1962–63 Football League First Division

Statistics of Football League First Division in the 1962-63 season.

First Division
Season1962–63
ChampionsEverton
6th English title
RelegatedManchester City
Leyton Orient
European CupEverton
European Cup Winners' CupTottenham Hotspur
Manchester United
Inter-Cities Fairs CupSheffield Wednesday
Arsenal
Matches played462
Goals scored1,536 (3.32 per match)
Top goalscorerJimmy Greaves
(37 goals)[1]
Biggest home winWolverhampton Wanderers 8–1 Manchester City
(18 August 1962)
Tottenham Hotspur 9–2 Nottingham Forest
(29 September 1962)
Wolverhampton Wanderers 7–0 West Bromwich Albion
(16 March 1963)
Biggest away winWest Ham United 1–6 Tottenham Hotspur
(25 August 1962)
Manchester City 1–6 West Ham United
(8 September 1962)
Fulham 0–5 Wolverhampton Wanderers
(8 December 1962)
Highest scoringTottenham Hotspur 9–2 Nottingham Forest
(29 September 1962)

Overview

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Everton won the First Division title for the sixth time in the club's history that season. They made sure of the title on May 11, after a 4-1 win over Fulham at Goodison Park. Leyton Orient were relegated on 4 May after a 3-1 defeat at Sheffield Wednesday. Manchester City joined them on the final weekend of the season, losing 6-1 at West Ham United, which saved Birmingham City, who won 3-2 at home against Leicester City.

League standings

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GAv Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Everton (C) 42 25 11 6 84 42 2.000 61 Qualification for the European Cup preliminary round
2 Tottenham Hotspur 42 23 9 10 111 62 1.790 55 Qualification for the European Cup Winners' Cup second round[a]
3 Burnley 42 22 10 10 78 57 1.368 54
4 Leicester City 42 20 12 10 79 53 1.491 52
5 Wolverhampton Wanderers 42 20 10 12 93 65 1.431 50
6 Sheffield Wednesday 42 19 10 13 77 63 1.222 48 Qualification for the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup first round
7 Arsenal 42 18 10 14 86 77 1.117 46
8 Liverpool 42 17 10 15 71 59 1.203 44
9 Nottingham Forest 42 17 10 15 67 69 0.971 44
10 Sheffield United 42 16 12 14 58 60 0.967 44
11 Blackburn Rovers 42 15 12 15 79 71 1.113 42
12 West Ham United 42 14 12 16 73 69 1.058 40
13 Blackpool 42 13 14 15 58 64 0.906 40
14 West Bromwich Albion 42 16 7 19 71 79 0.899 39
15 Aston Villa 42 15 8 19 62 68 0.912 38
16 Fulham 42 14 10 18 50 71 0.704 38
17 Ipswich Town 42 12 11 19 59 78 0.756 35
18 Bolton Wanderers 42 15 5 22 55 75 0.733 35
19 Manchester United 42 12 10 20 67 81 0.827 34 Qualification for the European Cup Winners' Cup first round[b]
20 Birmingham City 42 10 13 19 63 90 0.700 33
21 Manchester City (R) 42 10 11 21 58 102 0.569 31 Relegation to the Second Division
22 Leyton Orient (R) 42 6 9 27 37 81 0.457 21
Source: World Football
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal average; 3) Goals scored
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ Tottenham Hotspur qualified for the European Cup Winners' Cup second round as the 1962–63 European Cup Winners' Cup winners.
  2. ^ Manchester United qualified for the European Cup Winners' Cup first round as the 1962–63 FA Cup winners.

