The City Ground

SEASON: 1965-66

Prev Season: 1964-65
Next Season: 1966-67

DIVISION:: English First Division (Tier 1)
MANAGER(s):: Johnny Carey
FA Cup:: 4th Round (Hull City (A) 0-2)
League Cup:: 4th Round ( () -)

Top Goalscorer:: Colin Addison (9 goals)

Goals scored, conceded and win and loss margins

Goal count:	1 goal	2 goals	3 goals	4 goals	5+ goals
Scored	17 times	5 times	6 times	2 times	1 time
Conceded	10 times	11 times	7 times	3 times	2 times
Won By	10 times	2 times	2 times		1 time
Lost By	11 times	3 times	4 times	2 times	1 time

ATTENDANCES (HOME)

Highest League Attendance:: 34,750
Lowest League Attendance:: 16,057
Average League Attendance:: 23,724
Highest Cup Attendance:: 0
Lowest Cup Attendance:: 0

MISCELLANEOUS

Clean Sheets:: 11
Red cards:: 0
Yellow cards:: 0
Penalties scored:: 0
Penalties conceded:: 0
Penalties missed:: 0
Penalties saved:: 0

END OF SEASON TABLE

DIVISION ONE								Home					Away								Results
Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GA*	Pts	Result	Home	Away
1	Liverpool	42	26	9	7	79	34	17	2	2	52	15	9	7	5	27	19	2.324	61	European Cup	1-1	0-4
2	Leeds United	42	23	9	10	79	38	14	4	3	49	15	9	5	7	30	23	2.079	55		0-4	1-2
3	Burnley	42	24	7	11	79	47	15	3	3	45	20	9	4	8	34	27	1.681	55		1-0	1-4
4	Manchester United	42	18	15	9	84	59	12	8	1	50	20	6	7	8	34	39	1.424	51		4-2	0-0
5	Chelsea	42	22	7	13	65	53	11	4	6	30	21	11	3	7	35	32	1.226	51		1-2	0-1
6	West Bromwich Albion	42	19	12	11	91	69	11	6	4	58	34	8	6	7	33	35	1.319	50		3-2	3-5
7	Leicester City	42	21	7	14	80	65	12	4	5	40	28	9	3	9	40	37	1.231	49		2-0	1-2
8	Tottenham Hotspur	42	16	12	14	75	66	11	6	4	55	37	5	6	10	20	29	1.136	44		1-0	3-2
9	Sheffield United	42	16	11	15	56	59	11	6	4	37	25	5	5	11	19	34	.949	43		1-0	1-1
10	Stoke City	42	15	12	15	65	64	12	6	3	42	22	3	6	12	23	42	1.016	42		4-3	0-1
11	Everton	42	15	11	16	56	62	12	6	3	39	19	3	5	13	17	43	.903	41		1-0	0-3
12	West Ham United	42	15	9	18	70	83	12	5	4	46	33	3	4	14	24	50	.843	39		5-0	3-0
13	Blackpool	42	14	9	19	55	65	9	5	7	36	29	5	4	12	19	36	.846	37		2-1	3-0
14	Arsenal	42	12	13	17	62	75	8	8	5	36	31	4	5	12	26	44	.827	37		0-1	0-1
15	Newcastle United	42	14	9	19	50	63	10	5	6	26	20	4	4	13	24	43	.794	37		1-2	2-2
16	Aston Villa	42	15	6	21	69	80	10	3	8	39	34	5	3	13	30	46	.863	36		1-2	0-3
17	Sheffield Wednesday	42	14	8	20	56	66	11	6	4	35	18	3	2	16	21	48	.848	36		1-0	1-3
18	Nottingham Forest	42	14	8	20	56	72	11	3	7	31	26	3	5	13	25	46	.778	36
19	Sunderland	42	14	8	20	51	72	13	2	6	36	28	1	6	14	15	44	.708	36		0-0	2-3
20	Fulham	42	14	7	21	67	85	9	4	8	34	37	5	3	13	33	48	.788	35		1-2	1-1
21	Northampton Town	42	10	13	19	55	92	8	6	7	31	32	2	7	12	24	60	.598	33	Relegated	1-1	3-3
22	Blackburn Rovers	42	8	4	30	57	88	6	1	14	30	36	2	3	16	27	52	.648	20	Relegated	0-3	0-5

