Football League Third Division 1966/67

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Football League Third Division 1966/67
Football League logo until 1988
master Queens Park Rangers
Climbers Queens Park Rangers
Middlesbrough FC
Relegated Swansea Town
FC Darlington
Doncaster Rovers
AFC Workington
Teams 24
Games 552
Gates 1,646  (ø 2.98 per game)
Top scorer Rodney Marsh
(Queens Park Rangers)
← Football League Third Division 1965/66
^ Football League Second Division 1966/67

The Football League Third Division 1966/67 was the 40th season of the Football League Third Division as the third highest English football league . The third division champions were the Queens Park Rangers and also the second-placed Middlesbrough FC rose to the Football League Second Division . For the two promoted teams in the following third division season 1967/68, the two second division teams Northampton Town and FC Bury, ranked in the table below, took the places. Swansea Town , Darlington FC , Doncaster Rovers and AFC Workington had to relegate from the Third Division to the Football League Fourth Division . Instead of these clubs, the fourth division champions Stockport County and the FC Southport , AFC Barrow and Tranmere Rovers placed behind them took the vacant positions in the following season 1967/68 .

Closing table

Pl. society Sp. S. U N Gates Quota Points
 1. Queens Park Rangers  46  26th  15th  5 103: 380 2.71 67:25
 2. Middlesbrough FC (A)  46  23  9  14th 087:640 1.36 55:37
 3. Watford FC  46  20th  14th  12 061:460 1.33 54:38
 4th Reading FC  46  22nd  9  15th 076:570 1.33 53:39
 5. Bristol Rovers  46  20th  13  13 076:670 1.13 53:39
 6th Shrewsbury Town  46  20th  12  14th 077:620 1.24 52:40
 7th Torquay United (N)  46  21st  9  16 073:540 1.35 51:41
 8th. Swindon Town  46  20th  10  16 081:590 1.37 50:42
 9. Mansfield Town  46  20th  9  17th 084:790 1.06 49:43
10. Oldham Athletic  46  19th  10  17th 080:630 1.27 48:44
11. Gillingham FC  46  15th  16  15th 058:620 0.94 46:46
12. Walsall FC  46  18th  10  18th 065:720 0.90 46:46
13. Colchester United (N)  46  17th  10  19th 076:730 1.04 44:48
14th FC Orient (A)  46  13  18th  15th 058:680 0.85 44:48
15th Peterborough United  46  14th  15th  17th 066:710 0.93 43:49
16. Oxford United  46  15th  13  18th 061:660 0.92 43:49
17th Grimsby Town  46  17th  9  20th 061:680 0.90 43:49
18th Scunthorpe United  46  17th  8th  21st 058:730 0.79 42:50
19th Brighton & Hove Albion  46  13  15th  18th 061:710 0.86 41:51
20th Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic  46  12  17th  17th 039:570 0.68 41:51
21st WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Swansea Town  46  12  15th  19th 085:890 0.96 39:53
22nd Darlington FC (N)  46  13  11  22nd 047:810 0.58 37:55
23. Doncaster Rovers (N)  46  12  8th  26th 058: 117 0.50 32:60
24. AFC Workington  46  12  7th  27 055:890 0.62 31:61
  • Third division champion and promoted to the Football League Second Division 1967/68
  • Promoted to the Football League Second Division 1967/68
  • Relegation to the Football League Fourth Division 1967/68
    • (A) Relegated from the Football League Second Division 1965/66
    (N) Newcomers from the Football League Fourth Division 1965/66

    Results table

    The home teams are listed in the left column.

