1965–66 Football League Third Division
| Season | 1965–66 |
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| Champions | Liverpool |
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| Season | 1965–66 |
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| Relegated |
Northampton Town Blackburn Rovers |
| European Cup 1966–67 | Liverpool |
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FA Cup winners European Cup Winners' Cup 1966–67 |
Everton (3rd FA Cup title) |
| Inter-Cities Fairs Cup 1965–66 |
Chelsea Everton Leeds United |
| Matches played | 462 |
| Goals scored | 1,457 (3.15 per match) |
| Top goalscorer |
Willie Irvine (Burnley) 29 Roger Hunt (Liverpool) 29 |
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| Season | 1965–66 |
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| Champions | Manchester City (6th title) |
| Promoted | Southampton |
| Relegated |
Leyton Orient, Middlesbrough |
| Matches played | 462 |
| Goals scored | 1,421 (3.08 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | Martin Chivers (Southampton), 30 |
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| Season | 1965–66 |
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| Champions | Hull City (1st title) |
| Promoted | Millwall |
| Relegated |
Brentford, Exeter City, Southend United, York City |
| Matches played | 552 |
| Goals scored | 1,628 (2.95 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | Les Allen (Queens Park Rangers), 30 |
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1966–67 →
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| Season | 1965–66 |
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| Champions | Doncaster Rovers (1st title) |
| Promoted |
Colchester United, Darlington, Torquay United |
| Failed re-election | none |
| Matches played | 552 |
| Goals scored | 1,723 (3.12 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | Kevin Hector (Bradford Park Avenue), 44 |
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The 1965–1966 season was the 67th completed season of The Football League.
This season is notable for Liverpool winning the title with only 14 squad players.
The tables and results below are reproduced here in the exact form that they can be found at The Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation 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 (goals scored divided by goals conceded), 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 goal average was used for this purpose for such a long time, it is presented in the tables below even for the seasons prior to 1894–95, and since the goal difference is a more informative piece of information for a modern reader than the goal average, the goal difference is added in this presentation after the goal average.
Since the Fourth Division was established in the 1958–59 season, the re-election process has concerned the bottom four clubs in that division.
Willie Irvine (Burnley) 29
P = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; GA = Goal average; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points
Source: Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane’s, London & Sydney, 1980.
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
P = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; GA = Goal average; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points
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