1964–65 Football League

The 1964–65 season was the 66th completed season of the Football League.
Manchester United won its sixth league title and its first since the Munich air disaster of 1958. The Second, Third and Fourth Divisions were won by Newcastle United, Carlisle United and Brighton & Hove Albion respectively.

Final league tables

The tables below are reproduced here in the exact form that they can be found at website and in Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79, with home and away statistics separated.
Beginning with the season 1894–95, clubs finishing level on points were separated according to goal average, or more properly put, goal ratio. In case one or more teams had the same goal difference, this system favoured those teams who had scored fewer goals. The goal average system was eventually scrapped beginning with the 1976–77 season.
Since the Fourth Division was established in the 1958–59 season, the bottom four teams of that division have been required to apply for re-election.

First Division

Second Division

Third Division

Fourth Division

Attendances

Source:

Division One

No.	Club	Average	±	Highest	Lowest
1	Manchester United	46,521	5,4%	57,662	25,938
2	Everton FC	42,062	-14,9%	65,402	27,533
3	Liverpool FC	41,138	-8,6%	52,619	28,465
4	Sunderland AFC	40,637	-1,5%	52,177	22,467
5	Tottenham Hotspur FC	39,391	-10,1%	58,639	24,019
6	Leeds United FC	37,490	25,2%	52,368	27,339
7	Chelsea FC	37,054	18,4%	62,587	20,952
8	Arsenal FC	31,327	-9,9%	59,637	16,048
9	Nottingham Forest FC	27,426	21,9%	43,009	16,595
10	West Ham United FC	25,858	5,2%	37,298	20,515
11	Stoke City FC	25,787	-14,9%	44,015	12,923
12	Aston Villa FC	22,215	-0,6%	36,871	14,433
13	Wolverhampton Wanderers FC	21,499	-4,8%	30,829	13,839
14	Sheffield Wednesday FC	20,188	-13,7%	39,234	11,526
15	Sheffield United FC	20,006	-7,6%	37,295	11,850
16	Leicester City FC	19,963	-17,3%	32,373	8,817
17	Birmingham City FC	19,714	-10,6%	33,833	8,877
18	West Bromwich Albion FC	18,848	-8,3%	28,126	11,551
19	Blackpool FC	18,637	12,7%	31,855	10,160
20	Fulham FC	17,563	-17,0%	36,291	10,162
21	Blackburn Rovers FC	16,110	-25,2%	29,363	8,990
22	Burnley FC	15,739	-20,3%	31,056	9,971

Division Two

No.	Club	Average	±	Highest	Lowest
1	Newcastle United FC	35,659	21,2%	59,960	24,531
2	Coventry City FC	26,621	2,3%	38,278	18,800
3	Crystal Palace FC	18,232	6,0%	29,878	12,175
4	Norwich City FC	18,207	11,7%	25,199	10,847
5	Southampton FC	17,123	-0,5%	23,911	11,377
6	Middlesbrough FC	15,692	-16,5%	38,194	8,627
7	Preston North End FC	15,622	-17,0%	23,303	11,390
8	Northampton Town FC	15,366	21,0%	20,660	9,586
9	Swindon Town FC	15,268	-17,5%	19,513	11,180
10	Plymouth Argyle FC	14,881	14,5%	21,876	8,328
11	Manchester City FC	14,753	-18,9%	22,299	8,015
12	Bolton Wanderers FC	14,650	-13,9%	24,487	6,498
13	Derby County FC	13,820	15,4%	32,803	7,457
14	Ipswich Town FC	13,428	-16,1%	25,863	9,118
15	Charlton Athletic FC	13,065	-28,5%	31,498	7,710
16	Portsmouth FC	13,063	-11,0%	25,031	7,920
17	Cardiff City FC	10,588	-23,2%	16,911	7,427
18	Swansea City AFC	10,467	-4,1%	17,875	7,574
19	Rotherham United FC	9,753	-2,1%	14,755	5,552
20	Huddersfield Town AFC	9,644	-20,4%	14,405	5,533
21	Leyton Orient FC	8,920	-13,9%	17,711	5,083
22	Bury FC	7,784	-4,7%	23,321	4,292

Division Three

No.	Club	Average	±	Highest	Lowest
1	Hull City AFC	14,629	71,4%	28,399	6,165
2	Bristol Rovers FC	13,128	22,6%	25,370	5,578
3	Bristol City FC	12,198	23,1%	28,248	8,387
4	Gillingham FC	11,323	14,4%	15,552	6,077
5	Carlisle United FC	10,794	29,3%	18,764	5,747
6	Brentford FC	10,740	-9,6%	16,065	6,164
7	Peterborough United FC	10,021	-7,4%	14,420	6,262
8	Mansfield Town FC	9,451	-0,3%	19,500	4,783
9	Oldham Athletic FC	8,184	-33,9%	13,366	4,655
10	AFC Bournemouth	7,748	-21,2%	12,122	4,663
11	Reading FC	7,533	-10,7%	12,296	5,059
12	Watford FC	7,416	-35,2%	9,586	5,329
13	Southend United FC	7,157	-15,6%	11,023	4,968
14	Grimsby Town FC	7,144	-24,9%	11,302	4,191
15	Walsall FC	6,754	-7,6%	12,097	3,681
16	Luton Town FC	6,663	-7,3%	11,649	2,874
17	Exeter City FC	6,460	-11,4%	10,138	4,686
18	Queens Park Rangers FC	5,670	-26,0%	11,063	3,260
19	Shrewsbury Town FC	5,635	-14,6%	8,317	3,053
20	Scunthorpe United FC	5,618	-23,6%	10,867	2,755
21	Port Vale FC	5,508	-45,2%	8,190	3,071
22	Workington AFC	5,178	7,4%	11,953	2,274
23	Barnsley FC	4,274	-34,0%	6,940	2,297
24	Colchester United FC	3,655	-27,4%	6,074	2,528

Division Four

No.	Club	Average	±	Highest	Lowest
1	Brighton & Hove Albion FC	17,907	92,2%	31,461	12,267
2	Tranmere Rovers	11,656	64,8%	17,430	6,340
3	Millwall FC	9,272	-11,7%	15,389	6,324
4	Oxford United FC	8,749	26,9%	13,499	5,296
5	Doncaster Rovers FC	8,570	34,5%	14,402	4,399
6	Bradford Park Avenue AFC	8,366	39,4%	13,745	5,721
7	Chester City FC	7,659	23,9%	14,782	5,152
8	York City FC	7,185	82,5%	13,444	3,752
9	Chesterfield FC	6,131	14,3%	9,926	3,806
10	Hartlepool United FC	5,884	41,1%	10,734	3,102
11	Wrexham AFC	5,842	-16,8%	14,690	1,616
12	Notts County FC	5,756	-10,4%	10,729	3,219
13	Stockport County FC	5,739	34,2%	10,334	3,083
14	Rochdale AFC	4,686	55,2%	8,031	2,882
15	Aldershot Town FC	4,648	-11,9%	8,032	2,948
16	Lincoln City FC	4,475	-20,8%	6,578	2,408
17	Torquay United FC	4,385	-15,6%	6,388	3,245
18	Darlington FC	4,292	27,3%	6,083	2,290
19	Crewe Alexandra FC	4,263	-22,5%	7,313	1,988
20	Newport County AFC	4,010	7,9%	6,730	2,057
21	Bradford City AFC	3,784	-34,1%	9,436	2,091
22	Barrow AFC	3,200	5,3%	5,403	1,781
23	Halifax Town AFC	3,006	-20,9%	7,319	1,240
24	Southport FC	2,870	-3,1%	7,434	1,320