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic  46  13  12  21st 038:560 0.68 38:54
19th Mansfield Town  46  15th  8th  23 059:890 0.66 38:54
20th Oldham Athletic  46  12  13  21st 055:810 0.68 37:55
21st Southend United  46  16  4th  26th 054:830 0.65 36:56
22nd Exeter City  46  12  11  23 053:790 0.67 35:57
23. Brentford FC  46  10  12  24 048:690 0.70 32:60
24. York City (N)  46  9  9  28 053: 106 0.50 27:65
  • Third division champion and promoted to the Football League Second Division 1966/67
  • Promoted to the Football League Second Division 1966/67
  • Participation in the 1966/67 European Cup Winners' Cup as Welsh Cup winner
  • Relegation to the Football League Fourth Division 1966/67
    • (A) Relegated from the Football League Second Division 1964/65
    (N) Newcomers from the Football League Fourth Division 1964/65

    Results table

    The home teams are listed in the left column.

    BOU BRE BHA BRR EXE GIL GRI HUC MFT Mil OLD OXF PET QPR REA SCU SHR SEU SWA SWI WHALE WAT WOR YOR
    Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic 0: 1 0: 1 1-0 0: 1 1: 1 1-0 1: 1 2: 2 0-0 1-0 1: 1 2: 3 1: 1 3: 2 1: 2 2-0 0-0 2: 1 1-0 0: 1 2-0 1: 1 1-0
    Brentford FC 1-0 2-0 0: 5 1: 2 0: 2 3: 2 2: 4 0: 3 1: 2 0-0 5: 1 1-0 6: 1 1: 1 0: 1 4-0 2-0 2-0 0: 1 2: 2 1: 1 0: 1 0: 1
    Brighton & Hove Albion 1: 2 2-0 4: 3 2: 1 0: 1 1: 2 1: 2 6: 4 2: 2 3: 1 2-0 1-0 0: 2 1: 1 0: 1 1: 1 9: 1 1: 1 1-0 2: 1 2-0 3: 1 3: 1
    Bristol Rovers 0-0 1: 1 0-0 2-0 0-0 2: 1 1: 2 6-0 1: 1 4-0 3: 1 1: 1 1-0 0-0 2-0 3: 2 3: 1 2: 1 0: 1 3-0 1: 1 2: 2 0-0
    Exeter City 1-0 5-0 2-0 1-0 3: 1 2-0 1: 4 2: 2 1: 2 4-0 1: 2 2: 5 0-0 1: 2 4-0 0-0 1: 1 1: 1 1: 1 0: 2 1: 2 2: 1 0: 2
    Gillingham FC 2-0 1-0 3: 1 2-0 1: 1 3: 2 0: 3 2-0 1-0 3-0 1: 2 1: 1 3: 1 2: 4 0: 1 0: 1 1-0 2-0 1-0 1-0 2: 2 1-0 0-0
    Grimsby Town 2-0 3: 2 3: 1 1: 1 1: 1 3: 1 1-0 0: 1 2-0 3: 1 1: 1 3-0 4: 2 3: 3 1: 3 2: 1 1-0 2: 2 2: 2 3: 1 2: 1 1-0 3: 1
    Hull City 3-0 4: 1 1-0 6: 1 6: 1 1-0 1: 1 4-0 1-0 5: 1 2: 1 2: 1 1: 3 3: 3 3: 2 2: 1 1-0 4: 1 1-0 3: 2 3: 1 6-0 1: 4
    Mansfield Town 1-0 2-0 3: 1 2-0 0-0 0-0 2: 1 1: 2 1: 1 1-0 1: 4 1: 7 2: 1 0: 2 2: 2 0: 3 2-0 3-0 1: 5 0: 3 2: 2 0: 1 4: 1
