Football League Third Division 1966/67
Football League Third Division 1966/67 | |
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 |
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1. | Queens Park Rangers | 46 | 26th | 15th | 5 | 103: 38 | 2.71 | 67:25 |
2. | Middlesbrough FC (A) | 46 | 23 | 9 | 14th | 87:64 | 1.36 | 55:37 |
3. | Watford FC | 46 | 20th | 14th | 12 | 61:46 | 1.33 | 54:38 |
4th | Reading FC | 46 | 22nd | 9 | 15th | 76:57 | 1.33 | 53:39 |
5. | Bristol Rovers | 46 | 20th | 13 | 13 | 76:67 | 1.13 | 53:39 |
6th | Shrewsbury Town | 46 | 20th | 12 | 14th | 77:62 | 1.24 | 52:40 |
7th | Torquay United (N) | 46 | 21st | 9 | 16 | 73:54 | 1.35 | 51:41 |
8th. | Swindon Town | 46 | 20th | 10 | 16 | 81:59 | 1.37 | 50:42 |
9. | Mansfield Town | 46 | 20th | 9 | 17th | 84:79 | 1.06 | 49:43 |
10. | Oldham Athletic | 46 | 19th | 10 | 17th | 80:63 | 1.27 | 48:44 |
11. | Gillingham FC | 46 | 15th | 16 | 15th | 58:62 | 0.94 | 46:46 |
12. | Walsall FC | 46 | 18th | 10 | 18th | 65:72 | 0.90 | 46:46 |
13. | Colchester United (N) | 46 | 17th | 10 | 19th | 76:73 | 1.04 | 44:48 |
14th | FC Orient (A) | 46 | 13 | 18th | 15th | 58:68 | 0.85 | 44:48 |
15th | Peterborough United | 46 | 14th | 15th | 17th | 66:71 | 0.93 | 43:49 |
16. | Oxford United | 46 | 15th | 13 | 18th | 61:66 | 0.92 | 43:49 |
17th | Grimsby Town | 46 | 17th | 9 | 20th | 61:68 | 0.90 | 43:49 |
18th | Scunthorpe United | 46 | 17th | 8th | 21st | 58:73 | 0.79 | 42:50 |
19th | Brighton & Hove Albion | 46 | 13 | 15th | 18th | 61:71 | 0.86 | 41:51 |
20th | Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic | 46 | 12 | 17th | 17th | 39:57 | 0.68 | 41:51 |
21st | Swansea Town | 46 | 12 | 15th | 19th | 85:89 | 0.96 | 39:53 |
22nd | Darlington FC (N) | 46 | 13 | 11 | 22nd | 47:81 | 0.58 | 37:55 |
23. | Doncaster Rovers (N) | 46 | 12 | 8th | 26th | 58: 117 | 0.50 | 32:60 |
24. | AFC Workington | 46 | 12 | 7th | 27 | 55:89 | 0.62 | 31:61 |
(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 | |
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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 | Rodney Marsh | Queens Park Rangers | 30th |
2 | John O'Rourke | Middlesbrough FC | 27 |
= | Ian Towers | Oldham Athletic | = |
4th | Don Rogers | Swindon Town | 25th |
Web links
References and footnotes
- ↑ English League Leading Goalscorers (RSSSF)
- ↑ Rothmans Football Yearbook 1986-87, p. 425