Results

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Home \ Away ARS AST BIR BLB BLP BOL BUR EVE FUL IPS LEI LEY LIV MCI MUN NOT SHU SHW TOT WBA WHU WOL
Arsenal 1–2 2–0 3–1 2–0 3–2 2–3 4–3 3–0 3–1 1–1 2–0 2–2 2–3 1–3 0–0 1–0 1–2 2–3 3–2 1–1 5–4
Aston Villa 3–1 4–0 0–0 1–1 5–0 2–1 0–2 1–2 4–2 3–1 1–0 2–0 3–1 1–2 0–2 1–2 0–2 2–1 2–0 3–1 0–2
Birmingham City 2–2 3–2 3–3 3–6 2–2 5–1 0–1 4–1 0–1 3–2 2–2 0–2 2–2 2–1 2–2 0–1 1–1 0–2 0–0 3–2 3–4
Blackburn Rovers 5–5 4–1 6–1 3–3 5–0 2–3 3–2 0–1 0–1 2–0 1–1 1–0 4–1 2–2 2–5 1–2 3–0 3–0 3–1 0–4 5–1
Blackpool 3–2 4–0 1–1 4–1 3–1 0–0 1–2 0–0 1–0 1–1 3–2 1–2 2–2 2–2 2–1 3–1 2–3 1–2 0–2 0–0 0–2
Bolton Wanderers 3–0 4–1 0–0 0–0 3–0 2–2 0–2 1–0 1–3 2–0 0–1 1–0 3–1 3–0 1–0 3–2 0–4 1–0 1–2 3–0 3–0
Burnley 2–1 3–1 3–1 1–0 2–0 2–1 1–3 4–0 3–1 1–1 2–0 1–3 0–0 0–1 0–0 5–1 4–0 2–1 2–1 1–1 2–0
Everton 1–1 1–1 2–2 0–0 5–0 1–0 3–1 4–1 3–1 3–2 3–0 2–2 2–1 3–1 2–0 3–0 4–1 1–0 4–2 1–1 0–0
Fulham 1–3 1–0 3–3 0–0 2–0 2–1 1–1 1–0 1–1 2–1 0–2 0–0 2–4 0–1 3–1 2–2 4–1 0–2 1–2 2–0 0–5
Ipswich Town 1–1 1–1 1–5 3–3 5–2 4–1 2–1 0–3 0–1 0–1 1–1 2–2 0–0 3–5 1–1 1–0 2–0 2–4 1–1 2–3 2–3
Leicester City 2–0 3–3 3–0 2–0 0–0 4–1 3–3 3–1 2–3 3–0 5–1 3–0 2–0 4–3 2–1 3–1 3–3 2–2 1–0 2–0 1–1
Leyton Orient 1–2 0–2 2–2 1–1 0–2 0–1 0–1 3–0 1–1 1–2 0–2 2–1 1–1 1–0 0–1 2–2 2–4 1–5 2–3 2–0 0–4
Liverpool 2–1 4–0 5–1 3–1 1–2 1–0 1–2 0–0 2–1 1–1 0–2 5–0 4–1 1–0 0–2 2–0 0–2 5–2 2–2 2–1 4–1
Manchester City 2–4 0–2 2–1 0–1 0–3 2–1 2–5 1–1 2–3 2–1 1–1 2–0 2–2 1–1 1–0 1–3 3–2 1–0 1–5 1–6 3–3
Manchester United 2–3 2–2 2–0 0–3 1–1 3–0 2–5 0–1 0–2 0–1 2–2 3–1 3–3 2–3 5–1 1–1 1–3 0–2 2–2 3–1 2–1
Nottingham Forest 3–0 3–1 0–2 2–0 2–0 1–0 2–1 3–4 3–1 2–1 0–2 1–1 3–1 1–1 3–2 2–1 0–3 1–1 2–2 3–4 2–0
Sheffield United 3–3 2–1 0–2 1–1 0–0 4–1 1–0 2–1 2–0 2–1 0–0 2–0 0–0 3–1 1–1 3–1 2–2 3–1 1–0 0–2 1–2
Sheffield Wednesday 2–3 0–0 5–0 4–0 0–0 1–1 0–1 2–2 1–0 0–3 0–3 3–1 0–2 4–1 1–0 2–2 3–1 3–1 3–1 1–3 3–1
Tottenham Hotspur 4–4 4–2 3–0 4–1 2–0 4–1 1–1 0–0 1–1 5–0 4–0 2–0 7–2 4–2 6–2 9–2 4–2 1–1 2–1 4–4 1–2
West Bromwich Albion 1–2 1–0 1–0 2–5 1–2 5–4 1–2 0–4 6–1 6–1 2–1 2–1 1–0 2–1 3–0 1–4 1–2 0–3 1–2 1–0 2–2
West Ham United 0–4 1–1 5–0 0–1 2–2 1–2 1–1 1–2 2–2 1–3 2–0 2–0 1–0 6–1 3–1 4–1 1–1 2–0 1–6 2–2 1–4
Wolverhampton Wanderers 1–0 3–1 0–2 4–2 2–0 4–0 7–2 0–2 2–1 0–0 1–3 2–1 3–2 8–1 2–3 1–1 0–0 2–2 2–2 7–0 0–0
Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane’s, London & Sydney, 1980.
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top scorers

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Rank Player Club Goals
1   Jimmy Greaves Tottenham Hotspur 37
2   Joe Baker Arsenal 29
=   David Layne Sheffield Wednesday 29
4   Ray Crawford Ipswich Town 25
5   Roger Hunt Liverpool 24
=   Roy Vernon Everton 24
7   Denis Law Manchester United 23
=   Fred Pickering Blackburn Rovers 23
=   Alex Harley Manchester City 23

Attendances

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Everton FC drew the highest average home attendance in the league.

# Football club Home games Average attendance[2]
1 Everton FC 21 51,603
2 Tottenham Hotspur 21 47,342
3 Liverpool FC 21 42,971
4 Manchester United 21 40,329
5 Arsenal FC 21 32,288
6 Aston Villa 21 30,779
7 Wolverhampton Wanderers 21 26,817
8 Leicester City 21 25,841
9 Burnley FC 21 25,180
10 Sheffield Wednesday 21 24,790
11 Manchester City 21 24,683
12 West Ham United 21 23,621
13 Sheffield United 21 22,775
14 Birmingham City 21 22,524
15 Nottingham Forest 21 22,086
16 Fulham FC 21 21,986
17 Bolton Wanderers 21 19,406
18 Ipswich Town 21 19,044
19 Blackpool FC 21 18,536
20 West Bromwich Albion 21 18,531
21 Leyton Orient 21 16,406
22 Blackburn Rovers 21 16,001

References

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  1. ^ "English League Leading Goalscorers". RSSSF. Retrieved 2010-10-31.
  2. ^ https://www.worldfootball.net/attendance/eng-premier-league-1962-1963/1/
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