    Millwall FC 1-0 1-0 3: 2 3: 3 3-0 2-0 2: 1 3-0 2-0 1-0 2-0 4: 1 2: 1 3-0 2: 2 4: 2 2-0 1-0 1-0 1: 1 0-0 2-0 2-0
    Oldham Athletic 2: 2 1: 1 1-0 2-0 3: 1 5: 3 1: 4 2: 2 1: 1 0: 2 3-0 2: 4 0: 2 2: 2 1: 3 0: 1 1-0 1-0 1: 1 1: 2 0: 1 1: 1 3-0
    Oxford United 2: 1 2-0 0-0 1-0 0: 1 0: 4 2-0 0: 2 4: 1 3: 1 3: 3 1-0 1: 3 2-0 0: 3 0: 1 3: 2 2: 2 0: 3 7: 1 1: 2 0: 2 4: 1
    Peterborough United 1-0 3-0 2: 2 5: 2 2-0 1-0 1: 1 4: 1 3: 2 0: 2 0: 1 2: 3 1: 1 0-0 3: 1 4: 1 4-0 5: 2 2: 3 3: 1 2: 2 1: 1 1-0
    Queens Park Rangers 5-0 1-0 4: 1 4: 1 1-0 1: 3 3-0 3: 3 1: 2 6: 1 1: 1 2: 3 2: 1 0: 2 1-0 2: 1 2: 1 6: 2 3: 2 2: 1 1: 1 4: 1 7: 2
    Reading FC 1-0 2-0 0-0 0: 1 4: 1 2: 2 0-0 0: 1 2: 1 1: 1 3: 2 0: 1 2: 1 2: 1 2-0 4: 1 1-0 2: 1 0: 2 3-0 1: 2 1: 1 3-0
    Scunthorpe United 3-0 3: 2 2: 2 3-0 2: 1 0: 1 2: 2 2: 4 0: 1 4: 4 1: 1 1: 2 1: 1 1: 2 2-0 1: 4 0-0 1: 1 2: 1 4: 2 1: 1 4: 1 4: 1
    Shrewsbury Town 0: 2 0-0 3: 1 1-0 4-0 2: 1 3: 1 2: 2 2: 1 2-0 3: 1 4-0 3: 1 0-0 3: 3 1: 4 3-0 5-0 1: 1 1: 2 0-0 1: 1 4: 1
    Southend United 1: 2 1-0 0-0 2-0 4: 2 5: 2 3: 1 0: 2 1-0 0: 2 0: 2 2: 1 2-0 1: 3 2: 1 0: 1 2-0 2-0 4: 2 5: 3 1-0 3: 1 2: 3
    Swansea Town 5-0 1: 1 2: 2 3-0 1-0 0: 3 1-0 4: 2 1: 2 0: 2 4: 1 3: 2 1: 1 4: 2 5: 4 3: 4 4-0 5-0 1: 1 1-0 4: 2 1: 6 7: 2
    Swindon Town 0-0 2: 1 3: 2 4: 3 2: 2 0: 1 0-0 3: 1 6: 2 1-0 0: 1 0-0 3-0 2: 1 5-0 0-0 0-0 4-0 2: 2 0-0 0: 1 0: 1 6-0
    Walsall FC 2: 1 1: 1 2: 1 1: 1 1: 1 6: 1 1-0 2: 4 2: 1 1: 4 2: 2 1: 1 2-0 0: 1 3-0 3-0 3-0 3-0 1: 1 5-0 3-0 1: 1 2-0
    Watford FC 1-0 1: 1 0: 1 2-0 3-0 1-0 1: 1 1: 1 2: 1 0: 1 4-0 1: 1 1-0 1: 2 1: 2 2: 1 1-0 4: 1 0: 1 2-0 0: 1 1: 2 3: 2
    AFC Workington 2: 2 1: 1 1-0 0-0 6: 1 1-0 1-0 3-0 2-0 0-0 0: 1 2: 1 1: 1 1: 1 1-0 1: 2 1: 3 3: 1 7-0 0: 3 1-0 1-0 2: 1
    York city 0: 2 1: 1 0: 1 1: 5 2-0 1: 2 1: 1 1: 2 2: 1 2: 1 2: 2 1: 4 1: 1 2: 2 1: 2 1: 3 2: 2 0: 3 5: 1 0: 2 0: 3 1-0 3: 3

    List of goalscorers

    player society Gates
    1 EnglandEngland Les Allen Queens Park Rangers 30th
    2 ScotlandScotland Matt teas Grimsby Town 28
    3 EnglandEngland Ken Wagstaff Hull City 27
    4th EnglandEngland Brian Gibbs Gillingham FC 23

    Web links

    References and footnotes

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