Season

1963-64

Manchester UnitedSir Matt Busby

2ndleague finish

of 22 in the First Division

+0.7
goal difference
2.3 scored · 1.6 conceded
56
Played
54%
Win rate

Season in brief

2nd of 22 in the First Division, up from 19th the year before. Home form carried the season — 73% of home matches won against 38% away. Denis Law led the scoring with 46 goals (scorer data covers 100% of the 127 United scored).

The First Division table

Final standings · 22 clubs · United and the clubs around them

  1. 1Liverpool42P · 26W 5D 11L · GD +4757
  2. 2Manchester United42P · 23W 7D 12L · GD +2853
  3. 3Everton42P · 21W 10D 11L · GD +2052
  4. 4Tottenham Hotspur42P · 22W 7D 13L · GD +1651
  6. 21Bolton Wanderers42P · 10W 8D 24L · GD -3228
  7. 22Ipswich Town42P · 9W 7D 26L · GD -6525

Slice: the final First Division table for 1963-64, every club computed from the full league results.

Coverage: complete — all results known.

Points follow the era’s rule (two then three for a win); the order uses goal average before 1976–77 and goal difference after. The faint foot marks the lower reaches — exact relegation places varied by era.

The season, match by match

56 matches
17 Aug 1963 @ Everton: 0–424 Aug 1963 @ Sheffield Wednesday: 3–328 Aug 1963 v Ipswich Town: 2–031 Aug 1963 v Everton: 5–13 Sep 1963 @ Ipswich Town: 7–27 Sep 1963 @ Birmingham City: 1–111 Sep 1963 v Blackpool: 3–014 Sep 1963 v West Bromwich Albion: 1–016 Sep 1963 @ Blackpool: 0–121 Sep 1963 @ Arsenal: 1–225 Sep 1963 @ Willem II: 1–128 Sep 1963 v Leicester City: 3–12 Oct 1963 @ Chelsea: 1–15 Oct 1963 @ Bolton Wanderers: 1–015 Oct 1963 v Willem II: 6–119 Oct 1963 @ Nottingham Forest: 2–126 Oct 1963 v West Ham United: 0–128 Oct 1963 v Blackburn Rovers: 2–22 Nov 1963 @ Wolverhampton Wanderers: 0–29 Nov 1963 v Tottenham Hotspur: 4–116 Nov 1963 @ Aston Villa: 0–423 Nov 1963 v Liverpool: 0–130 Nov 1963 @ Sheffield United: 2–13 Dec 1963 @ Tottenham Hotspur: 0–27 Dec 1963 v Stoke City: 5–210 Dec 1963 v Tottenham Hotspur: 4–114 Dec 1963 v Sheffield Wednesday: 3–121 Dec 1963 @ Everton: 0–426 Dec 1963 @ Burnley: 1–628 Dec 1963 v Burnley: 5–14 Jan 1964 @ Southampton: 3–211 Jan 1964 v Birmingham City: 1–218 Jan 1964 @ West Bromwich Albion: 4–125 Jan 1964 v Bristol Rovers: 4–11 Feb 1964 v Arsenal: 3–18 Feb 1964 @ Leicester City: 2–315 Feb 1964 @ Barnsley: 4–019 Feb 1964 v Bolton Wanderers: 5–022 Feb 1964 @ Blackburn Rovers: 3–126 Feb 1964 v Sporting Clube de Portugal: 4–129 Feb 1964 v Sunderland: 3–34 Mar 1964 @ Sunderland: 2–27 Mar 1964 @ West Ham United: 2–09 Mar 1964 @ Sunderland: 5–114 Mar 1964 n West Ham United: 1–318 Mar 1964 @ Sporting Clube de Portugal: 0–521 Mar 1964 @ Tottenham Hotspur: 3–223 Mar 1964 v Chelsea: 1–127 Mar 1964 @ Fulham: 2–228 Mar 1964 v Wolverhampton Wanderers: 2–230 Mar 1964 v Fulham: 3–04 Apr 1964 @ Liverpool: 0–36 Apr 1964 v Aston Villa: 1–013 Apr 1964 v Sheffield United: 2–118 Apr 1964 @ Stoke City: 1–325 Apr 1964 v Nottingham Forest: 3–1
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Every match in order — wins above the line, losses below, bar height the goal margin.