Season

1965-66

Manchester UnitedSir Matt Busby

4thleague finish

of 22 in the First Division

+0.8
goal difference
2.1 scored · 1.3 conceded
58
Played
50%
Win rate

Season in brief

4th of 22 in the First Division, down from 1st the year before. David Herd led the scoring with 33 goals (scorer data covers 100% of the 123 United scored).

The First Division table

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

  1. 1Liverpool42P · 26W 9D 7L · GD +4561
  2. 2Leeds United42P · 23W 9D 10L · GD +4155
  3. 3Burnley42P · 24W 7D 11L · GD +3255
  4. 4Manchester United42P · 18W 15D 9L · GD +2551
  5. 5Chelsea42P · 22W 7D 13L · GD +1251
  6. 6West Bromwich Albion42P · 19W 12D 11L · GD +2250
  8. 21Northampton Town42P · 10W 13D 19L · GD -3733
  9. 22Blackburn Rovers42P · 8W 4D 30L · GD -3120

Slice: the final First Division table for 1965-66, 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

58 matches
14 Aug 1965 v Liverpool: 2–221 Aug 1965 v Sheffield Wednesday: 1–024 Aug 1965 @ Nottingham Forest: 2–428 Aug 1965 @ Northampton Town: 1–11 Sep 1965 v Nottingham Forest: 0–04 Sep 1965 v Stoke City: 1–18 Sep 1965 @ Newcastle United: 2–111 Sep 1965 @ Burnley: 0–315 Sep 1965 v Newcastle United: 1–118 Sep 1965 v Chelsea: 4–122 Sep 1965 @ HJK Helsinki: 3–225 Sep 1965 @ Arsenal: 2–46 Oct 1965 v HJK Helsinki: 6–09 Oct 1965 v Liverpool: 2–016 Oct 1965 @ Tottenham Hotspur: 1–523 Oct 1965 v Fulham: 4–130 Oct 1965 @ Blackpool: 2–16 Nov 1965 v Blackburn Rovers: 2–213 Nov 1965 @ Leicester City: 5–017 Nov 1965 @ FC Viktoria Frankfurt: 2–020 Nov 1965 v Sheffield United: 3–11 Dec 1965 v FC Viktoria Frankfurt: 3–14 Dec 1965 v West Ham United: 0–011 Dec 1965 @ Sunderland: 3–215 Dec 1965 v Everton: 3–018 Dec 1965 v Tottenham Hotspur: 5–127 Dec 1965 v West Bromwich Albion: 1–11 Jan 1966 @ Liverpool: 1–28 Jan 1966 v Sunderland: 1–112 Jan 1966 @ Leeds United: 1–115 Jan 1966 @ Fulham: 1–022 Jan 1966 @ Derby County: 5–229 Jan 1966 @ Sheffield Wednesday: 0–02 Feb 1966 v S.L. Benfica: 3–25 Feb 1966 v Northampton Town: 6–212 Feb 1966 v Rotherham United: 0–015 Feb 1966 @ Rotherham United: 1–019 Feb 1966 @ Stoke City: 2–226 Feb 1966 v Burnley: 4–25 Mar 1966 @ Wolverhampton Wanderers: 4–29 Mar 1966 @ S.L. Benfica: 5–112 Mar 1966 @ Chelsea: 0–219 Mar 1966 v Arsenal: 2–126 Mar 1966 @ Preston North End: 1–130 Mar 1966 v Preston North End: 3–16 Apr 1966 @ Aston Villa: 1–19 Apr 1966 v Leicester City: 1–213 Apr 1966 @ FK Partizan: 0–216 Apr 1966 @ Sheffield United: 1–320 Apr 1966 v FK Partizan: 1–023 Apr 1966 n Everton: 0–125 Apr 1966 @ Everton: 0–027 Apr 1966 v Blackpool: 2–130 Apr 1966 @ West Ham United: 2–34 May 1966 @ West Bromwich Albion: 3–37 May 1966 @ Blackburn Rovers: 4–19 May 1966 v Aston Villa: 6–119 May 1966 v Leeds United: 1–1
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Every match in order — wins above the line, losses below, bar height the goal margin.