Competition: | Football League First Division |
Season: | 1963–64 |
Winners: | Liverpool 6th English title |
Relegated: | Bolton Wanderers Ipswich Town |
Continentalcup1: | European Cup |
Continentalcup1 Qualifiers: | Liverpool |
Continentalcup2: | European Cup Winners' Cup |
Continentalcup2 Qualifiers: | West Ham United |
Continentalcup3: | Inter-Cities Fairs Cup |
Continentalcup3 Qualifiers: | Manchester United Everton |
League Topscorer: | Jimmy Greaves (35 goals)[1] |
Biggest Home Win: | (26 December 1963) |
Biggest Away Win: | (26 December 1963) |
Highest Scoring: | (26 December 1963) |
Matches: | 462 |
Total Goals: | 1571 |
Prevseason: | 1962–63 |
Nextseason: | 1964–65 |
Statistics of Football League First Division in the 1963-64 season.
Liverpool won the First Division title for the sixth time in the club's history that season, and for the first time since 1947. On Boxing Day, 66 goals were scored in the division from 10 games, including Ipswich Town's record 10-1 defeat to Fulham. It was the first double digit scoreline in the division since 1958–59. Other results that day included Liverpool beating Stoke City 6-1, Burnley beating Manchester United by the same scoreline, Blackburn Rovers beating West Ham United 8-2 away and a 4-4 draw between West Bromwich Albion and Tottenham Hotspur.[2]
width=20 | Rank | width=155 | Player | width=155 | Club | width=50 | Goals |
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1 | Jimmy Greaves | Tottenham Hotspur | 35 | ||||
2 | 32 | ||||||
= | 32 | ||||||
4 | 31 | ||||||
5 | 30 | ||||||
6 | 28 |