*GA = Goal Average
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GAMES

League

Week	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Pos	Scorers
1	Sat Aug 21, 1965	Newcastle United	A	2-2	Draw	37,230	8	Addison (?), Wignall (?)
2	Tue Aug 24, 1965	Manchester United	H	4-2	Win	33,744	3	Addison (?, ?), Wignall (?), Hinton (?)
3	Sat Aug 28, 1965	West Bromwich Albion	H	3-2	Win	27,366	1	Addison (?), Wignall (?), Barnwell (?)
4	Wed Sep 01, 1965	Manchester United	A	0-0	Draw	40,027	3
5	Sat Sep 04, 1965	Leeds United	A	1-2	Loss	35,527	8	Newton (?)
6	Tue Sep 07, 1965	Arsenal	H	0-1	Loss	30,540	9
7	Sat Sep 11, 1965	Sheffield Wednesday	A	1-3	Loss	17,825	14	Wignall (?)
8	Tue Sep 14, 1965	Arsenal	A	0-1	Loss	32,542	14
9	Sat Sep 18, 1965	Northampton Town	H	1-1	Draw	19,669	15	Kear (?)
10	Sat Sep 25, 1965	Stoke City	A	0-1	Loss	21,086	17
11	Sat Oct 09, 1965	West Ham United	H	5-0	Win	19,262	15	Storey-Moore (?), Addison (?), Wignall (?), Hinton (?), Wilson (?)
12	Sat Oct 16, 1965	Sunderland	A	2-3	Loss	31,987	16	Hindley (?), Addison (?)
13	Sat Oct 23, 1965	Aston Villa	H	1-2	Loss	20,833	18	Hinton (?)
14	Sat Oct 30, 1965	Liverpool	A	0-4	Loss	38,418	20
15	Sat Nov 06, 1965	Tottenham Hotspur	H	1-0	Win	29,611	16	Addison (?)
16	Sat Nov 13, 1965	Fulham	A	1-1	Draw	13,863	17	Crowe (?)
17	Sat Nov 20, 1965	Blackpool	H	2-1	Win	19,549	16	Walters (? OG), James (? OG)
18	Sat Nov 27, 1965	Blackburn Rovers	A	0-5	Loss	9,834	17
19	Sat Dec 04, 1965	Leicester City	H	2-0	Win	24,435	16	McArthur (?), Hinton (?)
20	Sat Dec 11, 1965	Sheffield United	A	1-1	Draw	17,119	14	McArthur (?)
21	Sat Dec 18, 1965	Sunderland	H	0-0	Draw	16,057	14
22	Mon Dec 27, 1965	Everton	H	1-0	Win	34,750	13	Newton (?)
23	Sat Jan 01, 1966	West Ham United	A	3-0	Win	25,131	12	Addison (?), Wignall (?), Hinton (?)
24	Sat Jan 08, 1966	Sheffield United	H	1-0	Win	19,480	11	Barnwell (?)
25	Sat Jan 15, 1966	Aston Villa	A	0-3	Loss	14,993	13
26	Sat Jan 29, 1966	Newcastle United	H	1-2	Loss	21,659	13	Crowe (?)
27	Sat Feb 05, 1966	West Bromwich Albion	A	3-5	Loss	14,054	13	McArthur (?, ?), Hinton (?)
28	Sat Feb 19, 1966	Leeds United	H	0-4	Loss	26,283	15
29	Tue Mar 08, 1966	Burnley	H	1-0	Win	28,246	15	Storey-Moore (?)
30	Sat Mar 12, 1966	Northampton Town	A	3-3	Draw	18,670	15	Storey-Moore (?), Baker (?, ?)
31	Tue Mar 15, 1966	Everton	A	0-3	Loss	37,455	15
32	Sat Mar 19, 1966	Stoke City	H	4-3	Win	21,175	15	Hindley (?), Crowe (?), Addison (?), Storey-Moore (?)
33	Sat Mar 26, 1966	Burnley	A	1-4	Loss	10,027	15	Baker (?)
34	Sat Apr 02, 1966	Tottenham Hotspur	A	3-2	Win	27,593	13	Kear (?), Stainwright (?), Hoy (? OG)
35	Mon Apr 11, 1966	Chelsea	A	0-1	Loss	39,380	17
36	Tue Apr 12, 1966	Chelsea	H	1-2	Loss	29,569	17	Crowe (?)
37	Sat Apr 16, 1966	Blackpool	A	3-0	Win	10,354	14	Hennessey (?), Baker (?), Chapman (?)
38	Sat Apr 23, 1966	Blackburn Rovers	H	0-3	Loss	17,742	16
39	Tue Apr 26, 1966	Fulham	H	1-2	Loss	19,733	18	Chapman (?)
40	Sat Apr 30, 1966	Leicester City	A	1-2	Loss	18,485	20	Cross (? OG)
41	Sat May 07, 1966	Sheffield Wednesday	H	1-0	Win	16,413	18	Baker (?)
42	Tue May 10, 1966	Liverpool	H	1-1	Draw	22,105	16	Storey-Moore (?)