    BOU BHA BRR COL DAR DON GIL GRI MFT MID OLD ORI OXF PET QPR REA SCU SHR SWA SWI GOAL WHALE WAT WOR
    Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic 2: 1 0-0 1: 1 1: 1 4: 1 1-0 0-0 1: 3 1: 1 2: 1 1-0 0-0 1: 1 1: 3 2: 2 0-0 0: 3 1-0 1: 4 1-0 3-0 0-0 0: 2
    Brighton & Hove Albion 0: 3 3: 2 1: 1 5-0 0-0 2: 2 0: 2 1-0 1: 1 2-0 1-0 2-0 5: 2 2: 2 0: 1 2: 2 2: 1 3: 2 2: 2 0: 1 2: 3 1-0 0-0
    Bristol Rovers 1: 1 2: 2 4: 1 3-0 4: 2 4: 1 0-0 4: 4 2: 2 2: 1 1-0 2: 1 1: 1 2: 1 2: 1 1: 1 1-0 3: 3 3-0 1-0 4: 2 0: 3 0: 1
    Colchester United 2-0 3: 2 3: 1 2: 3 5-0 0-0 4-0 3-0 2: 3 3: 2 2: 2 1: 2 1: 4 1: 3 2-0 0: 1 3: 1 3: 1 2: 1 1-0 5: 1 2: 1 2: 2
    Darlington FC 1: 2 3: 1 0: 3 0: 4 3: 2 1: 1 1-0 1: 1 0: 3 2: 3 0-0 1: 2 5-0 0-0 0: 1 2: 1 1: 1 1-0 2: 1 0-0 0: 1 1-0 1: 1
    Doncaster Rovers 1: 1 1: 1 3: 2 1: 4 0: 4 2: 3 3: 2 4: 6 0: 4 1: 1 2: 2 2: 1 3: 1 1: 1 0: 2 3-0 2: 1 4: 1 1-0 2: 1 2: 1 0-0 2: 1
    Gillingham FC 0-0 2-0 1-0 2: 1 1: 2 3: 1 2-0 5: 2 5: 1 1-0 0-0 3: 1 2: 2 2: 2 0: 2 0: 1 1: 1 0-0 1-0 0-0 0-0 4: 1 1: 1
    Grimsby Town 1-0 2: 3 0-0 0-0 4: 1 4: 1 4-0 1: 2 2: 1 1-0 1: 2 1-0 1: 1 1: 1 2-0 7: 1 1: 1 2: 1 3: 4 1-0 3: 1 0: 2 4: 1
    Mansfield Town 1-0 2: 1 2-0 2-0 2: 2 3: 1 4: 1 4-0 4: 5 2: 4 1: 1 1: 1 0-0 1: 7 4: 2 3: 1 0: 1 1: 2 1: 3 4: 2 4: 1 2: 1 0: 1
    Middlesbrough FC 3: 1 1-0 1: 2 4-0 4-0 2-0 1: 1 0: 1 1-0 0: 2 3: 1 4: 1 2: 1 2: 2 2: 2 2: 1 1-0 4: 1 4-0 4-0 0: 2 3-0 3: 2
    Oldham Athletic 1: 1 4: 1 3-0 4-0 4-0 1-0 2: 1 0: 1 0-0 0: 1 3: 1 1: 1 1-0 0: 1 1: 3 2-0 4: 1 4: 1 1-0 5-0 6: 2 1: 1 3-0
    FC Orient 1-0 3: 2 0: 2 3: 3 1: 2 4: 1 0: 1 1: 1 4: 2 2-0 2: 2 2: 1 1: 1 0-0 3: 2 3: 1 2: 2 1-0 0-0 0-0 0: 2 1: 1 2: 1
    Oxford United 1: 1 1: 2 4: 1 1: 1 3: 2 6: 1 1: 1 3: 1 2: 1 1: 1 3: 1 0-0 0: 3 2: 1 1: 3 2: 1 2: 1 2: 3 0-0 2: 2 1: 2 0-0 3-0
    Peterborough United 2-0 2: 1 1: 1 2: 1 2-0 3: 3 2-0 2: 1 3: 1 1: 2 3: 1 0: 2 2: 3 0: 2 2: 1 1-0 0: 2 4: 4 1: 2 0: 1 2: 1 2: 2 3-0
    Queens Park Rangers 4-0 3-0 3-0 2: 1 4-0 6-0 2-0 5: 1 0-0 4-0 0: 1 4: 1 3: 1 0-0 2: 1 5: 1 2: 2 4: 2 3: 1 2: 1 0-0 4: 1 4: 1
    Reading FC 0-0 1: 1 1: 2 2: 3 1-0 4-0 2: 1 6-0 2: 2 0-0 2: 1 1-0 1: 2 2: 2 2: 2 4-0 2-0 2-0 2: 1 2: 1 3: 1 1: 1 2-0
    Scunthorpe United 0: 1 0: 1 3: 1 3: 1 2-0 2: 1 1: 2 0-0 2: 1 3: 2 1: 1 2: 2 2: 2 1-0 0: 2 0: 2 2-0 4: 3 1: 2 3: 1 2-0 1-0 4: 1
    Shrewsbury Town 4: 1 0-0 3: 4 2: 1 3-0 2: 1 3: 1 0: 1 1-0 1-0 3: 1 6: 1 1-0 1: 1 0-0 1-0 4: 3 2: 2 3: 1 3: 2 1: 2 1: 1 3: 1
    Swansea Town 0: 1 1: 1 2: 2 1-0 1: 1 6-0 1: 1 2-0 0: 1 4: 4 3-0 2-0 0: 1 3: 3 1: 3 5: 2 0: 1 5: 2 2: 2 0-0 4: 1 2: 2 5: 2
    Swindon Town 1-0 1: 1 0: 1 1: 1 4-0 0: 1 2-0 3: 1 3: 1 4: 1 6: 3 5: 1 3-0 4: 1 1: 1 0: 1 2: 1 2: 2 4-0 0-0 3: 2 1: 2 3-0
    Torquay United 3: 2 5-0 2: 1 5-0 2-0 4-0 4: 1 3: 1 1: 2 2: 1 4-0 1: 1 1-0 1-0 1: 1 3-0 1: 1 0: 2 2: 4 1-0 5: 2 1-0 5: 1
    Walsall FC 3-0 2: 1 1: 1 1-0 1: 1 4-0 3-0 1-0 1: 2 2: 1 1: 1 1: 1 2-0 1: 1 2-0 3: 1 2-0 2: 2 1: 1 1: 1 0: 1 0: 1 2-0
    Watford FC 3-0 1: 1 3: 1 0-0 2-0 4: 1 1: 1 3: 1 0: 1 2-0 2: 2 1: 3 2-0 3: 1 1-0 1-0 0: 1 1-0 1: 1 2-0 2: 1 2: 1 2: 1
    AFC Workington 0-0 2: 1 0: 2 1-0 1: 2 3: 1 1: 3 2: 1 2: 4 1: 2 1: 1 3: 1 0-0 1-0 0: 2 1: 2 1-0 2: 3 6: 3 1: 3 1: 2 4-0 1: 2

    List of goalscorers

    player society Gates
    1 EnglandEngland Rodney Marsh Queens Park Rangers 30th
    2 EnglandEngland John O'Rourke Middlesbrough FC 27
    = EnglandEngland Ian Towers Oldham Athletic =
    4th EnglandEngland Don Rogers Swindon Town 25th

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    References and footnotes

    1. ↑ English League Leading Goalscorers (RSSSF)
    2. ↑ Rothmans Football Yearbook 1986-87, p. 425