FA Cup

Date	Opponent	Round	Replay	Count	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Scorers
Sat Jan 22, 1966	Northampton Town	3			A	2-1	Win	-	Crowe (?), Wignall (?)
Sat Feb 12, 1966	Hull City	4			A	0-2	Loss	-

Friendly

Date	Opponent	Country	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Scorers
Sat Aug 14, 1965	Coventry City	England	A	3-4	Loss	-	Newton (?), Barnwell (?), Hinton (?)
Sun Sep 28, 1969	Valencia	Spain	H	1-1	Draw	18,922	Crowe (? pen)
Mon Oct 04, 1965	Doncaster Rovers	England	A	6-1	Win	-	Crowe (?), Barnwell (?), Newton (?), ? (?), Addison (?), Watton (? OG)
Mon Nov 01, 1965	Nuneaton Borough	England	A	0-0	Draw	-
Fri Mar 04, 1966	Crystal Palace	England	A	1-4	Loss	-	Newton (?)
Tue Mar 29, 1966	Partick Thistle	Scotland	H	1-1	Draw	-	Newton (?)
Wed May 18, 1966	Standard Liege	Belgium	A	3-4	Loss	-	? (?, ?, ?)
Sun May 22, 1966	Valenciennes	France	A	1-4	Loss	-	Baker (?)
Tue May 24, 1966	SCO Angers	France	A	3-1	Win	-	Storey-Moore (?), Barnwell (?), Taylor (?)

SQUAD

			Season Record (Competitive Games only)
Pos	Num	Player	P	W	D	L	Goals	Yellows	Reds	Went Off	Came On	Unused Sub	Notes
GK		Brian Williamson
GK		Jim Cargill	2	1		1
GK		Peter Grummitt	42	14	8	20
D		Bill Brindley	4		2	2						1
D		Bob McKinlay	43	15	8	20
D		Dennis Mochan	19	5	4	10
D		Geoff Ball	1	1
D		Terry Hennessey	24	10	3	11	1
M		Barry McArthur	10	2	2	6	4				1
M		Dave Stainwright	3	1	1	1	1					1
M		David Wilson	3	1		2	1				1
M		Henry Newton	44	15	8	21	2
M		Jeff Whitefoot	43	15	8	20
M		Mike Kear	7	3	2	2	2
M		William Taylor	1			1					1
F		Alan Hinton	35	11	7	17	6			1
F		Chris Crowe	35	14	7	14	5
F		Colin Addison	28	11	6	11	9			1
F		Frank Wignall	20	7	3	10	7			1
F		Ian Storey-Moore	23	7	3	13	5
F		Joe Baker	14	5	2	7	5
F		John Barnwell	34	12	6	16	2
F		John Winfield	3	1		2						1
F		Peter Hindley	40	14	7	19	2
F		Sammy Chapman	9	1	1	7	2

GOALSCORERS

Competitive goals only

Goals	Player	Games
9	Colin Addison	28
7	Frank Wignall	20
6	Alan Hinton	35
5	Chris Crowe	35
5	Ian Storey-Moore	23
5	Joe Baker	14
4	Barry McArthur	10
2	Henry Newton	44
2	John Barnwell	34
2	Mike Kear	7
2	Peter Hindley	40
2	Sammy Chapman	9
1	Dave Stainwright	3
1	David Wilson	3
1	Terry Hennessey	24

LEAGUE DOUBLES
Home and away victories for the season

1965-66

Opponent	Date	H/A	Score	Date	H/A	Score
Blackpool	Sat Nov 20, 1965	H	2-1	Sat Apr 16, 1966	A	3-0
Tottenham Hotspur	Sat Nov 06, 1965	H	1-0	Sat Apr 02, 1966	A	3-2
West Ham United	Sat Oct 09, 1965	H	5-0	Sat Jan 01, 1966	A	3-0